Present at the creation; my years in the State Department by Acheson Dean 1893-1971

Author:Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971, Acheson Dean, Acheson, Dean, Buitenlandse politiek, Außenpolitik, Quelle
Publisher: New York, Norton
Published: 1969-03-15T05:00:00+00:00

to mind, so a State Department officer was sent from Tokyo to Formosa with the explanation.

At eleven o'clock I returned to the White House for a meeting with congressional leaders, taking Foster Dulles, just back from Tokyo, with me. The congressional group was perhaps twice as large as the one at the Tuesday meeting. The President reported the situation in Korea, reviewed the actions previously taken by the United Nations Security Council and the United States Government, and the orders he had issued that morning. A general chorus of approval was interrupted by, I think, Senator Kenneth Wherry questioning the legal authority of the executive to take this action. Senator Alexander Smith suggested a congressional resolution approving the President's action. The President said that he would consider Smith's suggestion and asked me to prepare a recommendation. The meeting ended with Representative Dewey Short stating that Congress was practically unanimous in its appreciation of the President's leadership. Short was a Republican from the President's home state of Missouri and ranking minority member of the Armed Services Committee.

Friday's decisions were the culminating ones of a momentous week. We were then fully committed in Korea.

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