Item COLD WAR 27/109 - Transcript of interview with adviser on Korean Affairs, Niles Woodbridge Bond, 1997

Typescript transcript of interview with Niles Woodbridge Bond, Officer in Charge, Korean Affairs, US State Department, 1949-1950, First Secretary, Office of US Political Adviser to US Gen of the Army Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander, Allied Powers, Tokyo, Japan, 1950, Counsellor, US Embassy, Tokyo, 1952, and Seoul, Republic of Korea, 1953-1954, relating to Bond's opinion of Syngman Rhee, President of the Republic of Korea, 1948-1960; the relationship between the USA and President Rhee's administration, 1948-1950; the US involvement in the creation of the Republic of Korea, 1948-1950; the lack of US military aid given to the Republic of Korea, 1948-1950; the speech made by Dean Gooderham Acheson, US Secretary of State, to the National Press Club, Washington DC, USA, alluding to a US 'defense perimeter' in the Far East that did not include Korea or Taiwan, 12 Jan 1950; speculation on whether Acheson's speech implied US non-intervention in a North Korean invasion of the Republic of Korea, 1950; the US reaction to the North Korean invasion of the Republic of Korea, 25 Jun 1950; the US decision to refer the invasion of the Republic of Korea to the Security Council of the UN, Jun 1950; the opinion in the USA that the North Korean invasion of the Republic of Korea was orchestrated by the USSR, Jun 1950; the influence of the proclamation of the People's Republic of China, Oct 1949, on the US decision to go to war against Communism in Korea, 1950; the boycott of the UN Security Council by the USSR, Jun 1950; the decision by US President Harry S Truman for a US military intervention in Korea, Jun 1950; the role of the UN in countering the North Korean invasion of the Republic of Korea, 1950-1953; the advance northwards of UN forces beyond the 38th Parallel, Oct 1950; the halt of the UN advance northwards at the Yalu River on the border with the People's Republic of China, Oct 1950; the character and leadership of US Gen MacArthur, 1950-1951; the dismissal of MacArthur by US President Truman, Apr 1951; MacArthur's departure from Japan, Apr 1951; the positive effect of the Korean War on the economy of Japan, 1950-1953; speculation on the success of Truman in waging a limited war in Korea, 1950-1952. 34pp