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President Truman had canceled a scheduled speech so as not to "detract7' from Douglas MacArthur's day. Publicly, the White House made a great show of leaving MacArthur unanswered. But privately, through the device of a leak to the New York Times, Harry Truman struck back. It seemed to be the opening of a battle in which each side would lean on documents marked "Secret" to make its case before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Wake Island Leak | 4/30/1951 | See Source »

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