Word: asia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...last, and belatedly, it looked as if some of the imagination and effort that had helped to contain Communism in Europe might be put to containing Communism in Asia...
...they were there. For an hour and 50 minutes, before they departed in the same clandestine fashion, the two chief architects of U.S. defense talked with the chief of diplomatic strategy. They were meeting together because, after months of inaction and hesitation, Harry Truman had ordered something done about Asia, and done quickly...
Each had something to report. Johnson disclosed the decision of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff on Formosa (see below). Acheson, who had once sharply disagreed with Johnson's stand for more decisive action in Asia, discussed his own attempts to piece together a plan of action for Communist China's anti-Communist neighbors. There was reason for speed. London reported that the British government would shortly leave the U.S. conspicuous in its indecision, would recognize Red Peking within the week, probably followed in quick order by India, Canada...
Harry Truman had laid the issue squarely on the line at Thursday's Cabinet session. Fresh from a long chance to do his own thinking at Key West, Fla., he had demanded a clear-cut affirmative Asia policy on his desk before Congress reconvened Jan. 3, proposed that the Cabinet officers produce just such a policy at the meeting of the National Security Council this week. When Louis Johnson pleaded for a little more time, the President said nothing doing. Moreover, he added, he would preside at the meeting himself...
...been two conflicting theories about the threatened island of Formosa, 100 miles off the Asiatic coast and the last defendable anti-Communist remnant of China. Douglas MacArthur and Louis Johnson wanted to go to Formosa's aid. The Joint Chiefs of Staff, who have consistently low-rated Asia, argued that the risks weren't worth the gain. Last week, in a day-long meeting at the Pentagon, the Joint Chiefs took second thought...