American Goals in Korea US goals in Korea included: See p.42-45 in The Cold War and the Americas, V. Sanders for more detail. US goals in Korea included: The containment of Communism The maintenance of a world balance of power between Liberal Democracy and Communism To support the pro-Western regime in South Korea The Truman Doctrine committed the US to intervention in the conflict Anti-communist sentiment at home in the US e.g. McCarthyism MSC-68 recommendations Support for the goals of the UN Fears for Japan