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Attitudes to Korea - Coggle Diagram
Attitudes to Korea
China
focused more on internal reforms than Korea
Focus on securing control of Taiwan
Did not expect USA to react
Manchuria
close to Sino-Soviet border
important geo-political area
Send troops as war approaches its borders
Didn't send materials initially
USSR
Stalin having a change in mindset after February 1950
USSR having nuclear technology
Atomic bomb in August 1949
Change in relations with Chinese
Sino-Soviet Treaty February 1950
Kim Il Sung could turn to China for primary support if USSR didn't get involved
Stalin accepting that indirect support for N.Korea would be the best possible option
not wanting to bring the US into Korea
Stalin initially rejecting Kim Il Sung's pleas
aware of 7 500 US troops still in S.Korea
provided support in ideological terms
USA
post-WW2, focused on containment of communism
NSC-68
Propped up anti-democratic Rhee
Korea
Rhee
Unification of Korea
Refused to sign Armistice
Wanted agreement on democratic terms
Heavily propped up by the USA
Il Sung
Elimination of leadership rivalry
Autarchy sought
USSR provides advisors
China providing 'volunteers'
UN