Word: rhees
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...almost without realizing it, is heading towards a new bilateralism. Acting alone, Washington guaranteed Formosa, pledged aid to Syngman Rhee, expects to sign a treaty with Franco Spain. This week the U.S. and its U.N. allies disagreed publicly in the U.N. General Assembly: though some clucked over this trend, and others were made nervous by it, it brought a refreshing new realism into events...
ARGUMENT No. 2 was over India. Washington worried that the Indians might turn out to be "neutral on the side of the Communists." Syngman Rhee was quite likely to boycott the conference if the Indians were seated...
...willingness to discuss the recognition question at the Korean conference rested on the tiny word "etc." tacked onto Article 60 by the Communists. The much more urgent objective-Korean unity-is regarded in London as nothing more than a bloody nuisance. British editorialists almost unanimously regard Syngman Rhee as a dangerous man and John Foster Dulles as too ready to give in to him. Then, to rouse these feelings even higher, came the Aug. 7 U.N. declaration that all 16 members who fought in Korea would jointly resist a Communist breach of the armistice. The last sentence read: "The consequences...
...Korea, another U.S. ally put himself on record, and the world on notice. To crowds in Seoul gathered to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Republic of Korea, 78-year-old President Syngman Rhee said...
...stony meetings of rival belligerents on the Military Armistice Commission in Panmunjom, the Communists lodged 44 complaints of armistice violations, seriously pressed only one charge: an accusation that "bandits" representing Rhee and Chiang Kai-shek are being used to "intimidate" and "forcibly detain" Chinese and Korean prisoners. The factual basis to their charge: before they are moved north into neutral Indian custody for "explanations" by the Communists about why they should return home, anti-Communist prisoners are being reassured of their rights and opportunities. Chiang Kai-shek's picture, a statement in his name assuring Chinese prisoners...