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October 2, 1953

Associated Press Report, Syngman Rhee Statement on Chinese Occupying North Korea

President Syngman Rhee states he is ready to "repoen the war against Chinese reds occupying North Korea" and if necessary, he will go ahead without American support.

June 28, 1955

Letter, Syngman Rhee to J. W. Staggers

Syngman Rhee explains his concerns with the Korean-American Export & Import corporation and Staggers statements to the American press.

August 6, 1954

Press Release, Chesapeake and Ohio Railway

C&O Railway announces the donation of twelve additional steam locomotives to Korea.

May 18, 1954

Memo for the Press, Background Material on Four US Governors

Information about four US governors visiting Korea, including Johnston Murray, John Sydney Fine, Allan Shivors and Daniel I. J. Thornton.

September 21, 1954

Letter, Do Young Chey to General Maxwell D. Taylor

The Korean government would like to use the Naija Apartments as living quarters for newspaper correspondents.

July 27, 1953

Notes on Visit of General Clark with President Rhee (8:30-8:55, 27 July 1953)

General Clark tries to convince President Rhee to attend the armistice signing, emphasizing that Kim Il Sung will not be present. Ambassador Briggs then reports that President Eisenhower has approved $200 million in aid for Korean rehabilitation.

August 3, 1953

Confidential Memorandum, Before Agreeing to the Armistice Agreement

When the United States agreed to a truce talk to end the Korea War, President Syngman Rhee disapproved. He opposed the truce and tried to attack these peace proceedings through a serious of events- such as releasing thousands of prisoners of war and creating turmoil for the US government. In order to persuade Rhee to accept the armistice defense, the US dispatches Assistant Secretary of State Walter Robertson to meet with the South Korean president in a series of bargaining discussions. Eventually, under certain conditions and a mutual defense pact with the US, Rhee agrees to the armistice.

September 2, 1950

CPSU Politburo Decision on the Secret Archives of the Syngman Rhee Government

Decision to entrust Vyshinsky to print in the Soviet press the documents found in the archives of the Syngman Rhee government, seized when the communists took Seoul.

May 18, 1954

Press Release, 'Visiting of US Governors'

Between May 24-29, four US Governors (Colorado, Texas, Pennsylvania, and Oklahoma) will travel to South Korea to observe the development of US and United Nations rehabilitation programs in South Korea.

April 1951

Letter, President Syngman Rhee to General Matthew Ridgway

Syngman Rhee asks General Ridgway to expel a British reporter, Edward Hewat, for allegedly biased reporting on the "Shin-won-myun Massacre."