TOP SECRET 2 appeasement. Appeasement he said is not a prophylactic that gives immunity from aggression. On the contrary it facilitates and invites and expedites further aggression. China is already at war with us in Korea. You cannot appease a wild beast. If by appeasement we settled the Korean war and gave Formosa to China and a seat in the United Nations with full recognition for China MacArthur said he was sure within three months of such an uneasy peace that China as a new step would demand Hong Kong back from the British in no uncertain terms.
- Collection ID
- CAB158
- Conflict
- Korean War
- Countries
- Burma China Czechoslovakia England Formosa Germany Great Britain Indochina Japan Korea Malaya Poland Russia Soviet Union United Kingdom United States of America
- Document Reference
- CAB 158/12/12
- Document Types
- Report Map Correspondence
- File Reference
- CAB 158/12
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab158.0012.012
- Keywords
- Communism Military Operations Strategy Military Intelligence Manpower Agriculture Military Supplies Food Supplies Military Strength Blockades Economic Warfare Armaments Industry Industrial Intelligence Communications Transportation Air Power Naval Strength Anglo-american Relations Soviet-chinese Relations Defence Trade Railways Roads
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Joint Intelligence Staff Joint Planning Staff Ministry of Defence United Nations Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 28
- Persons Discussed
- Dwight Eisenhower John Gardiner
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
