This collection contains documents related to President Harry S. Truman's decision to relieve General Douglas MacArthur of his command over the United Nations forces in the Korean War. Supporting materials include photographs and oral histories.
The Korean War: President Truman's Dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur
Documents
1950
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Memorandum for President Harry S. Truman, September 27, 1950 (NAID: 313172728)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: General Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602190)
- File Unit: MacArthur, Douglas: Messages, General (NAID: 876440)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and General Douglas MacArthur (NAID: 313172706)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: General Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602190)
- File Unit: MacArthur, Douglas (NAID: 876436)
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Correspondence Between Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson and General Douglas MacArthur, August 27, 1950 (NAID: 165976668)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: General Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602190)
- File Unit: MacArthur, Douglas: Veterans of Foreign Wars (NAID: 876444)
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Message from Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson to General Douglas MacArthur, with Attachment, August 26, 1950 (NAID: 165976648)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: General Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602190)
- File Unit: MacArthur, Douglas: Veterans of Foreign Wars (NAID: 876444)
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Copy of General Douglas MacArthur's Special Communique on Chinese Communist Intervention, from the New York Times, November 6, 1950 (NAID: 165976489)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: General Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602190)
- File Unit: MacArthur, Douglas: Dismissal (NAID: 876437)
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Press Release, September 29, 1950 (NAID: 165976477)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: General Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602190)
- File Unit: MacArthur, Douglas: Dismissal (NAID: 876437)
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Letter from President Harry S. Truman to Congressman John W. McCormack, with Related Material, September 1950 (NAID: 165976473)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: General Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602190)
- File Unit: MacArthur, Douglas: Dismissal (NAID: 876437)
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Typed Dispatch from New York Herald Tribune, August 29, 1950 (NAID: 165976467)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: General Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602190)
- File Unit: MacArthur, Douglas: Dismissal (NAID: 876437)
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Press Release, August 29, 1950 (NAID: 165976465)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: General Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602190)
- File Unit: MacArthur, Douglas: Dismissal (NAID: 876437)
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Press Release, Letter from President Harry S. Truman to Senator Warren Austin, August 27, 1950 (NAID: 165976462)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: General Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602190)
- File Unit: MacArthur, Douglas: Dismissal (NAID: 876437)
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Copy of Article from New York Times, "General MacArthur's Statement on His Trip to Formosa, August 1, 1950 (NAID: 165976460)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: General Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602190)
- File Unit: MacArthur, Douglas: Dismissal (NAID: 876437)
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Longhand Note by President Harry S. Truman, June 30, 1950 (NAID: 165976456)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: General Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602190)
- File Unit: MacArthur, Douglas: Dismissal (NAID: 876437)
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Longhand Note of President Harry S. Truman, November 25, 1950 (NAID: 26457772)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Longhand Notes Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201518)
- File Unit: Longhand Notes - Presidential, 1944 - 1953: November 25, 1950 (NAID: 735268)
1951
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Senate Concurrent Resolution 24, April 11, 1951 (NAID: 367369150)
Part of:
- Collection: George M. Elsey Papers, 1916 - 1995 (NAID: 600073)
- Series: Subject Files, 1941 - 1995 (NAID: 167966993)
- File Unit: Korea - MacArthur - Policy Statement Affecting Recall [1 of 2] (NAID: 169630338)
