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


[846] The Acting Political Adviser in Korea (Benninghoff) to the Secretary of State

895.50/12–2745: Telegram


[847] Mr. Arthur B. Emmons, 3d, to the Secretary of State

740.00119 Control (Korea)/12–3045: Telegram


[848] Lieutenant General John R. Hodge to General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, at Tokyo

740.00119 Control (Korea)/12–3045: Telegram


[849] The Chief of Staff (Eisenhower) to General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, at Tokyo

Records of the Office of the Political Adviser in Japan, Lot 57–F103, 800 Korea: Telegram


[850] The Chief of Staff (Eisenhower) to General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, at Tokyo

Records of the Office of the Political Adviser in Japan, Lot 57–F103, 800 Korea: Telegram


[851] The Joint Chiefs of Staff to General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, at Tokyo

Records of the State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee, Lot 52–M45, SWNCC 232 Series: Telegram

  1. For previous documentation on this subject, see Foreign Relations, 1944, vol. v, pp. 1290 ff.
  2. Held December 16 to 26; for documentation on the Conference, see vol. ii, pp. 560 ff.