Word: hanley
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Americans booby trapped their own Korean policy last week, thanks to the blunder of an Eighth Army colonel. Charges by Colonel James Hanley that the Communists had murdered 5500 American soldiers prompted a series of fiery speeches by public figures from the President down. But subsequent statements from the Pentagon and General Ridgway revealed Hanley's figure as the composite of largely-exaggerated rumours, released at the worst possible time...
Since there is conclusive proof of only 365 cases of murder by the Reds, Colonel Hanley's larger figure is open to suspicion of being "atrocity propaganda." The Allies carefully avoided such propaganda during World War II for an excellent reason--if backfires. Inaccurate charges of enemy brutality actually spur the enemy to further violations, and prompt our own troops to commit similar acts in revenge. Atrocity charges also stimulate the home-front hotheads (several senators called for "immediate atomic retaliation" Last week), and stiffen the enemy's will to resist. Colonel Hanley's inaccurate statement not only countered...
Basic Facts. After three days of silence, General Ridgway issued an apologetic statement, deploring "the anguish which this most regrettable incident has inflicted upon relatives and friends" of the 12,582 U.S. fighting men still listed as missing in action. He backed away from Hanley's figures, but insisted: "The basic facts have long been known." He explained that in every case where the death of a soldier was established and his body identified, the next of kin had been notified. Ridgway added: "It may perhaps be well to note that in His inscrutable wisdom, God chose to bring...
...could scarcely be held responsible for Hanley's exaggerations, or the blunder at Ridgway's headquarters. The Chinese, like other Communists, have committed atrocities, and the U.S. was justified in insisting that exchange of prisoners be made part of any final cease-fire agreement. But by supplying suspect material for an emotional propaganda attack, Hanley damaged the real case against the free world's enemy...
Green Sleeves (Peter Hanley; Columbia). Vocalist Hanley, plus some French horns, a chorus and orchestra, in a polished arrangement of one of the loveliest of 16th Century folk songs...