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The Daily Record
Dunn, Harnett County, North Carolina
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Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway arrives in Tokyo from Korea and confers with Gen. Douglas MacArthur, his predecessor as UN commander, who was relieved by President Truman. Ridgway cancels a briefing, and MacArthur visits his office amid public attention.
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TOKYO, April 12-(UP)-
Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, new supreme United Nations commander, arrived by air from Korea today and conferred for more than an hour with his ousted predecessor, Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
Ridgway arrived at MacArthur's residence in the U. S. Embassy shortly before 5 p.m. (3 a.m. EST) still wearing combat fatigues with a grenade fastened to the paratrooper's harness. The two generals talked until 6:12 p.m. (4:12 EST).
BRIEFING CANCELLED
Then Ridgway called-but subsequently cancelled-a conference of all section heads at supreme headquarters "for a briefing." The session presumably will be held tomorrow.
U. S. Army Secretary Frank Pace Jr., flew into Tokyo with Ridgway and accompanied him to MacArthur's residence.
Shortly after the conference with Ridgway, MacArthur drove to his office in supreme headquarters in the Dai Ichi Building in downtown Tokyo across the moat from the
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Imperial Palace, perhaps for the last time.
Several thousand persons gathered around the entrance to the building stood silently as MacArthur, smiling, strode through the crowd and past the smartly-saluting, white-helmeted sentries of his honor guard.
Only a few hours earlier, he had made his first rebuttal to President Truman's announcement that he had been fired for failing to give his "whole-hearted support" to official U. S. and United Nations policy.
MacArthur feels that he has "complied meticulously with all the directives he has received from Washington," his chief adviser, Maj. Gen. Courtney Whitney, said in a formal statement released to the press.
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Foreign News Details
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Tokyo
Event Date
April 12
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gen. douglas macarthur relieved of command by president truman for failing to support u.s. and un policy; macarthur rebuts via statement claiming compliance with directives.
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Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway arrives by air from Korea and confers with Gen. Douglas MacArthur at the U.S. Embassy residence for over an hour. Ridgway, in combat fatigues, arrives before 5 p.m. and talks until 6:12 p.m. He cancels a briefing of section heads. Frank Pace Jr. accompanies Ridgway. MacArthur then drives to his office in the Dai Ichi Building, passing through a silent crowd and honor guard.