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===Korean war===

===Korean war===

Acheson's speech on January 12, 1950, before the National Press Club seemed to say that South Korea was beyond the line and that American  support for the new Syngman Rhee government in South Korea would be limited. Critics later charged that Acheson's ambiguity provided [[Joseph Stalin]] and [[Kim Il-sung]] with reason to believe the US would not intervene if they invaded the South. However, evidence from Korean and Soviet archives demonstrates that Stalin and Kim's decisions were not influenced by Acheson's speech.

Acheson's speech on January 12, 1950, before the National Press Club seemed to say that South Korea was beyond the line and that American  support for the new Syngman Rhee government in South Korea would be limited. Critics later charged that Acheson's ambiguity provided [[Joseph Stalin]] and [[Kim Il-sung]] with reason to believe the US would not intervene if they invaded the South. However, evidence from Korean and Soviet archives demonstrates that Stalin and Kim's planning were already in the works and Acheson's remarks  only had "a certain influence on [[Kim Il-sung]]".<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=GiWPAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA42&lpg=PA42&dq=Acheson%2BKim+Il-sung&source=bl&ots=jjy7X0Km4v&sig=YEEHPnQVPiHV8dzEkc56Gn4-BXk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjP-N-Az_jMAhVK2WMKHYGfCC4Q6AEIgQEwEw#v=onepage&q=Acheson%2BKim%20Il-sung&f=false </ref>

With the Communist takeover of mainland [[China]] in 1949, that country switched from a close friend of the U.S. to a bitter enemy--the two powers were at war in Korea by 1950. Critics blamed Acheson for what they called the "loss of China" and launched several years of organized opposition to Acheson's tenure; Acheson ridiculed his opponents and called this period in his outspoken memoirs "The Attack of the Primitives." Although he maintained his role as a firm anti-communist, he was attacked by various anti-communists for not taking a more active role in attacking communism in Asia. During the Korean War both he and Marshall, now serving as Secretary of Defense came under attack from [[Joseph McCarthy]]. Congressman [[Richard Nixon]] ridiculed "Acheson's College of Cowardly Communist Containment." This criticism grew very loud after Acheson refused to 'turn his back on [[Alger Hiss]]' when the latter was accused of being a Communist spy, and convicted (of perjury for denying he was a spy).   

With the Communist takeover of mainland [[China]] in 1949, that country switched from a close friend of the U.S. to a bitter enemy--the two powers were at war in Korea by 1950. Critics blamed Acheson for what they called the "loss of China" and launched several years of organized opposition to Acheson's tenure; Acheson ridiculed his opponents and called this period in his outspoken memoirs "The Attack of the Primitives." Although he maintained his role as a firm anti-communist, he was attacked by various anti-communists for not taking a more active role in attacking communism in Asia. During the Korean War both he and Marshall, now serving as Secretary of Defense came under attack from [[Joseph McCarthy]]. Congressman [[Richard Nixon]] ridiculed "Acheson's College of Cowardly Communist Containment." This criticism grew very loud after Acheson refused to 'turn his back on [[Alger Hiss]]' when the latter was accused of being a Communist spy, and convicted (of perjury for denying he was a spy).