III. U.S.-SOVIET NEGOTIATIONS ON KOREAN UNIFICATION,

1945-1947 .

The Division of Korea.

The Moscow Agreement of December 21, 1945

The Joint U.S.-U.S.S.R. Conference

The Joint U.S.-U.S.S.R. Commission-First Session

Second Session of Joint Commission.

U.S. Proposal for Four-Power Conference

IV. EARLY U.N. EFFORTS AT UNIFICATION, 1947–1950.

Reference of the Korean Question to the United Nations.

The Korean Question in the General Assembly

General Assembly Resolution on Procedures for Forma-

tion of a National Korean Government.

The U.N. Temporary Commission on Korea

Resolution of the Interim Committee of the General

Assembly

The Elections of 1948 in South Korea

Establishment of the Republic of Korea

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General Assembly Recognition of the Republic of Korea.

The Communist Regime in North Korea .

V. U.S. RELATIONS WITH THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, 1948-

1950

Withdrawal of American Troops

U.S. Military and Economic Assistance

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Armistice Negotiations, June 1951-July 1953.

The Armistice Agreement

Declaration by Members of U.N. Command

VII. U.S. KOREAN POLICY IN POST-ARMISTICE PERIOD

VIII. THE KOREAN PHASE OF THE GENEVA CONFERENCE,

APRIL-JUNE 1954.

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IX. THE KOREAN UNIFICATION ISSUE, 1954-1960.

Return of Korean Problem to the United Nations.

The Work of UNCURK and UNKRA.

Communist Violations of the Armistice Agreement.

Suspension of Operations of Neutral Nations Supervisory

Commission

Action by U.N. Command To Maintain Military Bal-

ance.

Exchanges With the Communists on the Unification

Question, 1958-59.

U.S. Views on Korean Unification.

Reaffirmation of U.N. Stand on Korean Unification .

Documents

Statement Released After the Cairo Conference by President

Roosevelt, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, and Prime

Minister Churchill, December 1, 1943.

The Potsdam Proclamation Defining Terms for the Surrender

of Japan, July 26, 1945 [Extracts].

Declaration of War by the Soviet Union Against Japan, August

8, 1945. .

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Proclamation to the People of Korea Issued by General Douglas

MacArthur, September 7, 1945 [Extracts].

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Statement by President Truman Concerning the Liberation of

Korea, September 18, 1945.

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Communiqué Issued at the Moscow Conference of the Foreign

Ministers of the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and the

United States, December 27, 1945 [Extracts].

Reports of the U.S. Delegation on Disagreements in the U.S.-

Soviet Joint Commission for Korea, July 1947.

Letter From Acting Secretary of State Robert A. Lovett to

Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov, August 26, 1947

[Extract].

Letter From Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov to Secre-

tary of State George C. Marshall, September 4, 1947.

Letter From Acting Secretary of State Robert A. Lovett to

Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov, September 17,

1947..

Address by Secretary of State George C. Marshall Before the

U.N. General Assembly, September 17, 1947 [Extract]. .

Communiqué by Commander-in-Chief General Douglas

MacArthur, United Nations Command, Regarding Extent of

the Communist Chinese Intervention in Korea, November

28, 1950.

Resolution of the U.N. General Assembly Establishing the

U.N. Korean Reconstruction Agency, December 1, 1950

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Resolution of the U.N. General Assembly Calling for the Es-

tablishment of a Cease-Fire Group, December 14, 1950. . 113

Supplementary Report of the U.N. Group on a Cease-Fire in

Korea, January 11, 1951

Telegram From Communist Chinese Foreign Minister Chou

En-lai to the First Committee of the U.N. General Assembly,

January 17, 1951. .

Statement by U.S. Representative Warren R. Austin Before

the First Committee of the U.N. General Assembly, Janu-

ary 24, 1951 .

Resolution of the U.N. General Assembly Naming the Com-

munist Chinese as Aggressors in Korea, February 1, 1951. .

Resolution of the U.N. General Assembly Calling for the Appli-

cation of a Strategic Embargo Against Communist China

and North Korea, May 18, 1951

Statement by Jacob A. Malik, Soviet Representative to the

United Nations, Regarding the Possibility of an Armistice

in Korea, June 23, 1951 [Extract].

Statement by the Department of State on the Views Expressed

by Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko Re-

specting a Korean Armistice, June 28, 1951.

Resolution of the U.N. General Assembly Proposing a Solution

for the Prisoner of War Problem, December 3, 1952 [Ex-

tract] . .

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Letter of President Eisenhower to Korean President Syngman

Rhee on Proposed Korean Armistice and U.S. Policy in

Korea, June 6, 1953

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Joint Statement by Korean President Syngman Rhee and As-

sistant Secretary of State Walter S. Robertson, July 11,

1953

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Sixteen-Nation Declaration on Korea Issued at Washington,

July 27, 1953

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Joint Statement by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and

Korean President Syngman Rhee, August 7, 1953 . .

Special Report of the U.N. Command on the Armistice in

Korea, August 7, 1953 [Extracts] .

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