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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JUNE 26, 1950
STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT
I conferred Sunday evening with the Secretaries of
State and Defense, their senior advisers and the Joint Chiefs of
Staff about the situation in the Far East created by unprovoked
aggression against the Republic of Korea.
The Government of the United States is pleased with the
speed and determination with which the United Nations Security
Council acted to order a withdrawal of the invading forces to
positions north of the thirty-eighth parallel. In accordance with
the resolution of the Security Council, the United States will
vigorously support the effort of the Council to terminate this
serious breach of the peace.
Our concern over the lawless action taken by the forces
from North Korea, and our sympathy and support for the people of
Korea in this situation, are being demonstrated by the cooperative
action of American personnel in Korea, as well as by steps taken
to expedite and augment assistance of the type being furnished under
the Mutual Defense Assistance Program.
Those responsible for this act of aggression must realize
how seriously the Government of the United States views such threats
to the peace of the world. Willful disregard of the obligation to
keep the peace cannot be tolerated by nations that support the
United Nations Charter.
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