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President Truman supported the French re-occupation of Indo-China. He also provided American ships for the purpose. As a result General Douglas MacArthur threatened to resign. Truman was forced to dispatch General George Marshall to Japan to prevent the resignation. This was the beginning of the Truman MacArthur rift.

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