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Memorandum from James V. Fitzgerald to President Harry S. Truman, August 7, 1951 (NAID: 313172722)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: General Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602190)
- File Unit: MacArthur, Douglas (NAID: 876436)
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Memorandum, "Conclusion" (NAID: 301668769)
Part of:
- Collection: George M. Elsey Papers, 1916 - 1995 (NAID: 600073)
- Series: Subject Files, 1941 - 1995 (NAID: 167966993)
- File Unit: Korea - MacArthur - Majority Report Draft (NAID: 169630337)
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Memorandum, "Small War.Large War?" (NAID: 301668756)
Part of:
- Collection: George M. Elsey Papers, 1916 - 1995 (NAID: 600073)
- Series: Subject Files, 1941 - 1995 (NAID: 167966993)
- File Unit: Korea - MacArthur - Majority Report Draft (NAID: 169630337)
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Memorandum, "Formosa" (NAID: 301668749)
Part of:
- Collection: George M. Elsey Papers, 1916 - 1995 (NAID: 600073)
- Series: Subject Files, 1941 - 1995 (NAID: 167966993)
- File Unit: Korea - MacArthur - Majority Report Draft (NAID: 169630337)
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Memorandum, "The Relief of General MacArthur" (NAID: 301668738)
Part of:
- Collection: George M. Elsey Papers, 1916 - 1995 (NAID: 600073)
- Series: Subject Files, 1941 - 1995 (NAID: 167966993)
- File Unit: Korea - MacArthur - Majority Report Draft (NAID: 169630337)
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Note from Ken Hechler to George Elsey with Attachment, September 22, 1951 (NAID: 301668732)
Part of:
- Collection: George M. Elsey Papers, 1916 - 1995 (NAID: 600073)
- Series: Subject Files, 1941 - 1995 (NAID: 167966993)
- File Unit: Korea - MacArthur - Majority Report Draft (NAID: 169630337)
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Department of State Daily Opinion Summary, May 8, 1951 (NAID: 301668720)
Part of:
- Collection: George M. Elsey Papers, 1916 - 1995 (NAID: 600073)
- Series: Subject Files, 1941 - 1995 (NAID: 167966993)
- File Unit: Korea - MacArthur Dismissal Memoranda [1 of 2] (NAID: 169630334)
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Department of State Daily Opinion Summary, May 7, 1951 (NAID: 301668717)
Part of:
- Collection: George M. Elsey Papers, 1916 - 1995 (NAID: 600073)
- Series: Subject Files, 1941 - 1995 (NAID: 167966993)
- File Unit: Korea - MacArthur Dismissal Memoranda [1 of 2] (NAID: 169630334)
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Letter from Secretary of Defense George Marshall to Senator Richard Russell, May 1, 1951 (NAID: 301668714)
Part of:
- Collection: George M. Elsey Papers, 1916 - 1995 (NAID: 600073)
- Series: Subject Files, 1941 - 1995 (NAID: 167966993)
- File Unit: Korea - MacArthur Dismissal Memoranda [1 of 2] (NAID: 169630334)
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Department of State Office of Intelligence Research, Initial Foreign Reaction to General MacArthur's Dismissal, April 16, 1951 (NAID: 301668694)
Part of:
- Collection: George M. Elsey Papers, 1916 - 1995 (NAID: 600073)
- Series: Subject Files, 1941 - 1995 (NAID: 167966993)
- File Unit: Korea - MacArthur Dismissal Memoranda [1 of 2] (NAID: 169630334)
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Memorandum of Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson and Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Lovett, March 24, 1951 (NAID: 193223379)
Part of:
- Collection: Dean Acheson Papers, 1928 - 1972 (NAID: 591248)
- Series: Secretary of State Files, 1945 - 1972 (NAID: 201181)
- File Unit: Memoranda of Conversations File, 1949-1953: March, 1951 (NAID: 1721927)
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Clippings from MacArthur Hearings, May 1951 (NAID: 165976586)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: General Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602190)
- File Unit: MacArthur, Douglas: Dismissal (NAID: 876437)
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Memorandum, The MacArthur Dismissal, April 28, 1951 (NAID: 165976581)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: General Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602190)
- File Unit: MacArthur, Douglas: Dismissal (NAID: 876437)
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Press Release, Pentagon Statement, April 21, 1951 (NAID: 165976579)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: General Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602190)
- File Unit: MacArthur, Douglas: Dismissal (NAID: 876437)
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Press Release, Pentagon Statement on Relief of General MacArthur, April 19, 1951 (NAID: 165976577)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: General Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602190)
- File Unit: MacArthur, Douglas: Dismissal (NAID: 876437)
