Editorial Note
On June 29 at 4 p. m., President Truman held a news conference, the text of which is printed in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Harry S. Truman, 1950 (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1965), page 502,
[Page 239]At 4:30 p. m., the Department of State released the text of an address to be delivered by Secretary Acheson on that date before the American Newspaper Guild in Washington, D.C.; that part of the address dealing with Korea is printed in Department of State Bulletin, July 10, 1950, page 43. Mr. Acheson stated that the United States action in aiding the Korean Government by air and sea support in conformity with the Security Council resolutions of June 25 and 27 was taken “solely for the purpose of restoring the Republic of Korea to its status prior to the invasion from the north and of reestablishing the peace broken by that aggression”.