The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 10, 1953, Page 10

DULLES NAMED AS SOURCE OF STORIES ON FAR EASTERN POLICY PUBLISHED LATELY Many Names Brought Out In Talk About Ammo Shortage WASHINGTON @—Two Colum- bia Broadcasting System (CBS) @ommentators named Secretary of State Dulles last night as the point ! e@f origin of a number of recent @ewspaper stories on Far Eastern Policy. A story on Korea and Formosa published by the New York Times was denied by the White House yesterday, leading Sen, Knowland | (R-Calif) to call for an investiga- | tion as to where it originated. | On separate CBS broadcasts last night, commentators Eric Seva- feid and Bill Costello said the stories had their origin in a back- ground session which Dulles held with a number of correspondents. Each said he was uot present at the session. “There must be by now many hundreds of persons in Washington who know the source of the sto- ries,” Sevareid said. “It was the secretary of state, bimself.... “Mr, Dulles discussed the whole Problem of post-armistice Korea and Formosa; née specifically au- thorized that State Department thinking on these matters could be printed, conditioned only by the familiar resriction against naming the source.” Dulles could not be reached for comment on Sevareid’s broadcast. The New York Times said in a@ Washington dispatch yesterday that the Eisenhower administration is willing to accept a boundary at the waist of the Korean Peninsula, some 80 miles north of the present battle lines. The same dispatch said the administration was con- sidering the possibility of a United Nations trusteeship for Formosa with a Formosan republic as its eultimate goal. Some hours after this was pub- lished, White House Press Secre- tary James C. Hagerty issued a statement saying the administra- tion (1) has never reached any conclusion that a permanent divi- sion of Korea is desirable or con- sistent with decisions of the U. N., | and (2) has given no consideration to a U. N. trustecship for For- | mosa. Arthur Krock, the Washington | correspondent of ihe Times, com- mented that his paper was “‘only one of several reputable newspa- pers and press associations that published the story.”” i “It is another instance of the | administration getting its wires crossed and blaming the conse- quences on the press,” Krock said. ; Knowland, Republican policy , leader in the Senate, told his col- leagues it seemed inconceivable to him that any decision had been reached on a permanent division of Korea. Calling for an inquiry as to the point of crigin of what he termed inspired stories, Know- land said: “It is extremely important that this kind of loophole be stopped now because this nation cannot have two secretaries of state. It must speak with one voice through President Eisenhower ‘and Secre- | tary Dulles.” Later, after discussing the situa- tion with Eisenhower at the White House, Knowland declined to tell | newsmen what the Presjdent had to say. He added, however, that Dulles had assured him “the story in the New York Times did not | represent his (Dulles') point of. view relative to policy in Korea and Formosa.” However, he caid that he knew Anthony Leviero, who wrote the Times’ story yesterday, “is an able, resourceful reporter (who) > must have felt he had a responsible | source.” He added that Leviero | “does not deal in rumors.” He said his conclusion, after the | White House talk, was that. the incident did not represent a new policy by the United States. j Leviero told Knowland other | newspapers had printed similar stories and that all scemed to have | the same source. The Associated Press version of | the story was published in after: | noon ‘newspapers of Wednesday. | The story, written by AP Diplo- | matic Reporter Joha M. Hightow- | erl discussed plans fer a perman- | “ent peace in Korea and said: “One idea receiving official con- sideration, it was understood to- | day, is that any long-term peace | arrangements shoud provide for a! north-south dividing line at the! narrew waist of the peninsula abou # miles north of present battle lines.” ‘The White House statement did not deny that such » policy was “receiving official consideration.” The various stories about a post- armistice division of Korea touched off demonstrations in South Korea, | whose president, Syrgman Rhee, has vowed he will settle for noth- ing short of unification of the pen- insula At Pasaa, thousands jammed inte a public square, carrying such signs as We are dead opposed to any armistice without eur national wnification,’ } In New York, Korean Ambassa- dor You Chan Yang said his coun- try is eager for s truce, but it doen't Want “an uneasy truce with the real enemy, the Soviet Union, tying back, smiling quietly, ! New Period Of Trouble Looms Over Far East By JOHN M, HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON (®—The United States seems to be heading into a new period of trouble and con- troversy over critical Far Eastern issues. Some authorities think that this is one reason the Communists have shown such interest in re- newing talks about peace in Korea —that they hope to create a situa- tion in which they can exploit dif- ferences of view within U. S. and between the U. 8. and its‘allies. The situation was pointed up by a dispute over published reports on decisions made or under study concerning the future of Korea and Formosa in event a Korean truce is arranged. The White House denied yester- day that the Eisenhower adminis- tration has given any ‘‘considera- tion” to a United Nations trustee- ship for Formosa. It also said no policy had been formed.en getting @ permanent peace line;in Korea at the narrow point of the penin- sula about 80 miles north of the present