jan 12, 1950 - Dean Acheson's Perimeter Speech
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Speech given before the National Press Club stating the "defence perimeter" of the US. Excluded Korean peninsula so critics cite this speech as a possible cause of the Korean War as the speech may have been interpreted as a "green light" to North Korea that the US would not intervene if they invaded the South.
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Cold War 1945-1991
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