RE: Korean-War:UN Peace Keeping

["Martin Dunne" <martindunne@bigpond.com.au>]

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Subject: RE: Korean-War:UN Peace Keeping


>> At 04:40 PM 5/11/02 +0930, Martin Dunne wrote:
>>
>>I have never read or heard of any contemporary commentator pointing out
the
>>... how shall I put it... unusual step of removing themselves from the
>>Security Council in time to miss vetoing Korean War resolutions.
>>Has anyone got any citations for me?
>
>See any of the standard histories of the Korean War, such as Clay Blair's
>FORGOTTEN WAR, for details.
>
>Web Sites on this abound.  A quick Google search revealed:
>
>http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAkorea.htm
>http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1990/ch8_p4.htm
>http://www.skalman.nu/koreanwar/1950.htm
>http://www.nara.gov/education/teaching/korea/home.html
>
>There are many, many other web sites which cover this.  The Soviet boycott
>of the Security Council began in very early 1950 and was a protest against
>the refusal of the UN to seat the Chinese Communist government in the UN in
>place of the ROC;  the boycott ended on 1 AUG 50.
>
>Marc
>
>msmall@infi.net  FAX:  +276/343-7315
>Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir!

Thanks, but none of these are contemporary (i.e. from 1950) commentators.
Neither is Forgotten War, from what I recall.
What I am looking for is anyone in 1950- politician, military, journalist,
whatever- who noticed that the concept of monolithic communism was not borne
out by the action of boycotting the Security Council.

Martin Dunne