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If my memory serves me right, the late Dr. Ray S. Cline was
the CIA's Korea analyst.
I believe the CIA report referred to below
overlooks:
- Mao Zedong owed Kim Il Sung a blood debt: After
Japan's surrender in 1945, over 25,000 Koreans in China (ref. KIS memoirs)
helped Mao defeat Chiang Kai Sek. This IOU is seldom mentioned in US
studies.
- The US military was taken in by Rhee's boast that his boys
could take Pyongyang in so many days. The fact that Seoul had a squadron
of fighters and naval vessels before the war is seldom mentioned in US
reports.
- Chiang Kai Sek's army was nothing but a loose alliance
of war lords (much like in Afghanistan today), who had back-door dealings with
Japanese and Mao forces. Chiang's generals padded their troop strength to
fleece the Yanks. Gen. 'Vinegar' Stilwel was fired for suggesting that
Uncle Sam get in bed with Mao.
- The CIA report states that Gen. Singlaub planted
agents in NK as early in 1945. Any more info on this? Isn't the good
general still alive?
ysk
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