jan 18, 1950 - Dean Acheson's "Defense Perimeter Speech" (January 1950)

Description:

-about u.s.- asian relations
- u.s. national security priorities: japan and philippines and australia
- defense perimeter = areas of fundamental concern of u.s./ alaska-japan-phillippines-austrialia
- attacking defense perimeter will prompt an immediate u.s. response
- u.s. supports s.korea and taiwan matter but they are not in the defense perimeter