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Dr. Syngman Rhee, 1939

Syngman Rhee Era

This collection features documents from the Syngman Rhee Institute at Yonsei University and features correspondence and documents from the presidential papers of former South Korean president Syngman Rhee. See also Anti-Communist Asia.

Dr. Syngman Rhee, 1939

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June 24, 1953

Letter, Mr. and Mrs. Warren L. Chaffin and Jay. T. McCamic to Syngman Rhee

The authors write to assure Rhee that he enjoys their highest support.

July 11, 1948

Record of Conversation between Kim Gu and Liu Yuwan

Kim Gu (Kim Koo) and the Chinese Nationalist Minister Liu Yuwan discuss Kim's participation in the South Korean government, his attendance at a conference in Pyongyang, and the possibility of a Russian-led attack on southern Korea.

May 17, 1954

Letter, Mayor Taeson Kim to General Maxwell D. Taylor

While stationed in Korea, only the United States Army authorities had access to the facilities (park and pools) in the Seoul City Command. Mayor Kim is requesting General Taylor to repair and return these buildings to the Seoul Special City in order to prepare Korean athletes for the Olympics.

March 23, 1960

Journal of Soviet Ambassador in the DPRK A.M. Puzanov for 23 March 1960

Kim Tae-hui briefs diplomats in Pyongyang on U.S.-South Korea military relations and the 1960 elections in the ROK.

April 12, 1960

Journal of Soviet Ambassador in the DPRK A.M. Puzanov for 12 April 1960

Kim Tae-hui briefs diplomats in Pyongyang on protests in South Korea and concludes that "that the recent events in Masan do not yet make the issue of an armed uprising against the Syngman Rhee regime the order of the day."
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