Policies of the United States toward Korea
Interest in the future status of Korea and the question of recognition of a Provisional Korean Government;1 occupation of southern Korea by United States Forces and of northern Korea by forces of the Soviet Union, with 38th parallel as dividing line; return of expatriate Koreans; unsuccessful attempts by United States Forces to negotiate on a local level with Soviet Forces on problems arising from the establishment of two zones of occupation; proposal by the United States to establish an international trusteeship over Korea; beginnings of self-government in southern Korea; Korean demands for independence; measures affecting Korea taken at the Moscow Conference of Foreign Ministers2
[786] The Political Adviser in Korea (Benninghoff) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 9.]
895.01/9–2645
[787] The Acting Secretary of State to the Chargé in China (Robertson)
895.01/9–2545: Telegram
[788] The Political Adviser in Korea (Benninghoff) to the Secretary of State
895.00/9–2945
[789] The Political Adviser in Korea (Benninghoff) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 17.]
740.00119 Control (Korea)/10–145
[790] Memorandum, by the Director of the Office of Far Eastern Affairs (Vincent) to the Under Secretary of State (Acheson)
740.00119 PW/10–145
[791] The Chief of Staff (Marshall) to General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, at Tokyo
Records of the Office of the Political Adviser in Japan, Lot 57–F103, 800 Korea–Soviet: Telegram
[792] The Acting Political Adviser in Japan (Atcheson) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 8—4:15 p.m.]
895.01/10–445: Telegram
[793] The Political Adviser in Korea (Benninghoff) to the Acting Political Adviser in Japan (Atcheson)
Records of the Office of the Political Adviser in Japan, Lot 57–F103, 800 Korea: Telegram
[794] The Political Adviser in Korea (Benninghoff) to the Acting Political Adviser in Japan (Atcheson)
Records of the Office of the Political Adviser in Japan, Lot 57–F103. 800 Korea: Telegram
[795] The Secretary of State to the Acting Political Adviser in Japan (Atcheson)
895.01/10–445: Telegram
[796] General of the Army Douglas MacArthur to the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Records of the Office of the Political Adviser in Japan, Lot 57–F103, 800 Korea–Soviet: Telegram
[797] Lieutenant General John R. Hodge to General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, at Tokyo
Records of the Office of the Political Adviser in Japan, Lot 57–F103, 800 Korea–Soviet: Telegram
[798] Basic Initial Directive to the Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Forces, Pacific, for the Administration of Civil Affairs in Those Areas of Korea Occupied by U.S. Forces
Records of the State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee, Lot 52–M45
[799] The Acting Political Adviser in Japan (Atcheson) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 17—5:35 p.m.]
895.01/10–1545: Telegram
[800] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China (Hurley)
740.00119 Control (Korea)/10–1645: Telegram
[801] Report by the State-War-Navy Coordinating Subcommittee for the Far East
740.00119 Control (Korea)/10–2245
[802] Report by the State-War-Navy Coordinating Subcommittee for the Far East
740.00119 Control (Korea)/10–2445
[803] The Acting Chairman of the Korean Commission (Limb) to the Secretary of State
740.00119 FEAC/10–2445
[804] The Secretary of State to the Acting Political Adviser in Japan (Atcheson)
740.00119 Control (Korea)/10–2545: Telegram
[805] The Secretary of State to the Acting Political Adviser in Japan (Atcheson)
702.0095/10–2645: Telegram
[806] The Secretary of State to the Acting Chairman of the Korean Commission (Limb)
740.00119 FEAC/10–2445
[807] Lieutenant General John R. Hodge to General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, at Tokyo
740.00119 Control (Korea)/11–245: Telegram
[808] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman)
740.00119 Control (Korea)/11–345: Telegram
[809] Resolution of the Korean Congress of Political Parties
895.01/12–445
[810] General of the Army Douglas MacArthur to the Chief of Staff (Marshall)
740.00119 Control (Korea)/11–545: Telegram
[811] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman)
740.00119 Control (Korea)/11–745: Telegram
[812] Memorandum by the Director of the Office of Far Eastern Affairs (Vincent) to Colonel Russell L. Vittrup, War Department
740.00119 Control (Korea)/11–745
[813] The Acting Chairman of the Korean Commission (Limb) to the Director of the Office of Far Eastern Affairs (Vincent)
895.01/11–745
[814] The Acting Political Adviser in Japan (Atcheson) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 14—12:10 p.m.]
740.00119 Control (Korea)/11–845: Telegram
[815] The Acting Political Adviser in Korea (Langdon) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 8, 1945—11:35 a.m.]
740.00119 Control (Korea)/11–845: Telegram
- For previous documentation on this subject, see Foreign Relations, 1944, vol. v, pp. 1290 ff.↩
- Held December 16 to 26; for documentation on the Conference, see vol. ii, pp. 560 ff.↩