Evening star., 1950-11-30
Acheson Revelations
Prove How Policy Of
Appeasement Failed
FIoundering Diplomacy
Refused to Recognize
Facts as They Are
By David Laurence

several mOuLIlS now CIl6 Tree ma
tions Of the world have tried to
ignore the fact that Communist
China was aiding and abetting
aggression by the North Korean
armies. Neither Communist China
nor Soviet Russia, her ally, has
been denounced as an aggressor by
the United Nations because Of a
lingering hope that the Commu-
nists could be appeased or influ-
enced to mend their ways. But to
no avail.
The speech just made by the
Secretary of State, Dean Acheson,
constitutes a tragic revelation,
fantastic in the history Of interna-
tional relations. A nation without
a declaration Of war commits acts
of war against a group Of other
nations and, for some strange
reason. there Is no recognition of
the existence Of state Of war.
Nor is there any counter move
ment against such a nation on all
fronts--and by land. sea and air
as is the custom when a nation
under attack seeks to defend its
troops.
Words Of Revelation.
Here are Mr.. Acheson's words
Of revelation:
even before the attack in June,
the Communist authorities in
China had aided in building up
the forces Of the North Koreans.
This was done by turning over Ko-
rean soldiers in their own armies
and BY munitions and supplies.
The Chinese also moved some of
their own armies from South
China to Manchuria. After the
North Korean attack started. more
materiel and fresh soldiers came
across the Manchurian border in
greater and greater numbers. At
ter the North Korean defeat the
cloak Of pretense became thinner.
Chinese military formations were
moved into Korea under the guise
Of volunteers.
"At the very moment when rep
resentatives of these Chinese Com
munist authorities appeared at the
headquarters of the United Ma
tions. claiming the right to speak
before this world organization in
the name Of the Chinese people,
the cloak of pretense has been
thrown off. In great force, the
armies of the Chinese Communists
have streamed across the Man
churian border. engaging the
forces Of the United Nations in
a new encounter"
The foregoing gives facts which
the American people have not
known till now. Why has infor-
nation about the planned Chi
nese attack on American forces,
so obviously organized to strike at
the q. N. forces, been withheld? =?
News dispatches have told of 1t
in a fragmentary way. but no
official pronouncement has come
from our own Government con-
firn1ing these plotted acts Of ag-
gression.
Instead, the American people
were led to believe all through the
congressional election campaign
that all was going we'll.
Now the facts show that Chi
nese regiments moved into North
Korea In substantial quantity be-
ginning on October 10. What has
been going on in Washington
since that date? Also. what has
been going on at the United Ma
tions?
Who Is Responsible?
The truth is that military
estimate of the dangers in the
situation must have been made
by the United States Joint Chiefs
of Staff. and there must have
been considerable information
transmitted by Gen. Macarthur
as to the part Communist China
was playing in the war against
our forces.
Who then is responsible for
failing to appraise the Chinese
threat correctly? The oversimpli-
fed explanation is that "intelli-
gence reports" in Korea were in
ADEQUATE. They were sufficient. In
deed the moment a single division
of Chinese Communist troops
crossed into North Korea, it was
an act of war against our forces
and should have been officially
treated as such.
The real trouble is that Wash
ington is living in a era Of wish
full thinking. Somebody in the
State Department here or in the
British and French foreign offices
thinks 1t might enrage the Chi
nese Communists for the U. N. to
move up to the North Korean bor-
der. There is talk of buffer states
"a manifestation of timidity. The
dispatches tell of doubt expressed
by our allies in Europe. Those
same nations express fear that
America might not have enough
manpower to defend Europe, SO
a TRADE Of criticism arises
against Gen. Macarthur for seek
ing to defend his own troops
against annihilation.
It's all a strange commentary
on the vacil1ating and founder
ing diplomacy that refuses to rec
ognize facts for what they are
1t emphasizes the amazing lack
of leadership in Washington
which apparently abdicates re-
sponsibilitv for the defense of our
troops in Korea and waits for the
U. N. to debate what shall be
done.
On June 26 the U. N. called for
force to back up its resolution
against the aggressor. America
responded. Other nations sent
token forces. Yet America s
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