Editorial Note
Between May 3 and June 27, 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; United States policy with regard to China was a major subject of discussion. In addition to the testimony of Secretary of State Acheson, Secretary of Defense Marshall, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General MacArthur, and others the published record of the hearings contains considerable documentary material which was declassified and made public at the time; see United States Senate, Committee on Armed Services and Committee on Foreign Relations, 82d Congress, 1st Session, Military Situation in the Far East: Hearings (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1951). The complete transcript of the hearings, including those portions which were deleted from the published record but were subsequently declassified, is available in Record Group 46, Records of the United States Senate, National Archives.