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East Asia
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1879- 1953
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October 1955
Commanding General of US Army Forces, Far East (AFFE) sends a congratulation letter to Syngman Rhee regarding the 4288th national birthday of Korea.
December 23, 1954
Willard Cowles forwards documents concerning the mission of a B-29 of the 581st Air Resupply And Communications Wing shot down during the Korean War. The Chinese claimed the plane was over Chinese territory on an espionage mission, which the United Nations denied.
April 19, 1937
Noting that the command staff of the 6th Division of the Chinese National Revolutionary Army is hostile to the Urumqi government, the Politburo orders that the units be disarmed and the command staff arrested. The Politburo also orders that a group of energetic Chinese and Uighurs from Kashgar be sent to organize a government in Yarkant.
1976
The AFKIC introduces its mission, the history of Korea, and the current situation on the Peninsula.
1974
Fred Carrier reports on a visit to North Korea made by the AKFIC in June-July 1973.
Kim Il Sung praises the work of AKFIC for giving “wide publicity to our people’s struggle [in the United States]…exposing the fascist dictatorship of South Korean reactionaries…as well as U.S. aggression in Korea.”
1971
A position paper of the American-Korean Friendship and Information Center, describing the organization's objectives in the context of the Vietnam War.
December 6, 1957
Choi Duk Shin reports on Japanese PM Kishi's trip to Southeast Asia, the promotion of Korea-Vietnam cultural relations, the upcoming SEATO war maneuvers in Thailand, and other recent Vietnam and regional affairs.
December 1957
In this draft, Choi Duk Shin discusses the 'two-fold' threat of communism and Japanese expansionism in Asia, urging President Rhee to establish a solid collective security structure against these threats as soon as possible.
November 8, 1955
The South Vietnamese Secretary of State writes to Choi Duk Shin, expressing his country's desire to establish diplomatic relations with South Korea.