Re: Korean-War:UN Peace Keeping

[Marc James Small <msmall@infi.net>]

At 11:56 PM 5/8/02 EDT, Jhk789@aol.com wrote:
>The legality of the 
>Security Council is still debated because two permanent 
>member states--Soviet Union and mainland China--did not 
>approve the action. 

Red China was not then a member of the UN.  The seat they now occupy was
then held by the proper Chinese government, the ROC based on Taiwan.  This
changed in 1971 or '72 as part of a Red block effort to embarrass the US.

Marc

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