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Re: Korea - 50 years ago
Ed Evanhoe wrote:
on June 25, 1950, the United States could have carred less about what
was happening in South Korea, other than getting their citizens out
of harm's way. ... there were only vauge contigency plans for
defending South Korea
Not to mention that Sec. of State Dean Acheson in a 1950 speech to the
National Press Club specifically omitted Korea (and Taiwan) from the
U.S. realm of interest, or "defense perimeter," in East Asia.
--Mandy Katz