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...ACHESON : "We have opposed that . . . and opposed it very vigorously and very successfully . . . We cannot allow governments that want to get in the United Nations to shoot their way in. There are 46 organizations of the United Nations and its affiliated special agencies to which the Chinese might be admitted . . . The question has come up 77 times in these various 46 bodies. The vote has been against the admission 76 out of the 77 ... In regard to one case where the other case was taken, that was [later] reversed...
From October 1948 until the Korean invasion on June 25, 1950, Dean Acheson testified, the U.S. had "one policy, and one policy only" in regard to Formosa. "That policy was as follows: 1) first of all, it was understood and agreed that Formosa had strategic importance so far as the U.S. was concerned; 2) that strategic importance related to keeping Formosa out of the hands of a [hostile] power and did not concern occupying or using Formosa by the U.S.; 3) in the existing condition and strength of the armed forces of the U.S., it was not possible to commit...
...President Truman presided at a meeting of the National Security Council. General Omar Bradley, representing the J.C.S. in its new stand, argued for a military mission to Formosa. Secretary Acheson opposed him, decisively defeated the proposal. Truman ruled for Acheson...
...Secretary Acheson told a press conference: "There has been a great deal of amateur military strategy indulged in in regard to this matter of Formosa . . . We are not going to get involved militarily in any way on the island of Formosa. So far as I know, no responsible person in the Government, no military man has ever believed that we should involve our forces in the island . . . We gave vast amounts of military equipment to that government. . . It is not that they lack rifles or ammunition ... or that they cannot purchase what they need . . . The trouble lies elsewhere...
...Acheson, in a speech to the National Press Club, said that the U.S. "defensive perimeter runs along the Aleutians to Japan and then goes to the Ryukyus ... to the Philippine Islands." Not included: Formosa...