Editorial Note
On November 15, Secretary of State Acheson spoke at the Department of State before a National Conference on Foreign Policy; for the text of his statement, see Department of State Bulletin, November 27, 1950, page 853. In the course of his remarks, Mr. Acheson attempted to allay any misunderstanding or anxiety existing in the minds of the Chinese Communist leadership that the United States had any ulterior designs concerning Manchuria or the territories and installations along either side of the Yalu River.
Assistant Secretary Rusk spoke before the same audience on the same day along the same lines (text ibid., December 4, 1950, page 889). He emphasized that Chinese interests could easily be accommodated unless the Chinese were plotting the eventual seizure of all Korea, for which the United Nations could not stand.