RE: Muccio-Rhee

["Daniel T. Fahey" <DanFahey@DanSources.com>]

This is interesting .. I thought the SK liked Rhee...

Please explain!
Thanks

Dan

 

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From: owner-KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu [mailto:owner-KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu]On Behalf Of Jhk789@aol.com
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 11:10 PM
To: KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu
Subject: Re: Muccio-Rhee

In a message dated 2/9/2002 12:00:16 PM Pacific Standard Time, ysk@kimsoft.com writes:

The big general (MacArthur) and little Rhee had a love-hate relationship.  When the war broke out, Rhee phoned the general with the bad/good news but the general's aid told Rhee to call back later because the general was resting.  Rhee went crazy and raved that he would kill every American in his Korea, unless he got to talk to the general then and there.

Rhee wept openly on hearing that the general was fired.  Sometime later, the general said of Rhee: "Rhee will be killed in a few weeks, when the Korean people find out the truth" about him.  In 1960, the Korean people did find the truth and the CIA sent in a CAT plane and spirited Rhee out of Korea before the Korean people could kill him.  

ysk,

What is your sources on above?

John2