Foreign Relations of the United States, 1951, Korea and China, Volume VII, Part 1

Editorial Note

Beginning on May 3, the Senate Committees on Armed Services and Foreign Relations held hearings on the military situation in the Far East and the circumstances surrounding General MacArthur’s recall. These sessions continued through June 27. For the record, see Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Eighty-Second Congress, First Session, To Conduct an Inquiry Into the Military Situation in the Far East and the Facts Surrounding the Relief of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur From His Assignments in That Area (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1951).

In addition to the testimony taken from Secretary of Defense Marshall, Secretary of State Acheson, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General MacArthur, and others, the text of the Hearings contains considerable documentary material which was declassified and made public at the time.