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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JULY 8, 1950
STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT
The Security Council of the United Nations in its
resolution of July 7, 1950, has recommended that all Members
providing military forces and other assistance pursuant to the
Security Council resolutions of June 25 and 27, make such forces
and other assistance available to a unified command under the
United States.
The Security Council resolution clso requests that the
United States designate the commander of such forces, and
authorizes the unified command at its discretion to use the United
Nations flag in the course of operations against the North Korean
forces concurrently with the flags of the various nations
participating.
I am responding to the recommendation of the Security
Council and have designated General Douglas MacArthur as the
Commanding General of the military forces which the Members of
the United Nations place under the unified command of the United
States pursuant to the United Nations' assistance to the Renublic
of Korea in repelling the unprovoked armed attack against it.
I am directing General MacArthur, pursuant to the
Security Council resolution, to use the United Nations flag in
the course of operations agninst the North Korean forces con-
currently with the flags of the various nations participating.
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