Re: Korean War Causes & US Involvement

["J.E. Ballow" <bballow@motion.net>]

Sounds to me reminiscent of the trick Hitler pulled going into Poland. Seems
to me he too claimed he was only defending himself. Rule # 1 - Do something
wrong and somehow blame your actions on  your opponent.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jhk789@aol.com <Jhk789@aol.com>
To: KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu <KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu>
Date: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 6:11 PM
Subject: Re: Korean War Causes & US Involvement


In a message dated 4/10/2001 6:11:28 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
AMPSOne@aol.com writes:

<< There was a "strange" series of exchanges between the Soviet ambassador
in
Pyongyang and Moscow immediately prior to the commencement of hostilities by
the North Korean army against the South in June 1950. On 20 June 1950, T.F.
Shtykov informed Moscow that at 2000 hours Moscow time the DPRK had
intercepted orders saying that the South would commence hostilities against
the North at 2300 hours >>

Cooki,

Very interesting story!

Could it be that N.Korea was aware of the S.Korean attack at the time
and prepared to counterattack?

John