National Affairs: THE ARGUMENT

General MacArthur's voice had sounded loud & clear. The Administration spoke with three voices, all in general agreement but with different inflections:

How well is the U.S. doing in Korea?

MacArthur: "We could hold in Korea by constant maneuver . . . but could hope at best for only an indecisive campaign with its terrible and constant attrition . . ."

Truman: "So far, it has been successful. So far... we have prevented aggression from succeeding and bringing on a general war."

Bradley: "Even though it would possibly result.for a time in a military stalemate, we have already achieved an international victory."

Under U.N. restrictions, how...

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