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Contrary to some reports, this did not begin due to U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson's speech to the National Press Club on January 12, 1950. He did not expressly exclude South Korea from the defense perimeter, but rather define more clearly what territories were the direct responsibility of the U.S. as opposed to those which were under the broader protection of the U.N. as a whole.<ref>https://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/korea/large/documents/pdfs/kr-3-13.pdf</ref>
Contrary to some reports, this did not begin due to U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson's speech to the National Press Club on January 12, 1950. He did not expressly exclude South Korea from the defense perimeter, but rather define more clearly what territories were the direct responsibility of the U.S. as opposed to those which were under the broader protection of the U.N. as a whole.<ref>https://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/korea/large/documents/pdfs/kr-3-13.pdf</ref>
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[[Image:KOREA50.JPG|thumb|380px]] Omar Bradley blamed Truman and Acheson in his memoir A General's Life<ref>A General's Life, pg. 528</ref>
Late in 1950 China intervened unexpectedly, drove the UN forces all the way back to South Korea. The fighting stabilized close to the original 38th parallel that had divided North and South. MacArthur wanted to continue the rollback strategy but Truman arrived at a new policy of containment, allowing North Korea to persist. Truman's dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur in April 1951 sparked a violent debate on U.S. Far Eastern policy, as Truman took the blame for a high-cost stalemate with 37,000 Americans killed and over 100,000 wounded.
Late in 1950 China intervened unexpectedly, drove the UN forces all the way back to South Korea. The fighting stabilized close to the original 38th parallel that had divided North and South. MacArthur wanted to continue the rollback strategy but Truman arrived at a new policy of containment, allowing North Korea to persist. Truman's dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur in April 1951 sparked a violent debate on U.S. Far Eastern policy, as Truman took the blame for a high-cost stalemate with 37,000 Americans killed and over 100,000 wounded.