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THE KOREAN OPEN U2TTER 636 NORTH EAIN STREET AKRON 10, OHIO, U. S. A. PUBLISHER MRS. IDA M. CHOO EDITOR YOUNG HAN CHOO Korean Leader Asks: JANUARY 1948 FEBRUARY 6 VOL. 5 NO.1,2WHOLE NO'. 6 SUBSCRIPTION RATE; $5.00 PAGE 1 U.N. TO HOLD VOTE FREE OF MEDDLERS On the eve of the arrival in Seoul of a United Nations commission to supervise an election, the following statement of the Korean nationalist case was written "by,Dr. Syngman Rhee, head of a federation of 71 anti-Communist associations in South Korea. BY DR. SYNGMAN RHEE O (President, Korean Nationalist Association) SEOUL, JAN. 6—The Koreans got caught, by no fault of their own, between the tv/o wheels of conflicting ideologies, democracy and communism. The Soviets are pushing ahead whenever and wherever possible, persistently and ruthlessly. The Americans, devoid of self-interest and desirous of peace, seem short-sighted and vacillating. The Koreans have been, since the early days of their independence movement, upholding the American principle of democracy. In 1919, inspired by President Wilson's declaration of self- determination principles, they inaugurated a passive revolution j against Japan., They declared Korea an independent republgr, with a constitution modelled after that of the United States, and established a provisional government, the first governmeht-inrv exile known to history. ' / ' -^ ■'■" But,the Koreans were bitterly disappointed when the U.£U ap~ peased the totalitarian empire of Japan in suppressing thfif democratic spirit of the Korean people. ~/: This appeasement policy continued until the Pearl Harboj disaster. The Koreans, who had repeatedly warned the Americans ^ of such a disaster, \vere once again sadly disappointed. •• ' ASK MILITARY AID. They repeatedly requested the State Department officials for* material assistance to their army in China so that they could help defeat Japan a.nd prevent the danger of the Communist invasion'of Korea, but not a single, rifle from "the arsenals of democracy,", nor a dollar .from -"the lend-lease aid" so freely given to every other struggling nation, went to the Koreans. The New Deal statesmen joined with Russia in the arbitrary division of Korea into two occupation zones. The very thing against which the Koreans had repeatedly warned the State Department officialso(those officials are not there now) orally and in writing, bpth for the sake of Korean independence and U*S« security, ha.s been/allowed to ta.ke place. The'Communists rushed into northern Korea from Siberia and Manchuria, together with the Soviet Army, and threatened the south by anti-American agitations, strikes, riots and terrorism. If the Koreans, at the time of surrender, ha.d been allowed to hold a genera*l election and set u,p their own government in the south, there would have been no Communist problem, at least in the United States zone. But unfortunately they were not. The reason the Koreans in south Korea failed to vote ?.nd set up a government of their own, .while all the occupied countries and enemy nations have had elections, was due to the fact that under the New Deal policy Gen. Hodge., the occupation commander, had to appease Russia and hold a neutral attitude toward the Nationalists and Communists. I told Gen. Hodge that I could not support him any longer, and went to Washington. He also went to Washington later and promised that a.s soon as the interim legislature had adopted the election law we would have the election. Gen. Hilldring, then as Assistant Secretary of State, told me that the south Korea interim election should be held at the earliest possible date and that the government set up by it will represent both north and south. ' BEST STEP. When I was in Tokyo in March, 1947, Gen. MacArthur told me the election was the best step to take toward the ultimate solution, and further remarked that Gen. Hodge would cooperate with?me in this.' I returned to Seoul with high hopes* ro CO
