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...Abandon his demand for 15 more active ROK divisions (and with them, his dream of "driving north" to unify Korea on his own), and settle for the U.S. plan he had accepted in Washington-ten reserve divisions, 75 jet planes...
...forces in the Far East and Pacific areas will be maintained at a strong level. Two divisions and elements of a third will be kept in Korea with the 20-division ROK army. Of other divisions in Korea, two have been returned to the U.S., one will be withdrawn to Japan, another to Okinawa, a third to Hawaii...
...Searchlights, loudspeakers and barbed-wire lanes marked with white tape will guide them. At the edge of the demilitarized zone, the North Koreans will be met by South Korean officials, whisked aboard trains and taken to Kunsan and Pohang, where they may (if they choose) be inducted into the ROK army. The Chinese prisoners will be met by Nationalist officials, trucked to Inchon and loaded on U.S. Navy LSTs bound for Formosa...
...bowed to everyone in the tents, they offered Chinese cigarettes to the Indian guards and assured them: "There will be no profanity." They told the South Korean explainers: "Thank you for coming so far. Please begin." The explainers were just as polite: "Since you are former members of the ROK Army, we would like to do our best lest you be misled...
...Some ROK explainers handed the Red P.W.s written statements from South Korea's Defense Minister Sohn Won II that promised: "You will get all your back pay. You will be promoted in the army. You will be cited for meritorious achievement. You will be given priority to take a government job." But the unbelieving Red P.W.s stayed hunched on their backless wooden benches. They chain-smoked and tried to keep warm. One started to make a propaganda speech ("I saw Americans bombing our camps with germs . . ."), but the Indian chairman quickly cut him off. The others spoke little...