Situation on the Eve of June 25
The warlords in Washington were much flurried by the urgent
report of the "Seoul crisis" and the positive proposal of the DPRK for
peaceful reunification. They had sought their outlet in war and now
considered it couldn't be put off any longer.
The longer the start of war was deferred, the more it would be
unfavourable to them. The Syngman Rhee puppet regime, forsaken by
the people and even by the "National Assembly," would fall in no time.
And it was clear that US imperialism would become ever more
awkward when there was a daily mounting trend towards peaceful
reunification.
But it was Syngman Rhee who was driven beyond all limits. His
fate hanging in the balance now, he had no thought but to ignite war
quickly, which would help him to arrest the advance of his opponents
and keep his post.
There was another factor that made US imperialism and traitor
Syngman Rhee dash for a war with greater fury. It was the so-called
"Taiwan crisis."
The US government, which had obtained the information that
The Chinese Communist Party had been contemplating the invasion
of Taiwan to be started some day in summer,"* 1 received a more
detailed information that the Chinese People's Liberation Army had
wound up its operational preparations for Taiwan liberation.* 2
11 Glenn D. Paige, The United States and the Korean War, Japanese ed
Tokyo, p. 80. .
* 2 According to the confession made by Mun Hak Bong, the former political
advisor to Syngman Rhee, the US government, having received an information
thai the Chinese people would launch operations for the liberation of Taiwan in
July at latest, decided to advance the date of the provocation of the Korean war to
June and schemed to solve the Taiwan question with this war. (Exposure of the
Truth about the US Imperialist Policy of Aggression against Korea and the Real
Provoker of the Civil War, Pyongyang, pp. 72-80.)
These informations, though doubtful of their accuracy, could not
but give a big impact on US imperialism in sparking war in Korea.
Basing itself on these "informations" US imperialism decided to hurry
up the provocation of the Korean war.
To implement this decision on the spot, on the order of Truman,
Defence Secretary Johnson, .Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Bradley and State Department Advisor Dulles who also acted as
Presidential envoy flew to Tokyo and had a secret talk together with
MacArthur.
At this so-called "Tokyo four-men talk" they discussed the
Korean affairs" and the "Taiwan affairs" in camera, not the question
of a peace treaty with Japan" as alleged in their official statement.
They shared the same view on the "absolute necessity of a new positive
policy" (the provocation of a war— Quoter).*" Johnson and Bradley
received fvlacArthur's report on the state of the US ground, air and
naval forces in the Far East and inspected them on the spot'* 2
• The New York Times, June 20, 1 950 and Ne w York Post, June 28, 1 950.
" 2 Back to Washington, Johnson said in his June 24 statement that they had
inspected every important unit in the Far East and grasped the real state of affairs
(Washington Post, June 25, 1950.)
On June 1 7 notorious war maniac Dulles crept into south Korea.
His mission was to examine the war preparation of Syngman Rhee and
give him a directive concerning the provocation of the civil war after
smelling out the defences of north Korea. He first went to the 38th
parallel for inspection on June 1 8. After looking out over the defences
of the northern half and inspecting the war preparation of the south
Korean puppet army, he inspired the puppet army officers and men to
war with this word: "No strong enemy whatever would stand against you But I hope you will strive ever harder because the day is not so tar
off when you'll have to display your great might for your own sake.'
" Documentary Evidences for the Provocation of Korean Civil War by the US
Imperialists, p. 1 27.
On June 19 Dulles, attending the opening session of the new
south Korean "National Assembly." told about the US Far Eastern
policy and hinting "northward expedition," said that "you are not
alone" in the fight with the communists and that they would always
receive strong "moral and materia! support" from the United States.*
* Glenn D.Paige, The United States and the Korean War, Japanese ed.,
Tokyo, pp. 82 and 91 .
Much satisfied with his successful Seoul trip, Dulles left south
Korea leaving two farewell messages to Syngman Rhee and puppet
Foreign Minister Rim Byong Jik. In the message to Syngman Rhee, he
wrote: "I attach great importance to the decisive role which your
country can play in the great drama that is unfolding." 1 To Rim Byong
Jik he wrote: "...I appreciated the opportunity of discussing with you
and with President Rhee some of the hard problems that we face,
problems that will require courageous and bold decision."* 2 Back to
Tokyo he met his colleagues, reported the result of his south Korean
visit and finally confirmed every detail of their war plan.
"i Who Began the Korean War?, Japanese ed., Tokyo, p. 41.
John Foster Dulles' letter to Rim Byong Jik, June 20, 1950.
(Documentary Evidences for the Provocation of Korean Civil War by the US
imperialists, pp. 88-89.)
The Syngman Rhee clique pushed forward the war preparations in
the last stage with the backing of the US imperialist overlords.
They started readjusting the deployment of the puppet army along
the 38th parallel from early 1950. Now they completed it and got
themselves fully ready for a "jump on the north" at a stroke.*
- MacArthur who had hand in this work testified: "The south Korean army
had concentrated all its supplies and equipment on the area along the 38th
parallel Its units hadn't made dispositions in depth (defenses - Quoter). and thus
The whole region between the 38th parallel and Seoul had been turned into a
logistical areof the Korean Wat
south Korean magazine SaSanggye.- Ho. 6, 1,965.)
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