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East Asia
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1875- 1965
1914- 1989
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1901- 1963
May 8, 1957
Choi Duk Shin reports on his trip to Thailand and recommends that Korea exchange ambassadors with Thailand, as the country is becoming the center of Southeast Asia.
March 27, 1957
Choi Duk Shin reports on his four day trip to Laos in March 1957.
May 2, 1957
A letter from the President to Minister Choi asking not to refer to Korea as the "son of the United Nations."
May 3, 1957
Pyung Sik Son reports that the Korean artists mission in Saigon has successfully introduced Korean culture to and has made good impression upon the Vietnamese people.
May 14, 1957
A cordial invitation letter from Syngman Rhee to Ngo Dinh Diem to visit South Korea.
May 17, 1957
Choi describes his tour of Southeast Asia as "a successful one," reports on a visit to Vietnam by a South Korean Navy Observation Squadron, and indicates that he will postpone a planned visit to Taiwan.
May 22, 1957
President Rhee writes on Ngo Dinh Diem's visit to South Korea, Minister Choi's activities, and Choi's recent trip to Cambodia.
June 22, 1957
Choi Duk Shin explains the system of naming in Vietnam, and the appropriate way of addressing important Vietnamese officials such as Ngô Đình Diệm.
May 25, 1957
Choi Duk Shin reports on a conversation with Ngô Đình Diệm on a proposed visit by Diệm to South Korea. They also discuss the political situation in Burma, including U Nu's attitudes toward Japan, China, and communism.
June 27, 1957
Syngman Rhee gives instructions on the visit of Ngo Dinh Diem to South Korea and comments on U Nu's attitude toward the Japanese.
