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December 10, 1992

Michael Reilly (First Political Secretary, UK Embassy in Seoul) to Ian Bond (FCO Security Policy Department), '1992 US Burden Sharing Report'

This document dates from the “lame duck” period of the George H.W. Bush administration, and centers on the renegotiating of the US defense position in on the peninsula. Amid pending changes in the early Clinton administration to burden sharing, the British were trying to pin down on what basis estimates of cost were being made on US Forces in Korea.

October 9, 1992

Ewan Buchanan to Warwick Morris (UK Embassy Seoul), 'U.S.-ROK Security Consultative Meeting'

A telegram from Ewen Buchanan, an arms control specialist with the FCO, to Warrick Morris, the UK Ambassador to Seoul.

May 6, 1992

David Wright (UK Ambassador in Seoul) to FCO, 'Los Angeles Riots: Korean Reaction'

While geopolitical reconfigurations in the region and issues like arms control and defense posture were of key concern to British observers, American domestic events also fed into British analysis. This report describes South Korean responses to the attacks on Korean-Americans during the riots in Los Angeles in the summer of 1992

May 1, 1954

Current Intelligence Bulletin, 1 May 1954

A heavily redacted copy of the CIA's "Current Intelligence Bulletin" for May 1, 1954. Released sections include "Soviet diplomat urges immediate cease-fire in Indochina" and "[Syngman] Rhee reported dis leased with Chiang Kai-shek." Four other sections were withheld in their entirety.

June 24, 1953

Letter, Mr. and Mrs. Warren L. Chaffin and Jay. T. McCamic to Syngman Rhee

The authors write to assure Rhee that he enjoys their highest support.

June 26, 1953

Letter, E.L. Sundet to Syngman Rhee

The author claims Rhee enjoys widespread support in Lake Preston, South Dakota.

June 23, 1953

Letter, Margery Davidson to Syngman Rhee

Margery Davidson tells Rhee to ignore the pressure of the likes of Eisenhower and Churchill because “all intelligent patriotic Americans are with you.”

December 5, 1953

Letter, Howard C. Smith to Syngman Rhee

Howard Smith details the acts of treachery the United States and the United Nations have perpetrated against Rhee and the Republic of Korea.

July 29, 1954

John F. Weber, 'Thinking of Syngman Rhee'

John Weber's poem "Thinking of Syngman Rhee" as sent to Syngman Rhee by Harry Weber.

April 1, 1957

Joan Winer, 'Hail Korea!'

11 year-old Joan Winer's poem entitled "Hail Korea!" as sent to Syngman Rhee by her mother Grace Winer.

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