Foreign Relations of the United States, 1951, Korea and China, Volume VII, Part 2

Editorial Note

On May 17, 1951, President Truman approved NSC 48/5, a report to the National Security Council on United States Objectives, Policies, and Courses of Action in Asia, parts of which concerned United States policy with regard to China. For text of NSC 48/5, see volume VI, Part 1, page 33; parts of it are also printed in United States Department of Defense, United States-Vietnam Relations, 1945–1967, 12 volumes (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1971), Book 8, pages 425–445. For sections of NSC 48/5 concerning Korea, see page 439.