Us Containment And Asia

Question 1

Reconstruction of post war Japan

Answer 1

After ww2 Japan occupied by USA
set up reverse course- economic reconstruction rather than punishing Japan
Japan crucial in containment in Asia
Joined General agreements in tariff and trade- couldn’t trade with China

Question 2

San Francisco peace treaty

Answer 2

September 1951
Between Japan and allied powers
Didn’t restrict Japan economically militarily or politically
USSR and China refused to sign
Us funded $240 million to increase Japanese military

Question 3

Jiang Jieshi, China and Taiwan

Answer 3

Start of 1949, Mao decorated Jieshi in Chinese civil war
Us supported Jieshi in exile in Taiwan
June 1949- Mia announced allegiance to USSR
July 1949- China white paper by Acheson
Justified withdrawal of Jieshi support
Concern over Sino-soviet alliance

Question 4

Defensive perimeter strategy

Answer 4

Jan 1950- Acheson reviewed Us policies towards Far East

Creation of defensive perimeter around Japan defended by Us military

Question 5

NSC-68

Answer 5

September 1949 USSR successfully tested atomic bomb
Us no longer had monopoly power
Review of us foreign policy
Stressed urgency to increase us economic military and political power.