Monday 7 September 2009

64 years of US occupation

Dear friends,

Warm greetings from Korean Committee for Solidarity with the World People!

On the occasion of Sep. 9, the 64th anniversary of the occupation of south Korea by the USA we would like to send you the information to prove the illegality of the occupation.

The occupation of the south Korea by the USA , itself was illegal and the reckless violation for the sovereignty of the Korean people. Korea that liberated from the colonial rule of Japan in mid 20 century was not the defeated country in the war and nobody in Korea required the interference or help of outsiders. However the US occupied our country instead of Japan defeated in World War 2 to dominate the Korean peninsula located in geopolitically important area. This was the crime that violated the international war laws and terror on the independent state.

The US that denied the proposal of former USSR that cooperated each other for the surrender of the Japanese army in Potsdam worried about losing the opportunity to interfere in Korea, thus all of sudden suggested the “split occupation plan” that divided the surrender region of Japanese army in Korea as the two parts, north and south, along the 38 degree north latitude in early August 1945 when the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army and former USSR army started the all-out attack against the Japanese army, after Nazi Germany was defeated, and the destruction of Japan was coming up.

According to the instruction of Truman, former president of USA the State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee of US drew up the “General Order No.1” that the Japanese army in the south area of 38 degree north latitude were disarmed by the USA and informed about it to USSR.

Truman looked back about this in his book “Memoir” that 38 degree was suggested by the US as the demarcation line of Korea .

On September 8, 4500 USA soldiers landed in south Korea under the direct command of Hodge. But disarming the Japanese army was no more than pretext to justify the occupation because over 20 days had already passed after the surrender of Japan when they landed and the administrative bodies- People’s Committees had already organized in every counties, cities and provinces in Korea .

If the occupation of south Korea by the USA had aimed at disarming Japanese army they would have withdrawn military troops after finish of disarmament.

However US boycotted the USSR-US commission and denied the proposal of USSR on the simultaneous withdrawal of both armies from Korean Peninsula while proclaimed military government in south Korea and dissolved the People’s Committees and suppressed progressive organizations and figures.

E Grant Meade wrote in the book “American Military Government in Korea ” that by suppressing the People’s Committees in conspiracy with the minority the US let the Koreans sad and enemy. Leland M. Goodrich mentioned in his book “Korea: A Study of US Policy in the United Nations” that “if only the United States’ policy is for independence of Korea, there is great possibility of its approving the practical power of Korea- the People’s Committees- instead of setting up the military government, and cooperating it. In this case Korea ’s independence and unification might have been attained in the early days”.

The ambition of US to divide the Korea and to make the bridgehead for world domination was clear through a report written by Wedemeyer, a general of USA after occupation of south Korea . He said in his report that “As for the United States , the emergence of a unified, independent democratic Korea would in the future be a great threat to its strategic interests in the Far East . Therefore, in order to guarantee her best interests of the United States , there is no alternative but to occupy her”.

In 1948 ignoring the desire of whole Korean nation to build the unified and legal government in Korea the US set up the pro-America separated “Government” in south Korea and provoked the Korean War to dominate the whole territory of Korea .

After Korea War the US arbitrarily revealed the attempt to continue occupying of south Korea while rejecting the implementation of paragraph 60 of article 4 of Armistice Agreement that was stipulated “in order to insure the peaceful settlement of the Korean question, the military commanders of both sides recommend to the government of the countries concerned on both sides that, within three months after the Armistice Agreement is signed and becomes effective, a political conference of a higher level of both sides be held by representatives appointed respectively to settle through negotiation the questions of the withdrawal of all foreign forces from Korea”.

US turned south Korea into the largest nuclear arsenal in Far East Asia and military post for domination of Asian continent and tried to perpetuate the division of Korea in defiance of the world people’s demand for the withdrawal of US troops from south Korea and resolution 3390 B adopted in the UN General Assembly.

Especially when historical north south summit was held in Pyongyang and June 15 Joint Declaration was adopted in 2000 the US put pressure upon south Korean government to nullify this document because reaffirmation of 3-point principle agreed in July 4 Joint Declaration in 1972 meant withdrawal of US troops from south Korea .

The reality shows that US is the very one that caused the division of Korea and US troops occupying south Korea is the main obstacle on the way achieving the reunification and peace on Korean Peninsula.

Today the withdrawal of US troops, the last relics of cold war, is the demand of the times that can not be delayed any more.

We hope that you who love justice and peace will support the Korean people in their struggle to withdraw US troops from south Korea and to achieve the peace and reunification of the country in the future.

With best regards,

Korean Committee for Solidarity with the World People

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