Word: manchuria
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...into this war? This is Truman's war and General MacArthur, under orders of the Commander in Chief, has done his level best to end the war ... I have not seen any statement by [MacArthur] that he wants to send American foot soldiers into Manchuria. Certainly he has not suggested an all-out war with China . . . Let us hear from...
...Democrat to put patriotism above politics." Not once did he mention MacArthur by name, but he got a fine laugh by ad-libbing a reference to MacArthur's report to him at Wake Island: "It has been categorically stated that Russia will not come in if we bomb Manchuria. That statement was made to me about the Chinese not coming into Korea. And it was made on good authority, too, and I believed...
...East are aimed at a limited war. The differences between them are: 1) Truman's limits are geographical, MacArthur's strategic; 2) Truman invites the enemy to set the limits; MacArthur wants the U.S. to set them; 3) Truman thinks that carrying the war to Manchuria and the coast of China would provoke the Russians to come in; MacArthur does not think...
...MANCHURIA, 1931. General Legion...
Bring the U.S., British and other navies down on the inferior Japanese navy. Captain Truman: Send U.S. and other troops to Manchuria. Let the Japanese navy alone. Do not attack Japanese supply lines to Manchuria...