Item COLD WAR 27/114 - Transcript of interview with journalist Robert J Donovan, 1997

Typescript transcript of interview with Robert J Donovan, White House correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune, Washington DC, USA, [1949-1952], relating to the reaction in the USA to the declaration of the People's Republic of China, 1 Oct 1949; the speech made by Dean Gooderham Acheson, US Secretary of State, to the National Press Club, Washington DC, USA, alluding to a US 'defense perimeter' in the Far East that did not include Korea or Taiwan, 12 Jan 1950; the criticism Acheson received for not mentioning Korea in his speech, 1950; the reaction of US President Harry S Truman to the invasion of the Republic of (South) Korea by the People's Democratic Republic of (North) Korea, 25 Jun 1950; speculation in the USA that the invasion of South Korea was orchestrated by the USSR to further communist expansionism, 1950; US public support for US military involvement in Korea, 1950; the amphibious landing of UN forces at Inchon, Korea, 15 Sep 1950; the US reaction to the intervention in the Korean War by the armed forces of the People's Republic of China, Oct 1950; speculation on a Soviet military intervention in Korea, 1950; the threat by US President Truman, made at a press conference, of the possible use of the atomic bomb in Korea, 30 Nov 1950; the emphasis in the world's press on Truman's atomic threat, 1950; the relationship between Truman and US Gen of the Army Douglas MacArthur, Commander-in-Chief, UN Forces in Korea, 1950-1951; the dismissal of MacArthur by Truman, Apr 1951; the replacement of MacArthur by US Gen Matthew Bunker Ridgway, Apr 1951; the meeting between Truman and Gen MacArthur, Wake Island, Pacific Ocean, Oct 1950; the impact of the Korean War on the Truman's Presidency, 1950-1952; the emphasis by US Republican candidate Dwight David Eisenhower, during the Presidential election campaign, of the unpopularity of Truman's policies in Korea, 1952. 27pp