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Associated Press Stenographic Transcript of General Douglas MacArthur's Address to Congress, April 19, 1951 (NAID: 165976568)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: General Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602190)
- File Unit: MacArthur, Douglas: Dismissal (NAID: 876437)
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Press Release, Statement by the President, April 13, 1951 (NAID: 165976566)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: General Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602190)
- File Unit: MacArthur, Douglas: Dismissal (NAID: 876437)
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Press Release, Address by President Harry S. Truman, April 11, 1951 (NAID: 165976560)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: General Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602190)
- File Unit: MacArthur, Douglas: Dismissal (NAID: 876437)
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Press Releases, April 10, 1951 (NAID: 165976549)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: General Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602190)
- File Unit: MacArthur, Douglas: Dismissal (NAID: 876437)
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Copy of Cable from General Douglas MacArthur to Freeman Magazine, April 5, 1951 (NAID: 165976521)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: General Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602190)
- File Unit: MacArthur, Douglas: Dismissal (NAID: 876437)
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Copy of New York Times Newspaper Article, "Text of General MacArthur's Korea Statement", March 25, 1951 (NAID: 165976514)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: General Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602190)
- File Unit: MacArthur, Douglas: Dismissal (NAID: 876437)
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Message from the Joint Chiefs of Staff to General Douglas MacArthur, with Related Material, March 24, 1951 (NAID: 165976511)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: General Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602190)
- File Unit: MacArthur, Douglas: Dismissal (NAID: 876437)
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Transcript of Speech of Congressman Joseph W. Martin, February 12, 1951 (NAID: 165976499)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: General Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602190)
- File Unit: MacArthur, Douglas: Dismissal (NAID: 876437)
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Diary Entry of President Harry S. Truman, April 10, 1951 (NAID: 7542754)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Diaries Files, 1947 - 1953 (NAID: 602202)
- File Unit: 1951 (NAID: 976232)
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Diary Entry of President Harry S. Truman, April 9, 1951 (NAID: 7542753)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Diaries Files, 1947 - 1953 (NAID: 602202)
- File Unit: 1951 (NAID: 976232)
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Diary Entry of President Harry S. Truman, April 8, 1951 (NAID: 7542752)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Diaries Files, 1947 - 1953 (NAID: 602202)
- File Unit: 1951 (NAID: 976232)
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Diary Entry of President Harry S. Truman, April 5, 1951 (NAID: 7542750)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Diaries Files, 1947 - 1953 (NAID: 602202)
- File Unit: 1951 (NAID: 976232)
Undated
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Unsigned Statement on General Douglas MacArthur's Statement on Formosa (NAID: 313172724)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: General Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602190)
- File Unit: MacArthur, Douglas: Messages, General (NAID: 876440)
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Form Letter from Senator Hubert Humphrey (NAID: 301668727)
Part of:
- Collection: George M. Elsey Papers, 1916 - 1995 (NAID: 600073)
- Series: Subject Files, 1941 - 1995 (NAID: 167966993)
- File Unit: Korea - MacArthur Dismissal Memoranda [1 of 2] (NAID: 169630334)
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Note from Ken Hechler to George Elsey with Attachment (NAID: 301668723)
Part of:
- Collection: George M. Elsey Papers, 1916 - 1995 (NAID: 600073)
- Series: Subject Files, 1941 - 1995 (NAID: 167966993)
- File Unit: Korea - MacArthur Dismissal Memoranda [1 of 2] (NAID: 169630334)
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Diary Entry of President Harry S. Truman (NAID: 7542751)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Diaries Files, 1947 - 1953 (NAID: 602202)
- File Unit: 1951 (NAID: 976232)
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Oral History Interview with Vernice Anderson (NAID: 201076)
Part of:
- Collection: Harry S. Truman Library Oral History Collection, 1960 - 2014 (NAID: 1198)
- Series: Transcripts of Oral History Interviews, 1960 - 2014 (NAID: 200668)