US containment in action in Asia

the reconstruction of Japan and US-Japanese relations; support for Jiang Jieshi and policy towards China and Taiwan; the defensive perimeter strategy; support for South Korea; NSC-68

who did Stalin sign a treaty of friendship and alliance with in August 1945?

Jiang Jieshi

1946: Start of the Chinese Civil War?

* (August 8th, 1945) The USSR gave the CCP 700,000 riffles but also helped the, set up military schools regardless of the treaty w Jiang Jieshi
* The outbreak of the second civil frustrated Trumans attempts to balance the power between the GMD and CCP (under the 1899 Open Door Policy) and because by now he saw Mao as a Soviet puppet decided to back Jiang Jieshi  
* The ‘China Lobby’ in the USA pushed Truman to back Jiang Jieshi; he gave $2.8 billion in aid to the GMD between 1945-40 

when did china become communist?

October 1949

what was the 1947 reverse course?

* Japan did not have to pay reparations anymore  
* It was a focus on trying rebuild the country so they could defend themselves from Communism 
* Through Marshall Aid $500 million  

how did the US support Jiang Jieshi and his policy towards China and Taiwan?

* The outbreak of the second civil frustrated Trumans attempts to balance the power between the GMD and CCP (under the 1899 Open Door Policy) and because by now he saw Mao as a Soviet puppet decided to back Jiang Jieshi  
* The ‘China Lobby’ in the USA pushed Truman to back Jiang Jieshi; he gave $2.8 billion in aid to the GMD between 1945-40 

__***Taiwan***__

* 1949 July China White paper - Dean Acheson new Secretary of State
* they would support Jiang Jieshi in Taiwan secretly so not to alarm the USSR and china to have a stronger bond

when and what was the defensive perimeter strategy?

* January 1950
* Like day two on the job and Dean Acheson messed up.... 
* He wanted to focus on the miliary security of the pacific especially in Japan  
* Left out Korea. 
* This was before a Sino-Soviet treaty  

when was the Sino-Soviet treaty?

February 1950: Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Alliance  

* The treaty between the Chinese and Soviets  

NSC-68, When and what was this?

April 1950

NSC-68 was a top-secret policy paper issued by the United States National Security Council in 1950 during the presidency of Harry S. Truman. It outlined a shift in the country's Cold War strategy, advocating for a significant increase in military spending and a more aggressive approach towards containing Soviet expansionism. The document played a significant role in shaping US foreign policy for the next several decades.

what and when was the US-Japanse security treaty?

***1951: US-Japan security treaty***  

* Gave unrestricted military bases in Japan  
* Administrative control of Okinawan  
* The right to use military force for internal disorder  
* The right to veto giving military basis to other states  

when was the San Francisco treaty and what was it?

* Gave sovereignty to Japanese people  
* Korea was forbidden to try to take land from Korea and Taiwan  
* 49 people signed this treaty  

September 1951