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=== Truman dismisses MacAuthur ===
=== Truman dismisses MacAuthur ===
In March 1951, a UN operation recaptured Seoul. In April, General MacArthur asked for permission to bomb Chinese bases in Manchuria and to use KMT forces from Taiwan. When President Truman rejected both of these proposals, MacArthur went public with his criticisms and Truman dismissed him. (The dispute was not about nuclear weapons, although it is remembered this way in popular history.)
In March 1951, a UN operation recaptured Seoul. In April, General MacArthur asked for permission to bomb Chinese bases in Manchuria and to use KMT forces from Taiwan. When President Truman rejected both of these proposals, MacArthur went public with his criticisms. Truman dismissed him and replaced him with Gen. Matthew Ridgeway. (The dispute was not about nuclear weapons, although it is remembered this way in popular history.)
At their meeting at Wake Island on 15 October 1950, MacAuthur, based on his alleged understanding of "the Oriental mind," had assured Truman that China would not intervene. So Truman had good reason to dismiss MacAuthur prior to their dispute about using KMT soldiers.
=== Aftermath ===
=== Aftermath ===