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June 11, 1951
The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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Lt. Gen. Wedemeyer testifies in Washington Senate inquiry, denying misinterpretations of 1945 report favoring China coalition and 1949 views on Formosa, supporting Gen. MacArthur amid dismissal and Korean policy probe.
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Gen. Wedemeyer Backs Up Gen. MacArthur
WASHINGTON, (AP)—Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer, backing up Gen. MacArthur, today denied that a report they made in 1945 favored bringing the Communists into a coalition government in China.
Wedemeyer told the senators:
1. Acheson took "out of context" statements from a 1945 message from the military commanders in the Far East which gave some Senators the impression that MacArthur and Wedemeyer favored the Truman administration's plan at that time to bring the Chinese Nationalists and Communists into coalition government.
2. Acheson gave "an erroneous impression" that he, Wedemeyer, had shared the State Department's "pessimistic views" in 1949 that Formosa, island stronghold of the Nationalists, would fall into the Communists' hands.
Wedemeyer, a tall gray-haired man, is the eighth witness in the inquiry by the Senate into MacArthur's dismissal and the Korean war policy differences figuring in it.
Wedemeyer is now the commanding general of the Sixth Army, with headquarters at San Francisco, but much of his army service has been concerned with the Far East.
He made a survey of the Far East in 1947 at the request of President Truman and wrote the now-famous Wedemeyer Report on China and Korea. That report predicted a probable future Soviet-backed effort to take over all of Korea.
WASHINGTON, (AP)—Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer, backing up Gen. MacArthur, today denied that a report they made in 1945 favored bringing the Communists into a coalition government in China.
Wedemeyer told the senators:
1. Acheson took "out of context" statements from a 1945 message from the military commanders in the Far East which gave some Senators the impression that MacArthur and Wedemeyer favored the Truman administration's plan at that time to bring the Chinese Nationalists and Communists into coalition government.
2. Acheson gave "an erroneous impression" that he, Wedemeyer, had shared the State Department's "pessimistic views" in 1949 that Formosa, island stronghold of the Nationalists, would fall into the Communists' hands.
Wedemeyer, a tall gray-haired man, is the eighth witness in the inquiry by the Senate into MacArthur's dismissal and the Korean war policy differences figuring in it.
Wedemeyer is now the commanding general of the Sixth Army, with headquarters at San Francisco, but much of his army service has been concerned with the Far East.
He made a survey of the Far East in 1947 at the request of President Truman and wrote the now-famous Wedemeyer Report on China and Korea. That report predicted a probable future Soviet-backed effort to take over all of Korea.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
Biography
What themes does it cover?
Deception
Justice
What keywords are associated?
Wedemeyer Testimony
Macarthur Backing
China Coalition
Formosa Fall
Korean War Policy
Senate Inquiry
What entities or persons were involved?
Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer
Gen. Macarthur
Acheson
President Truman
Where did it happen?
Washington
Story Details
Key Persons
Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer
Gen. Macarthur
Acheson
President Truman
Location
Washington
Event Date
1945, 1947, 1949
Story Details
Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer denies that a 1945 report by him and Gen. MacArthur favored a Communist-Nationalist coalition in China, accusing Acheson of taking statements out of context and giving erroneous impressions about 1949 views on Formosa. He is testifying in a Senate inquiry into MacArthur's dismissal and Korean war policy as the eighth witness.