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Telecon system linked top generals in Korean War strategy
The article recounts how telecon radio teletype conferences linked Washington, Tokyo, and frontline leaders, with Gen. Ridgway and Gen. Bradley making pivotal decisions. It describes setup, soundproof rooms, and ciphered messages, noting a long log of conferences and dramatic moments from 1950 to the war’s early stages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y Ray Fale
Genrae
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Joint Chiefs of Stat
Macarthur
Korea
Worden Dixon
San Francisco
Signal Corps
Dixon
JCS
Earle E. Partridge
Far East Air Forces
Partridge
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
WAC
Joseph Laxton Collins
Waton
Seattle
Guam
Corps
Tokyo
U. S
Alaska
Japan
Heidelberg
Germany
North Africa
Omar N. Bradley
Defence
Central. Intelligence ' Agency
United States
Tokyo-Seoul