Word: syngman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...P.W.s was a catastrophic blow to Communist prestige. The immensity of that blow could be measured in the reaction of the Indians on the scene, dumfounded at the discovery that prisoners might be defiant to the death against Communists and not simply (as they thought) coerced by Chiang Kaishek, Syngman Rhee and Mark Clark...
...Order That Man." At India's request, the U.S. warned Syngman Rhee against breaking the peace at Indian Village, as South Korea had threatened. The U.N. command pulled back South Korean marines from positions where they could have helped a breakout, and replaced them with U.S. marines...
...have to enlarge the war. Two months later the Communists signed the armistice. The terms left many Americans unhappy, but no one disputed the proposition that a diplomatic stalemate was preferable to a military stalemate. Dulles has been careful to keep up his relations with Korea's stubborn Syngman Rhee in the face of bitter anti-Rhee sentiment among U.S. allies. Aware that the armistice terms do not allow for a resumption of hostilities if the political conference is not held, Dulles expected the Reds to stall (as they have) on preparations for this meeting. The Communists know that...
Surely there must be something fundamentally wrong with a policy that has led to the reversal of all the hopes of 1945 and to alliances with men (Chiang, Bao Dai, Syngman Rhee, Franco) who are essentially antagonistic to traditional American and British ideas of freedom and progress...
...forces in the Far East, went down to the airport to greet his successor, General John E. Hull, and gave him an enthusiastic welcome: "Boy, am I glad to see you!" Next day, the generals set off on a two-day inspection tour of South Korea, where President Syngman Rhee presented Clark with the Taeguk Order, South Korea's highest military award, for "eminently meritorious conduct" in the Korean war. Before flying home to the U.S., Clark was asked about rumors that he might become a candidate for mayor of San Francisco in 1955. Said he: "I have...