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Title | Korean Open Letter - Volume 5 (January/February 1948 - December 1948) |
Contents | Unit_ID: page001. -- Title: Issue 68/69 (January-February 1948).; Unit_ID: page002.; Unit_ID: page003.; Unit_ID: page004.; Unit_ID: page005.; Unit_ID: page006.; Unit_ID: page007.; Unit_ID: page008.; Unit_ID: page009.; Unit_ID: page010.; Unit_ID: page011.; Unit_ID: page012.; Unit_ID: page013.; Unit_ID: page014.; Unit_ID: page015.; Unit_ID: page016.; Unit_ID: page017.; Unit_ID: page018.; Unit_ID: page019.; Unit_ID: page020.; Unit_ID: page021.; Unit_ID: page022.; Unit_ID: page023.; Unit_ID: page024.; Unit_ID: page025. -- Title: Issue 70 (March 1948).; Unit_ID: page026.; Unit_ID: page027.; Unit_ID: page028.; Unit_ID: page029.; Unit_ID: page030.; Unit_ID: page031.; Unit_ID: page032.; Unit_ID: page033.; Unit_ID: page034.; Unit_ID: page035.; Unit_ID: page036.; Unit_ID: page037. -- Title: Issue 71 (April 1948).; Unit_ID: page038.; Unit_ID: page039.; Unit_ID: page040.; Unit_ID: page041.; Unit_ID: page042.; Unit_ID: page043.; Unit_ID: page044.; Unit_ID: page045.; Unit_ID: page046.; Unit_ID: page047.; Unit_ID: page048.; Unit_ID: page049. -- Title: Issue 72 (May 1948).; Unit_ID: page050.; Unit_ID: page051.; Unit_ID: page052.; Unit_ID: page053.; Unit_ID: page054.; Unit_ID: page055.; Unit_ID: page056.; Unit_ID: page057.; Unit_ID: page058.; Unit_ID: page059.; Unit_ID: page060.; Unit_ID: page061. -- Title: Issue 73 (June 1948).; Unit_ID: page062.; Unit_ID: page063.; Unit_ID: page064.; Unit_ID: page065.; Unit_ID: page066.; Unit_ID: page067.; Unit_ID: page068.; Unit_ID: page069.; Unit_ID: page070.; Unit_ID: page071.; Unit_ID: page072.; Unit_ID: page073. -- Title: Issue 74 (July 1948).; Unit_ID: page074.; Unit_ID: page075.; Unit_ID: page076.; Unit_ID: page077.; Unit_ID: page078.; Unit_ID: page079.; Unit_ID: page080.; Unit_ID: page081.; Unit_ID: page082.; Unit_ID: page083.; Unit_ID: page084.; Unit_ID: page085. -- Title: Issue 75 (August 1948).; Unit_ID: page086.; Unit_ID: page087.; Unit_ID: page088.; Unit_ID: page089.; Unit_ID: page090.; Unit_ID: page091.; Unit_ID: page092.; Unit_ID: page093.; Unit_ID: page094.; Unit_ID: page095.; Unit_ID: page096.; Unit_ID: page097. -- Title: Issue 76 (October 1948).; Unit_ID: page098.; Unit_ID: page099.; Unit_ID: page100.; Unit_ID: page101.; Unit_ID: page102.; Unit_ID: page103.; Unit_ID: page104.; Unit_ID: page105.; Unit_ID: page106.; Unit_ID: page107.; Unit_ID: page108.; Unit_ID: page109. -- Title: Issue 77 (December 1948).; Unit_ID: page110.; Unit_ID: page111.; Unit_ID: page112.; Unit_ID: page113.; Unit_ID: page114.; Unit_ID: page115.; Unit_ID: page116.; Unit_ID: page117.; Unit_ID: page118.; Unit_ID: page119.; Unit_ID: page120. |
Creator | Choo, Young Han, Editor |
Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
Type | texts |
Box | Korean American newsletters |
Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
Identifying number | gendb id: File004/Item005 |
Legacy record ID | kada-m21411 |
Part of collection | Korean American Digital Archive |
Part of subcollection | Korean Heritage Library Subject Files |
Rights | © 2000 University of Southern California University Libraries; May not be copied without permission of the Korean Heritage Library, University of Southern California.; From collections owned or administered by the Korean Heritage Library, University of Southern California.; Korean Heritage Library |
Physical access | Send requests to East Asian Library, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0154 or kklein@usc.edu. |
Repository name | East Asian Library, University of Southern California |
Repository address | Los Angeles, CA 90089-1825 |
Repository email | kklein@usc.edu |
