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Release All Papers
On Yalta or None,
MacArthur Proposes
HEW YORK, April 4 W).—
Gen. Douglas MacArthur says he
favors release of documents
dealing with “responsibility for
the Yalta decisions” only if the
record is released in full.
‘1 vould be wholeheartedly in
approval ... to have published
all documents which bear upon
responsibility for the Yalta de
cisions.” he declared in a state
mem last night. “But,” he added.
"I would deprecate most un
equivocally a partial and selec
tive release.”
The wartime Par Eastern mili
tary chief referred to the re
quested release of certain Army
documents and messages dealing
with the war against Japan.
Publication of these records
was sought after Gen. Mac-
Arthur denied statements that
his advice had prompted conces
sions to the Soviet Union in
order to enlist Russia in the
Pacific war. These concessions
were made by the United States
and England at the Yalta con
ference in February, 1945.
Lid Clamped Down
The Army on Saturday an
nounced it had tightened the
security classification of Gen.
MacArthur’s wartime message
file and other documents and
was leaving a decision on their
release to the Defense Depart
ment. •
Gen. MacArthur said he wants
the whole record released—if at
all —because he understands
that the Defense Department is
now being asked to release only
selected documents dealing with
plans for carrying out the Yalta
decisions. He said this release
would exclude “the documenta
tion which preceded the Yalta
decisions and which alone might
cast light upon the responsibili
ties involved."
Such partial release, the gen
eral added, “could only result in
added confusion in the public
mind concerning the issue under
discussion, which is the respon
sibility for the Yalta decisions.”
Denial Challenged
In an editorial on March 25
the Washington Post and Times-
Herald challenged Gen. MacAr
thur's denial of any responsibil
ity for the Yalta concessions
The newspaper said the general
was known to have pleaded “for
concessions to get Russia into
the Japanese war.”
Similar statements were made
in Congress by Senator Lehman,
Democrat, of New York.
Gen. MacArthur repeated
anew last night his earlier denial
of this, saying:
"After the recent publication
of the Yalta documents, to my
utter amazement, it was stated
on the floor of the Senate that
the concessions made at Yalta
by the American and British
chiefs of state were based upon
my recommendations.
"Such statement is utterly un
founded and without the slight
est basis in fact.”
In its editorial disputing Gen.
MacArthur’s denial of any re
sponsibility for the Yalta con
cessions, the Washington Post
and Times-Herald cited a sec
tion of the diaries of the late
James V Forrestal.
The diary of the then Secre
tary of the Navy reported a
talk between Mr. Forrestal and
Gen. MacArthur two weeks after
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Progress Reported
In McCleflan-Stassen
Session on Dispute
BY JAMES Y. NEWTON
Chairman McClellan of the
Senate Investigations Subcom
mittee and Foreign Aid Adminis
trator Harold E. Stassen held a
“peace” conference today and
they agreed that progress was
made in ironing out differences
over Investigation of an aid proj
ect in Pakistan.
But opinions of the Arkansas
Senator and Mr. Stassen varied
as to the completeness of the
accord reached in the heretofore
angry controversy.
Understanding Seen
Mr. Stassep described the 90-
minute talk as “constructive”
and said. "I believe we reached a
general understanding on a fair
way to proceed” in the subcom
mittee’s probe of Government
plans to build three grain stor
age elevators in Pakistan.
“We had a very pleasant dis
cussion and I believe we made
progress toward more harmoni
ous relations,” Senator McClel
lan told reporters. “Everything
at issue was not finally resolved,
but I believe a sincere effort will
be made to settle the two or
three unsolved issues.”
Accused of Obstruction
Subcommittee Senators have
accused Mr. Stassen of obstruct
ing the investigation. Senator
McClellan said Mr. Stassen
agreed to remove some of the
“roadblocks" and would con
sider removing others. But he
said the administrator still had
to decide whether to give the
committee all the documents it
wants in the case.
The subcommittee has been
conducting a preliminary ln
the Yalta conference. It said
Gen. MacArthur at that time
discussed the planned invasion
of Japan and urged that “as
many Japanese divisions as pos
sible should first be pinned down
on the mainland, principally by
Soviet forces.”
Gen. MacArthur denied making
such a statement to Forrestal.
Retired Maj. Gen. Courtney
Whitney, Gen. MacArthur's aide,
challenged the authenticity of
this section of the diary and
suggested that if Mr. Forrestal
actually did dictate it, he might
have been suffering from mental
illness.
Authenticity Supported
Tire St. Petersburg (Fla.)
Times, in a copyrighted article
last night, quoted two persons
close to Mr, Forrestal at the
time as vouching for the au
thenticity of his diaries.
The newspaper said Miss Kath
erine Foley, former confidential
secretary to Mr. Forrestal and
now a resident of St. Petersburg,
told a reporter, “There’s not the
slightest doubt of the authenti
city of the Forrestal entry.” She
described the suggestion that
Mr. Forrestal had been mentally
ill as “ridiculous.”
The newspaper also said it had
talked by long distance telephone
to a stenographic reporter who
accompanied Mr. Forrestal on
the 1945 Pacific trip during
which he met Gen. MacArthur.
It said the reporter, H. C. Ober
lander, who was reached in
Kansas City, said he was sure
the diaries as published were
accurate.
Fire and Stampede Kill 39
In Belgium; 22 Are Children
SCLESSIN. Belgium, April 4
(JP). —Weeping relatives filed
through a makeshift morgue to
day to identify victims of a
movie house fire yesterday that
killed 39 persons, including 22
children.
Belgium’s King Baufiouin ar
rived in this grieving industrial
suburb of Liege this morning to
visit the scene of disaster in the
Theater Rio and to talk to the
victims' families.
Many Trampled to Death
By midmorning, officials an
nounced that 38 of the'39 bodies
had been identified. They were
part of the matinee audience—
mostly children—which was
trapped in the theater when the
fire broke out. Many were
trampled to death in the rush
for the exits.
The victims’ bodies were
quiry into reports that FOA was
negotiating a contract with a
company that submitted a bid
about $1 million higher than the
lowest bidder. >
FOA has been negotiating with
the Agricultural Construction Co.
of Los Angeles which Senator
McClellan said was organized a
few days before bidding on the
Pakistan job.
Expects Data.
Senator McClellan said Mr.
Stassen agreed to supply in
formation on the Los Angeles
firm. He said FOA previously
had refused to do that.
The Senator said he had, in
formation that an engineer em
ployed by FOA on the Pakistan
project had had previous con
nections with Mr. Poulsen.
Mr. Stassen, talking to re
porters separately, said his office
supplied the McClellan subcom
mittee with all important docu
ments in the Pakistan case back
in February. But Senator Mc-
Clellan said documents he con
sidered important had been
withheld.
The subcommittee has issued
a subpoena for Mr. Stassen to
appear before it Wednesday and
bring all the records in the
Pakistan case.
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