Original sentence: If the Soviet would not have retaliated, the strikes would have greatly increased Chinese deaths and decrased American deaths.Later declassified documents indicate that MacArthur wanted to use perhasp up to 50 nuclear weapons on China.MacArthur sought an armed relation into Chinese territory, but President Truman refused.Truman feared that a nuclear strike might have drawn the Soviet Union into the war
Edited sentence: A nuclear strike might have drawn the Soviet Union into the war and perhaps launched a Third World War.Later declassified documents indicate that MacArthur wanted to use nuclear weapons on Chinese territory, some sources suggesting as many as 50.MacArthur sought an extension of the conflict into China, but President Truman refused his request.Truman feared a nuclear exchange and needless Chinese deaths