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Full text | THE KOREAN OPEN U2TTER 636 NORTH EAIN STREET AKRON 10, OHIO, U. S. A. PUBLISHER MRS. IDA M. CHOO EDITOR YOUNG HAN CHOO Korean Leader Asks: JANUARY 1948 FEBRUARY 6 VOL. 5 NO.1,2WHOLE NO'. 6 SUBSCRIPTION RATE; $5.00 PAGE 1 U.N. TO HOLD VOTE FREE OF MEDDLERS On the eve of the arrival in Seoul of a United Nations commission to supervise an election, the following statement of the Korean nationalist case was written "by,Dr. Syngman Rhee, head of a federation of 71 anti-Communist associations in South Korea. BY DR. SYNGMAN RHEE O (President, Korean Nationalist Association) SEOUL, JAN. 6—The Koreans got caught, by no fault of their own, between the tv/o wheels of conflicting ideologies, democracy and communism. The Soviets are pushing ahead whenever and wherever possible, persistently and ruthlessly. The Americans, devoid of self-interest and desirous of peace, seem short-sighted and vacillating. The Koreans have been, since the early days of their independence movement, upholding the American principle of democracy. In 1919, inspired by President Wilson's declaration of self- determination principles, they inaugurated a passive revolution j against Japan., They declared Korea an independent republgr, with a constitution modelled after that of the United States, and established a provisional government, the first governmeht-inrv exile known to history. ' / ' -^ ■'■" But,the Koreans were bitterly disappointed when the U.£U ap~ peased the totalitarian empire of Japan in suppressing thfif democratic spirit of the Korean people. ~/: This appeasement policy continued until the Pearl Harboj disaster. The Koreans, who had repeatedly warned the Americans ^ of such a disaster, \vere once again sadly disappointed. •• ' ASK MILITARY AID. They repeatedly requested the State Department officials for* material assistance to their army in China so that they could help defeat Japan a.nd prevent the danger of the Communist invasion'of Korea, but not a single, rifle from "the arsenals of democracy,", nor a dollar .from -"the lend-lease aid" so freely given to every other struggling nation, went to the Koreans. The New Deal statesmen joined with Russia in the arbitrary division of Korea into two occupation zones. The very thing against which the Koreans had repeatedly warned the State Department officialso(those officials are not there now) orally and in writing, bpth for the sake of Korean independence and U*S« security, ha.s been/allowed to ta.ke place. The'Communists rushed into northern Korea from Siberia and Manchuria, together with the Soviet Army, and threatened the south by anti-American agitations, strikes, riots and terrorism. If the Koreans, at the time of surrender, ha.d been allowed to hold a genera*l election and set u,p their own government in the south, there would have been no Communist problem, at least in the United States zone. But unfortunately they were not. The reason the Koreans in south Korea failed to vote ?.nd set up a government of their own, .while all the occupied countries and enemy nations have had elections, was due to the fact that under the New Deal policy Gen. Hodge., the occupation commander, had to appease Russia and hold a neutral attitude toward the Nationalists and Communists. I told Gen. Hodge that I could not support him any longer, and went to Washington. He also went to Washington later and promised that a.s soon as the interim legislature had adopted the election law we would have the election. Gen. Hilldring, then as Assistant Secretary of State, told me that the south Korea interim election should be held at the earliest possible date and that the government set up by it will represent both north and south. ' BEST STEP. When I was in Tokyo in March, 1947, Gen. MacArthur told me the election was the best step to take toward the ultimate solution, and further remarked that Gen. Hodge would cooperate with?me in this.' I returned to Seoul with high hopes* ro CO |
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