Word: rhees
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Syngman Rhee did only what he had warned he would do. The U.N. Command, and the rest of the world, had long regarded Rhee as an obstreperous but powerless old man who might threaten but would be brought to heel. Now an awful realization dawned: maybe the old man meant what he said. For Rhee, the release of the prisoners was entirely consistent. In more than half a century of fighting for a free and united Korea, he had made it clear by his acts that he was prepared for anything, from torture to an open break with his allies...
Pertinent Questions. Had Rhee killed all chances for a truce? One sign that some sort of cease-fire might still be possible came from Red Commanders Kim II Sung and Peng Teh-huai. In a surprisingly mild letter to Mark Clark, Kim and Peng accused the U.S. of "conniving" with Rhee to release the prisoners, but did not even threaten to break off the talks. Instead, they asked General Clark some pertinent, practical questions...
...does the armistice in Korea include the Syngman Rhee clique...
These were exactly the questions that Mark Clark had to ask himself. Even if the Communists want peace badly enough to overlook the prisoner release, there will be no armistice until the U.N. Command can answer the Red questions. Rhee vowing not to settle for anything short of a unified Korea, could use his prodigious political and police power to upset any armistice, even if the ROK army should obey the U.N. instead of its President-which last week seemed entirely unlikely. Said a U.S. official in Seoul last week: "Rhee is a radical revolutionary. His actions prove that...
...Give in to Rhee, adopt his demands at Panmunjom, and then be prepared to continue the stalemated war or seek a mili tary decision when the Reds turn down the demands...