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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 14, No. 7. June 25, 1951

Gore in Korea

Gore in Korea

To support this contention, he cited the intrigues that led up to the Korean war. He quoted from the Southern Cross, 20.12.48:

"Mr. Chang, Foreign Minister of South Korea, served notice today that his government would use force if necessary to bring North Korea under its control."

An interesting interview with Mr. Syngman Rhee 10 months later showed little difference in attitude:

"He said that his government would not much longer tolerate a divided Korea . . . 'If we had our way way we would, I am sure, have started up already'." (N.Y. Tribune 1.11.49).

These facts, together with Truman's jump-the-gun order of troops for Korea, the later fast move put across an incomplete meeting of the Security Council, backed up by hearsay evidence which would be laughed out of any court, and the Security Council's decision for War as opposed to their Conciliation moves in Indonesia, Palestine, and Kashmir—all these things convinced Mr. Ferguson that US-dominated UN policy did not serve the interests of world peace.