Mr* Ben Hibbs, Editor March 30, 1946
The Saturday Evening Post
Philadelphia, Pa.
Dear Mr. Hibbs:
As a regular reader of the Saturday Evening Post, I wish
to express my disapproval of Edgar Snow*s article, "We Meet
Russia in Korea," in the last issue (March 30, 1946) of the
Post*
The article is remarkable for ommission of facts, and
even more remarkable for untruths and Red-sympathies subtly
conveyed* The Russians stripped northern Korea as thoroughly
as they stripped Manchuria,  They have been living off the
country by systematic looting and robbery ever since they got
there. Murder and rape' have been their pastime. Yet Snow
glosses over all these crimes by two short sentences:  "Unlike
the Americans, the Red Array lived on the Country and helped
itself to whatever it needed. American observers were not permitted to study conditions in the Russian sone, but it was possible to confirm reports of looting and some confiscation of
machinery."
The rest of the long article is devoted to fault-finding
with the Koreans.  The Korean Independence Movement of 1919 was
truly national in character, yet Snow refers to it as if it
were something instigated by a small group of nationalists.
"The Japanese drove the leaders of the movement abroad, and
they took refuge in Canada and Siberia," says Snow. As a
matter of fact, none of the leaders went to Canada or Siberia.
All the expatriate leaders of the 1919 Independence Movement
have gone back to Korea during the past six months as private
citizens, and on their arrival they announced so publicly.
Yet Snow says these men " went on signing statements and granting interviews in which they referred to themselves as ministers
of this and that." This is contrary to fact according to all
the information coming from Korea, both from American and Korean
sources*
We all know the Jap rule in Korea was bad enough.  But the
Russian rule in northern Korea is worse. Yet Snow excuses the
Russian military tyranny by saying that "the Red army was no
better prepared to govern Korea than we were, and considerable
chaos ensued." Evidently, murdering unarmed and innocent people, raping decent women, and wholesale looting o.f the country
are all a part of "considerable chaos," according to him.  The
truth of the matter is that Edgar Snow, like many communist
sympathizers in this country, sees no communist evil, hears no
communist evil, and speaks no communist evil.  He goes on the
assumption that Russia can do no wrong.
I can readily see why the Chinese Nationalist Government
expelled Edgar Snow from China last year. His pro-communist
writings are an insult to the intelligence of readers. And it
is about time for The Saturday Evening Post to have a new Far
Eastern correspondent who is better informed on Oriental affairs, and less communist in his sympathies.
Very truly yours,
Henry C. neYoung, Ph,D
Author of "U. S. Far Eastern Policy,"
"The Korean American Treaty," etc.