battle line. But there was no denial that problems pf grave import, in sig- nificance reaching beyond Formo- sa and Korea, are being posed by the Red peace offensive as ap- Plied to the Far East. On the contrary, authoritative officials recognize that, if and when the U. S. joins. in a con- ference to make a permanent Ko- Tean peace and perhaps a broader Far Eastern settlement, it will face troubles with friend and foe alike. ‘ Some consideration,.already is being given to the major iss.es. they include: 1. If there is peage,in Korea, what attitude should the,U. S. take toward the two sets of Chinese tulers—the Communists on the mainland and Chiang Kai-shek on Formosa? The possibility of even-; tually coming to terms with the Reds has not been excluded from the thinking of some key. officials— | especially if Peiping indicates a! Titoist tendency to break away from Soviet control. There hi been some talk about the possibil- ity of treating Formosa as inde- pendent. But Chiang has commit- ted himself to re-conquer the main- | land and he has had powerful sup- port in the U. S. ‘ 2. If the Chinese Reds prove loy- al to Moscow but seek to develop friendship with such countries as Britain and India, should.the U. S. give Chiang all-out backing at vir- tually any cost? The British, In- dians and various other friendly governments recognize the Chinese | Communists, not the Nationalists. | In the past they have appeared far more ready than the U. S. to readying itself for further aggres- sion.” = ‘ Without saying what prompted his question, the ambassador asked in a speech to the Bronx Board of Trade: “Is the unification of my coun- try, a unity that existed for 43 centuries, is that unification now to’ be considered impossible?" And Ben C. Limb, Souh Korea’s representative to the U. N., said he had not been approached about any post-truce division of Korea. “Korea is not a pawn to be moved about and bartered at will, as today's news stories seem to indicate,” Limb saic. “We. know nothing about a boundary at the waist of the peninsula, and we will have no such thing ™ Have Yeu Heard? Tuesday Nite NAVY NIGHT | Key West Kennel Ciub | SERVICE MEN Admitted FREE. EINHORN’S VARIETY STORE Complete Line of GROCERIES Jack Einhorn, Owner 629 Duval Street Formerly LEE'S FOOD CENTER By DON WHITEHEAD WASHINGTON (#—The puzzle of who was responsible for an am- munition shortage in Korea in- cluded today even the names of Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Gen. George C. Marshall. MacArthur’s name figured in a Senate armed services subcommit- tee investigation with testimony that the onetime Far East com- mander and other top military and Political leaders felt in 1950 the Korean War would be won with only six months more of fighting. And Marshall, then secretary of defense, was said to have figured in a decision to ‘slash ammunition funds sharply about the same time. Witnesses ‘said that because of a feeling the war would soon end there was no real effort to get ammunition production rolling un- til December, 1950—six months af- ter the war began—after the Chi- mese Reds had entered the con- flict. Senators sought further informa- tion today (10 a.m., EST), calling for testimony from Secretary of the Army Robert Stevens, who is just back from a trip to the front. Stevens is expected to give a report on the current ammunition do business with the Reds, par- ticularly India. 3. How far should peace in Ko- rea be used to support demands for peace in Indochina, which the Eisenhower administration has treated as part of the same Far Eastern pattern? 4. In. Korea itself what kind of terms should be insisted upon for @ peace settlement—as opposed to a military truce? The official United Nations policy is to seek unification of all Korea. It seems likely that initially the U. S. would go into negotiations maintaining that policy. But if the Reds will supply in Korea. He already has told newsmen he found no lack in the hands of the fighting troops. Yesterday, Sen. Symington (D- { Mo) told the subcommittee the civilign chiefs of the Defense De ent slashed ammunition funds just before the Chinese Reds entered the war. Symington said the Joint Chiefs of Staff had asked for two billion dollars, but their request was cut in half because the Pentagon’s ci- vilian officials thought the amount excessive. At that time, Marshall was de- fense secretary and Robert A. Lovett—who later succeeded Mar- shall—-was his deputy. Former Secretary of the Army Frank Pace Jr., told the subcom- mittee yesterday it had been the judgment of MacAarthur that the Korean War would be over by De- cember, 1950. { Pace said he knew of no report by MacArthur to this effect, but said he got that impression while attending the Wake Island confer- ence between MacArthur and then | President Truman in October, 1950. And he said this was the general thinking at the time both in Wash- ington and the Far East. MacAr- thur later was removed by Tru-/| man from his Far Eastern com- mand in a clash over*the conduct of the war. | After the Chinese entered the war in November, 1950, MacAr- thur told interviewers his winter offensive was launched Oct. 20 in the hope it would ‘‘prove decisive action.” When the Chinese came in, he said, Korea became ‘“‘a new war with a new opponent and a new army.” Lovett told the subcommittee two days ago the responsibility for am- munition shortages would have to be ‘assigned to the Army as a whole.” But Symington, former secretary of the Air Force, who took part have none of it, some responsible | persons believe this country could and should consider a more limited territory for the anti-Communist government of South Korea. 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