FINAL WARNING: The Communist Agenda
In October, they captured the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, and
many communists retreated into Manchuria and Russia.The Taiwan government was planning to move against China, and
Truman warned Chiang Kai-shek not to make an attempt to recapture
his homeland. Truman ordered the American Seventh Fleet into the
Strait of Formosa to prevent any type of invasion. This freed the Red
China army to enter the Korean War. The Chinese, with the excuse that
they were protecting the security of their country, stormed across the
border on November 26, 1950, and stopped the UN army at the Yalu
River. Chiang then offered to send an advance force of 33,000 troops
into North Korea, but the State Department refused. They were a
member of the UN, yet the United States would not let them fight.The Korean War, Korean Conflict, or Police Action, as it is sometimes
called, developed into a stalemate of broken cease-fire agreements,
and MacArthur made plans for a massive retaliation against China. He
wanted to bomb the ammunition and fuel dumps, the supply bases,
and communication lines to China (bridges across the Yalu River), and
to post a blockade around the Chinese coast. However, on December
5, 1950, Truman and other Administration officials decided that this
sort of action would bring Russia into the conflict, and possibly initiate
World War III. MacArthur was ordered not to proceed with any of his
plans. The Joint Chiefs of Staff said: “We felt the action urged by Gen.
MacArthur would hazard this safety (of the U.S.) without promising any
certain proportionate gain.” A letter written to a Congressman, by
MacArthur, was read on the floor of the House, giving them the full
story of how much the Red Chinese were involved. Still, nothing was
done. Gen. Lin Piao, the Red Chinese commander, said later: “I would
never have made the attack and risked my men and military reputation
if I had not been assured that Washington would restrain General
MacArthur from taking adequate retaliatory measures against my lines
of supply and communication.”With MacArthur insisting that there was no substitute for victory and
that the war against Communism would be either won or lost in Korea,
he was relieved of his command, on April 11, 1951, by Gen. Matthew B.
Ridgeway, a member of the CFR.Air Force Commander, Gen. George Stratemeyer said: “We had