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Re: Archives of ROK Presidents



Young Kim,

This looks like garbage, believable only by fools.

Don


>From: "Young Kim" <ysk@kimsoft.com>
>Reply-To: KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu
>To: <KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu>
>Subject: Archives of ROK Presidents
>Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 18:10:22 -0800
>
>Monthly Joongahng (http://monthly.joins.com/) has an abstract of the 
>presidential archives dating back to Rhee. The archives were recently 
>uncovered.
>
>Some highlights:
>
>- Rhee and Chiang Kai Sek signed a pact to rekindle the Korean War
>- Rhee's adopted son, a ranger trained in the US, shot and killed his 
>natural parents and siblings
>- Gen. Van Fleet was the main US backer of Rhee.  Rhee bought several 
>hundreds heads of cattle from the general's ranch in Florida for his 
>"state" ranch on Cheju-do.
>
>- Park Jung Hee wanted military actions to free the Pueblo but Johnson 
>rejected Park's plea for action.
>
>- Choe Gyu Wha deleted records related to the students uprising.
>
>It would be nice if we could compare the Korean and US archives - side by 
>side.
>
>
>ysk




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