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Harry S. Truman

Prevent further conflict between the communist government on the China mainland and the Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan

Tuesday Jun 27, 1950
Taiwan & China

On June 27, 1950, after the outbreak of fighting in Korea, Truman ordered the U.S. Navy's Seventh Fleet into the Taiwan Strait to prevent further conflict between the communist government on the China mainland and the Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan.


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