https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/59c6aea0d8fe443bac69481006cb337f.pdf b86ae851fe53ea550cc56aa2a5693306 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act - Document divulge ervellyde la Loigsugasals /'information 5 c. ■ TMEDIATE RELEASE < ... 2*t*4 l* us . - . *<‘ r! M • , - . NOVEMBER 30, 1950 . 5 - 11.21 63 „Ma”0 1 4 .8. * STATEMENT BY THE, PRESIDENT s .45 ■ S "‘‘-3 - .** -• •**** 2** ‘***212"" 15t : B**t • ■ amondmnz 1 i * ? nnsdak . 5 het f .* . , 1: pir2 Rot 9756 * . . Recent developments in Korea conf ronk: theworld, “itha : , serious crisis. The' Chinese communist leaders have sent theip , .4. . j ‘ troops ' fromHanchuria to, launch a st rongandwell-organized attack against the United Nations forces in North Korea/ This has been done despite prolonged and earnest efforts to bring. home, to -the . communist leaders of China the plain.fact, that neither the United ' Nations’.nor .the' United .States. has any aggressive intentions toward China. Because of the historic friendship between the; people 4 5 the United States and China, it is particularly shocking to uuto think that Chinese are being forced into battle'against our troops in the United Nations command. 052 5 cii z, mr 66 , d". r 0 26 210 tmhnp’t* 7*4 . • . .The Chinese attack was made in great force, and it still continues. It has, resulted in the forced withdrawal of large parts of the United Nations command. The battlefield situation is un-a certain at this time. 4 We may suffer reverses as we have suffered . ' them before/ But the forces of the United Nations have no intention ) /of abandoning their mission in Korea, o ns 9-6 0 ndS 1 - . alt os om 2 bba ven8sokmemn/30mo ' * 9 -The forces, of the United Nations are in Korea toput down an aggression that threatens not: only the whole fabric, of theic o ■ United Nations, but all human hopes of peace, and justice. .If the United' Nations yields to the forces of aggression, no nation willl be safe or secure. If aggression is successful in Korea, we can expect it to spread through Asia and Europe toy this hemisphere. We are fighting in. Korea for our own nationalsecurity and survival. - We have committed ourselves to the cause of a just and r peaceful-world order through the UnitedNations.Westandby that commitment. 'fl" t " an • i D ht 2 4. • •42 2966 — 20 poinr v : .2 o . 52 2 wdhin 2 ff 5 5 —a 5 . We shall meet the now situation in three ways. We“shall ( continue to work in the United Nations for-concerted 'action to halt this aggression in Korea. We shall intensify our efforts to help other free nations strengthen their defenses in order to meet the threat of aggression elsewhere. We shall rapidly increase our own military strength. J In the United Nations, the first step is action by the Security Council to halt this aggression. Ambassador Warren Austin is pressing for such action. We shall .exert every effort to help bring the full influence of the United Nations to" bear on the situation in Korea.’ . Some had hoped that the normal peaceful process of disVJ cussionand negotiation, which is provided through the United OVER 100573 i �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act ■ Document divulge en vertu de la Loi surl’acces a /’information - 2 - 030% qUO 34. 200r 1 !■ " Nations, could be successfully entered into with the’present Chinese communist’delegation at Lake Success. There is, however, no indication that the representatives of communist China are , - willing to engage in this process. , Instead of discussing the real issues, they have been making violent’ and wholly false" statements of the type which have often been used by the 'Soviet', representatives in.*)" an effort to prevent the Security Council fromacting f ...2 "i." J 113 shl a?tt 1,4 93 15/1* 2 / , ‘1, 1,.%4 (./3. ■ ' " . ‘We hope that the Chinese people will not continue to be ‘‘ forced or deceived into5 serving "the. ends"of Russian colonial policy in Asia.’ Damcertain that, if the* Chinese people now’under’the. • controlof the' communists wer"rree to speak"for themselves, they •would denounce this aggression against the' Unitd Nations, i.tt ’ 3 ! 209 4 i00 ,0582s 3.0 qp& 50210 "5.*A ' 722 ne0 .02 2.17.297 1 2 <’ •• ., - s : , 7 s4*ge* ,3% 4" Because this new act of aggression in 'Korea is only a " part 'of a world-wide pattern of danger, to all the. free nations of the world, it is more necessary than ever before for us' to increase at ‘a very- rapid rate the ‘combined military strength of the kree' nations i "It is more necessary than ever that integrated forces. 21 in Europe ‘undera Supreme-Command be established at once. 2* 2 • 10293s or :t2n * ■ * 2i ■/' 2" 5 117** o‘24 1 2 i P 220 With respect to our own defense, I shall submit a sup—* piemen tal request for - appropriations needed immediately to increase . G the size nd effectiveness of our— armed forces. “’'The request will include a substantial amount for the ‘ Atomic Energy Commission in? addition to large amounts for the Army, the Navy, and the Air *i Force ?sc agmDao) 21dn ■ 1 l p.te889k1 ... 230/vv 7 ‘aaod . 4 ; ' s o 6 : nn Texpect to/confer tomorrow with Congressional leaders’ and ask them to give .•ungehit'.cons'ideratidh to these appropriations, - 3. This is a time for all our.'Citizens to lay'as-ide differences and unite in firmness and mutual: determinatint»dds • what is best for our country and the cause of freedom throughout 2 the world.. This country is the keystone of the hopes of mankind I for peace and justice. We must show that we are guided by a common apurpose and a common faith, 1 : : : n 0. ‘ al /0: 0 • **69) is : : ’.1 1 s : 142 i 5 x/0 oont Ehu f tod -akrs Bond 2 : : 38 o : . ' : . ► 5 • •■ t 03 no : i n < n $ 009180 Fot : 1 (." r 6 : . $ 1 292* * i i - <. _ , o" ‘ eret - 'V. 4 at . 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