【117】 原文中の（）内のページ表示は本誌ページです （和訳は１６年６月号２３４ページをご覧ください） 　Senator Lodge.　(continuing). [I did not realize that.] 　 If the four steps which you recommended do not bring the action in Korea to a successful conclusion, what do you recommend should be done next? 　General MacArthur.　Senator, I would wait and see. 　I believe it would bring it to a successful conclusion, however. 　 （１６年６月号２３５ページ） 　PROPOSED WITHDRAWAL FROM KOREA 　Senator Lodge.　My recollection is that in the canvassing of the various alternatives which we have in regard to Korea, yesterday, you did not mention withdrawal from Korea. 　Would you care to comment on the idea of withdrawing totally from Korea? 　General MacArthur.　In the three possibilities that I outline, one of those was to close the war on the enemy's terms, which would have meant the abandonment of Korea. 　Senator Lodge.　You do not favor that? 　General MacArthur.　I certainly do not. 　STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF KOREA 　Senator Lodge.　What would happen with regard to Formosa if Chiang were to land on the mainland, and then be wiped out? 　General MacArthur.　Senator, that is a hypothesis that is very difficult to speculate upon. 　The basic concept that this country should have would be that Formosa should not be allowed to fall into Red hands. 　Senator Lodge.　That is just it. 　We have heard it said 　 -------------------------------------------------------- 　General MacArthur.　Now, the mechanics of accomplishing that purpose would depend upon the play of circumstance. 　I am unable to answer a hypothetical question in which you put up a suggestion that the forces of the Generalissimo would be destroyed. 　I do not believe that they are going to be destroyed; and, if we gave him the proper support, they would not be destroyed. 　So, to put a hypothesis of that sort, is something I would not attempt to speculate upon at this time. 　I would, however, under any circumstances whatsoever 　 -------------------------------------------------------- 　I would insure that Formosa shall not fall into Red hands. 　I believe if it does, that you have not only lost everything we gained in the Pacific war, but you have rolled our strategic frontier back from the little island groups that defend us now, all the way to the western coast of the United States. 　 （１６年６月号２３６ページ） 　I believe that you might invite a third world war, if you allow that great breach in our lines. I believe the immediate effect of that would be the collapse in the Philippines and Japan, and our withdrawal. 　Senator Lodge.　I know you are attached to the importance of Formosa, and I attach great importance to it, myself: and so, I wondered what position Formosa might be in, if a landing on the mainland was unsuccessful. 　I realize it is a speculative matter. 　Do you think that the Kremlin has enough influence to stop the Red aggression in Korea if it wanted to do so?