Editorial Note
On December 30, Secretary of State Acheson released a statement reviewing the events of 1950 and looking toward the prospects for 1951; for the text, see Department of State Bulletin, January 15, 1951, page 83. With particular reference to Korea, the statement read:
“Regardless of threats, this country will not compromise by appeasement its security or the principles by which a society of free men must live. We will not reward Communist aggression. In Korea, this means that this country will not be intimidated by the threats coming out of Peiping; but will continue under the United Nations to combat the forces of aggression.”