1893-1976
Eastern Europe
(372) documents
East Asia
North America
1875- 1965
Southeast Asia
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1917- 1979
April 8, 1954
Syngman Rhee suggests General James A. Van Fleet come to South Korea as an ambassador or economic coordinator. He also writes concerning defense forces in South Korea.
November 29, 1954
Syngman Rhee asked General James A. Van Fleet about establishing him as an official military adviser.
November 8, 1979
William Gleysteen reports on Cyrus Vance's conversation with Park Tong-jin.
October 28, 1979
Ambassador Gleysteen says he does "not know whether the stunning events of October 26/27 were a well planned military coup" or something else.
May 21, 1980
Ambassador Gleysteen writes that the "massive insurrection in Kwangju is still out of control."
Donald Gregg proposes that the United States "work with the current Korean leadership" but "express a carefully calibrated degree of disapproval" of the Gwangju massacre.
May 23, 1980
Donald Gregg and Michel Oksenberg outline US policy toward Korea in light of the incident in Gwangju.
May 22, 1980
Officials from the US Department of State, the White House, the CIA, NSC, OSD, and JCS determine US policy toward South Korea in light of the events in Gwangju.
Richard Holbrooke and Anthony Lake brief the US Secretary of State on the upcoming policy review committee meeting on the ongoing unrest in South Korea.
July 27, 1953
Eisenhower informs Rhee that US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles will be visiting Korea shortly.