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MacArthur went on with his scorching indictment. "I called for reinforcements, but was informed that reinforcements were not available. I made clear that if not permitted to destroy the enemy-built-up bases north of the Yalu, if not permitted to utilize the friendly Chinese force of some 600,000 men on Formosa, if not permitted to blockade the China coast to prevent the Chinese Reds from getting succor from without, and if there were to be no hope of major reinforcements, the position of the command from the military standpoint forbade victory...
...fact, the four steps he urged had been lifted from a J.C.S. proposal which had been sent him in Tokyo for comment. But whereas the J.C.S. had used the term "air reconnaissance," MacArthur went on to urge the right to "destroy the enemy built-up bases north of the Yalu" and in this he did not claim that the J.C.S. supported him, whatever the headlines, editorial writers or hasty orators said in the next 24 hours. Obviously, with his carefully phrased charge, MacArthur had scored an effective blow...
...without seeming to have said a word. Details: ¶ MacArthur, said Leviero's story, told the President at Wake Island that he thought neither Red China nor Soviet Russia would intervene in Korea. The Chinese could get no more than 50,000 to 60,000 troops across the Yalu, MacArthur reported, and if those troops moved on to Pyongyang, they would be slaughtered.* ¶MacArthur expected victory over the North Koreans by Thanksgiving and planned to have the Eighth Army back in Japan by Christmas. He said that he would be able to release the seasoned 2nd Division...
...insofar as Truman's views were known. It would have been very easy for MacArthur to let "incidents" happen that would carry the war beyond the borders of Korea. Such incidents have not happened. By strict military discipline, MacArthur has kept flyers from chasing enemy planes beyond the Yalu River. Chinese shipping, bringing supplies to the enemy, has been at the mercy of ships in MacArthur's command. Yet Chinese ships outside of Korean territorial waters have not been sunk...
...planes struck tellingly at U.N. raids on Red supply lines (see The Air War). Would enemy aircraft next be thrown against U.N. ground forces, or strike at U.N. airfields? The possibility plainly worried U.N. commanders. The dismissal of Douglas MacArthur had not dismissed the ugly fact that across the Yalu the air-power nests were safe from punishment...