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(  PULL  TEXT 01 ISW BETWEEN RICHARD HARKNESS NBC
NEWS AN-LYSIS' SHINGTON,   D.   C.   AND DR SNYGMAN RHEE
FIRST PRESIDENT ^     PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OP REPUBLIC  OF Fa.
AT PRESENT,   CHAIRMAN OF KOREAN COMMISSION OFFICIAL
REPRESENTATIVE OF PROVISIONAL  GOVERNMENT  IN CHUNGKING.
BROADCAST  ON DEC.   3   OVER W M'A L AT 11:15 P M  IN WASHINGTON,
D.   C— EDITOR)
RICHARD HARKNESS  ---DR.   SYNGMAN  RHEE
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MR.   HARKNESS,   FIRST MAY I EXPRESS MY DEEP GRATITUDE TO
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT,   GENERALISSIMO CHIANG KAI-shck
AND PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL FOR  THE DECLARATION MADE
AT  THE CAIRO CONFERENCE,   PLEDGING  THE COMPLETE
INDEPENDENCE OF KOREA.
MY COUNTRY,   KOREA,   WAS  TIC FIRST VICTIM OF  THE JAPANESE
TREACHERY IN THEIR MARCH OF CONQUEST.     AFTER AN  INDE- '   '
PENDENT EXISTENCE OF MORE  THAN  FOUR  THOUSAND  TV/0  HUNDRED
YEARS,   WE WERE FORCED  INTO   THE WORST  TYPE OF SLAVERY THE
THAT WAS  IN 1905.   A NATION ffHBE
MILLION PEOPLE WAS PRACTICALLY
OFF- THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
1  TAKING OVER YOUR COUNTRY THEN,
WORLD MS EVER KNOWN.
THEN OF NEARLY TWENTY
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you witnessed the japan
did ycu not, dr. rhee?
indeed i did, mr. harkness. the gestapo of modern
germany has nothing on the spy system the japs extablished
IN KOREA. LONG BEFORE NAZI-ISM AROSE IN EUROPE,seTHE <=
JAPANESE CAMS INTO KOREA WITH THEIR SOLDIERS, GENDARMES :::
AND POLICE LIKE SWARMS OF LOCUSTS. THEY BROUGHT^TH THEM
HORDES OF SANYUNGKU—WHICH IS THE KOREAN
HUNTING DOG—OR IN ANOTHER WORD, JAPANESE
THEY DESTROYED OUR ANCIENT CULTURE.  THEY
WORD FOR
SPIES .cr: ■:
ABOLISHED,OUR
IN.)
NEWSPAPERS.  THEY IMPOSED THEIR LANGUAGE UPON U&  THEY
FORCED US TO T-'KE JAPANESE NAMES.  THEY DROVE USEOUT OF
OUR HOMES.  THEY ROBBED US CF CUR LANDS.  THEY BI&SD US~-
A PRCUD AND PEACE-LOVING PEOPLE--WITH SWORD ANDrSHIP. x
THEY CORRUPTED OUR MANHOOD WITH DRUGS AND VICE.  THEY
HAVE REDUCED US TO POVERTY AND SQUALOR AND STARVATION.
THROUGH A LONG PROCESS OF PERSECUTION THEY HAVE BEEN
TRYING TO STAMP CUT CHRISTIANITY BY FORCING ALL THE
CHURCH MEMBERS TO BOW IN THE SHRINE WORSHIP.  HUNDREDS
Ol
OF
WHO REFUSED TO BOW BEFORE THE
IMAGE
SOME
CHRISTIAN MARTYRS
OF THE MIKADO ARE TODAY LANGUISHING IN DUNGEONS,
OF THEM ARE DYING FROM TORTURE AND STARVATION.
AS A RESULT CF THE 38 YEARS REIGN CF TERROR AND HORROR,
THEY HAVE SUCCEEDED IN COMPLETELY BLACKING CUT MY COUNTRY.
YET THEY HAVE NOT SUCCEEDED IN ONE THING--TO KILL THE FLAME
CF FREEDOM BURNING IN THE HEARTS C F THE 30 MILLION
LIBERTY-LOVING KOREANS.
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS  OF  THE CAIRO   CONFERENCE ARE
FLA IN THEN—IN WHAT  THEY HOLD   IN  STORE FOR KOREA?     WHAT
DO  YOU SEE AS A  SPECIFIC   RESULT  OF  THIS  PROMISE  OF  THE
UNITED NATIONS   TO   FREE YOUR COUNTRY?
A  LAND
TO  DIE
7E ARE READY TO
THE JAPANESE  TURNED KOREA   INTO
BUT THE KOREANS ARE  NOT AFRAID
OPPORTUNITY TO   DIE FOR FREEDOM
FIGHT FOR OURSELVES AND FOR THE UNITED
WEAPONS.     WE HAVE UNDERGROUND CHANNELS
THE JAPANESE OCCUPIED  TERRITORIES.      THERE
CHINA.     WITH GUNS  AND  BAYONETS
.AND
OF SILENCE AND FEAR,
WHEN  THEY SEE AN
FIGHT-
NATIONS.     WE WANT
IN KOREA   THROUGH
ARE  TWO MILLION
KOREANS   IN CHINA.     WITH GUNS AND  BAYONETS WE CAN USE  THIS
MANPOWER.     WITH BOMBS .AND DYNAMITE WE CAN BLOW UP
JAPANESE TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION LINES AND STORES
CF MUNITIONS.     WE OFFER OUR MANPOWER.     THE UNITED NATIONS
SHOULD GIVE US   THE MATERIAL AID WE NEED.      I BELIEVE  THE
ALLIED NATIONS  SHOULD  HELP US  SO   THAT WE CAN HELP   THEM.
THAT WILL BE  TILE  SPECIFIC   RESULT CF  THE CAIRO  CONFERENCE.
DO  YCU  THINK,
TO  THE UNITED
NOW,   THAT YOUR GOVERNMENT WILL BE ADMITTED
NATIONS?
MR.   HARKNESS,   CAIRO   IS  VERY NEAR THE DESERT	
IF THREE GOOD SAMARITANS MEET A STRANGER  IN  THE DESERT,
WILL THEY DENY HIM A DRINK CF WATER? -
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