Editorial Note
The text of NSC 118/2, “United States Objectives and Courses of Action in Korea,” December 20, 1951, may be found on page 1382. Special Estimate 20, “The Probable Consequences of Certain Possible U.S. Courses of Action With Respect to Communist China and Korea,” December 22, 1951, which included attached tabs dealing with Chinese Nationalist armed forces and with anti-Communist guerrillas in China, is not printed.