HIST 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter korean war: United States Seventh Fleet, Dean Acheson, Blood Plasma
17 Oct 2016
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1) probing action by stalin against the west (assumed he ordered the north koreans to attack south) 2) stalin wanted to create problems for china, not us. Mao came to power w/o help of stalin, felt troubled by his ascendancy. 3) chinese initiative (unlikely) => mao zedong wanted more influence in the soviet orbit which north korea was in. 4) north korean attack an internal affair initiated by premier kim il sung (very unlikely) June 25, 1950: 100 000+ n. korean troops charged into s. korea danger & opportunity for us. All americans agreed to respond thru un. Group of officials i(cid:374) tate dep. drafted resolutio(cid:374) (cid:894)n. korea (cid:862)(cid:271)rea(cid:272)h of pea(cid:272)e(cid:863), (cid:862)a(cid:272)t of aggressio(cid:374)(cid:863)(cid:895), tru(cid:373)a(cid:374) appro(cid:448)ed. Security council meeting scheduled for day after (am. scared su could veto) Fi(cid:374)al (cid:448)ote of draft u(cid:374)a(cid:374)i(cid:373)ous e(cid:454)(cid:272)ept for yugosla(cid:448)ia"s a(cid:271)ste(cid:374)tio(cid:374) Meanwhile truman + acheson had meeting with 13 other top diplomatic & military leaders.
