President Truman's relief of General Douglas MacArthur purposes is [just temporarily] allied with Soviet Russia." If MacArthur's thesis was accepted, then it followed that expanding the war with China would not provoke a conflict with the Soviet Union. The Joint Chiefs emphatically disagreed, although this contradicted their position that it was Europe and not Asia that was the prime concern of the Soviet Union. Even among Republicans, there was little support for MacArthur's position. On 5 April, Martin read the text of a letter he had received from MacArthur, dated 20 March, criticizing the Truman administration's priorities on the floor of the House. In it, MacArthur had
Secretary-General to the President, Republic of China is assisted by two Deputy Secretaries-General. The current Deputy Secretaries-General are Liu Chien-sin and Yao Jen-to. Secretary-General to the President, Republic of China The Secretary-General to the President is the highest-ranking official in the Office of the President, Republic of China (Taiwan), and supervises the staff of the Office. The current Secretary-General is Chen Chu. According to Article 9 of the ROC Office of the President Organization Act, "The Office of the President shall have one secretary-general to the president. The secretary-general shall be a special-grade political appointee and shall, under the direction of the president, take overall charge of