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...years Russia has stalled U.S. efforts to plan jointly the freedom of a united Korea. But in her zone north of the 38th parallel, Russia has quietly built up a one-party, Communist-led government, trained and armed a big native Korean army (more than 100,000 men). In the South Korean U.S. zone the big Russian delegation (more than too "experts") to the joint U.S.-Soviet Commission in Seoul was supposed to be helping the U.S. to plan Korean unity. Instead, the Russians have spent most of their time organizing South Korean Communists, and setting up an elaborate espionage...
...would withdraw from their zone at the beginning of 1948, "then the Soviet troops will be ready to leave Korea simultaneously." Translated from the Russian, this was another way of saying: Let us both leave the lamb to the butcher. Cried Moderate Leader Kim Kyh Sik, chairman of the Korean Interim Legislative Assembly: if the U.S. withdrew, "North Koreans would sweep down like red lava, cover South Korea and end Korea's existence." The U.S. Government, which last fortnight asked the U.N. General Assembly to help end the Korean stalemate, thought the same...
...Koreans liked him. When he appeared in public, young Koreans crowded around, as eager to see Lyuh as American kids are to shake hands with Babe Ruth. He was head of the Korean Amateur Athletic Association, helped make the marathon Korea's national sport...
Lyuh never saw his boast realized. But he fought to make good on it. He was perhaps the only man in Korean politics who was disliked and feared by Communists and yang ban alike. Lyuh had neither a price nor a boss...
...small intellectual elite that runs Korean politics tends to be either Communist or reactionary. "In Korea," said Baldwin, "the middle of the road is conspicuous by its absence. We were unable to find a democratic center." One result is continuous political violence. Korean politicians are hardly safe in their homes...