Editorial Note
On July 19, President Truman transmitted to Congress a Special Message reporting on the Korean situation; for the text, see Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Harry S. Truman, 1950, page 527.
Concerning Formosa, the President said that the action taken by the United States was a matter of elementary security to prevent extension of the Korean crisis into the Pacific area. He went on to say that the United States had no territorial ambitions on the island nor any desire for special position or privilege there and added that the present military neutralization was without prejudice to political [Page 384] questions affecting Formosa. He expressed the hope that all such questions would be settled by peaceful means as envisaged in the United Nations Charter.