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...know why I was recalled," said General MacArthur. "I am still completely uninformed, because the reasons contained in the order are not valid . . . I was operating in what I call a vacuum. I could hardly have been said to be in opposition to policies which I was not even aware of ... Any insinuation by anyone, however high his office, that I have ever in any way failed ... to carry out my instructions is completely unworthy and unwarranted. No more subordinate soldier has ever worn the American uniform...
...What," he asked, "is our policy in Korea? ... Our losses there in ratio to the men committed have already reached staggering proportions ... I have strongly urged the need for a positive policy . . . designed to stop, through strength, this slaughter of America's sons. [We have] a policy vacuum heretofore unknown...
Letters & Meetings. On the record, there was little doubt that Douglas MacArthur had ignored the wishes, intent, and specific orders of his Commander in Chief on policy pronouncements, though he carried out his directives in the military field. But his forceful pronouncements had moved into a vacuum left by the Administration's own uncertainties...
Iraq Petroleum Co., which produced 136,000 barrels of oil daily in 1950 (1.3% of total world output), mostly for the European market, is owned jointly by Anglo-Iranian (British), Compagnie Française des Petroles (French), Royal Dutch-Shell (Dutch-British), and the Near East Development Corp. (Socony-Vacuum, Standard Oil Co., N.J.), each with 23.75% of the shares. The remaining 5% is owned by shrewd old Manipulator Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian (TIME...
...Philadelphia, Vice President Alben Berkley asked his Secret Service guard not to tail him too closely. Explained the Veep: "I don't want to feel that I'm in a vacuum and guarded every minute of the day ... I try to take my wife with me wherever I go, and you can bet your life she keeps...