Caretaker

Two days before he arrived in Formosa last week (see Danger Zones). Douglas MacArthur paid his second visit within a month to the Korean fighting front. MacArthur's plane put down at a newly completed dirt airstrip in South Korea. The general alighted, talked briefly with South Korean President Syngman Rhee, Prime Minister Shin Sung Mo, and U.S. Ambassador John J. Muccio. Said MacArthur to the Prime Minister: "You take care of the President. We are going to take care of your country."

Before he returned to Tokyo, Douglas MacArthur gave voice to a prophecy and a warning: "I am completely confirmed in the estimate I made to the President of the United States last week that the enemy has lost his chance for victory. This does not mean that victory passes to us instantly, or without a long, hard row and the most difficult struggle. That we will have new heartaches and new setbacks is inherent in the situation, but I was never more confident of victory--ultimate victory--in my life than I am now."

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