Word: koreans
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Among the most painful Panmunjom problems in working out an armistice to the Korean war was the disposition of war prisoners. The solution, finally reached in the summer of 1953, was to leave the choice of returning to his homeland up to each P.W. Among the Chinese and North Koreans held in the U.N. prison camps, 22,000 decided not to go home. Among American P.W.s, only 21 opted to live in Red China. Among them were Otho G. Bell, William A. Cowart and Lewie W. Griggs-and they had compelling reasons to stay with Communism. As a prisoner, Bell...
...Angry Generals. Premier Chang had long been aware that the greatest threat to his regime was the huge army. Nevertheless he pushed ahead with his campaign promise to trim 200,000 men out of the 600,000-strong armed forces, whose maintenance takes over half of the entire South Korean budget. That angered the generals; General Magruder and visiting Pentagon brass declared their grave concern at the troop cuts...
...military chiefs could get down to the task of running the country. Announcing a new, isman Cabinet of army, navy, air force and marine officers, General Chang became Premier and Defense Minister as well. The junta was opposed by no one; with utter apathy or unconcern, the Korean people watched in silence...
...would show that censorship was in effect. The generals and their aides were largely untrained in civil administration, would probably have to turn to the previous civil servants for help. A day after the coup, U.S. economic aid officials in Seoul were back in business, dealing with the same Korean bureaucrats as before...
Seoul embassy had backed the wrong horse by its abrupt support of the ousted Premier. But in Seoul, General Chang stood before reporters in his combat fatigues to shrug it all off. "There should be no trouble at all as far as U.S. -Korean relations are concerned," said Chang. "Our armed forces in the past have had closer relations with U.S. authorities than any other Korean agency. Therefore I believe the U.S. Government will support us more positively than ever before...