General Douglas MacArthur’s Farewell Address, 1951, Part 1

On April 10th, 1951 President Harry Truman relieved General Douglas MacArthur from his command in the Pacific. MacArthur's vision of an escalated conflict in Korea in which the increased Chinese involvement be effectively countered in its communist military expansion, stood in contrast to the Truman administration's policy of Europe-first, and, some might say, appeasement of the Communist threat. In a letter to the Republican House minority leader (March 20th, 1951), MacArthur had said:

• My views and recommendations with respect to the situation created by Red China’s entry into war against us in Korea have been submitted to Washington in most complete detail. Generally, these views are well known and clearly understood, as they follow the conventional pattern of meeting force with maximum counterforce.... It seems strangely difficult for some to realize that here in Asia is where the Communist conspirators have elected to make their play for global conquest and that we have joined the issue thus raised on the battlefield; that here we fight Europe’s war with arms while the diplomatic there still fight it with words; that if we lose the war to communism in Asia the fall of Europe is inevitable, win it and Europe most probably would avoid war and yet preserve freedom. As you pointed out, we must win. There is no substitute for victory.

Relieved of his command, his military service over, MacArthur gave this farewell to service speech to the Congress on the 18th of April, 1951.

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