Evening star., 1946-02-08
Letters to The Star
Col. Limb Discusses the Activities
of Communists in Korea

of Communists in Korea
| To the Editor Of The Star:
The Korean Commission has been
reading with keen interest the many dis
patches from Korea, as well as editorials
and special articles on that country,
which have been published In The Star
recently. You are rendering very use
ful service to the American people by
informing them Of the fundamental facts
about the situation in Korea.
In order to have an orderly develop
ment of nation economically, culturally
and socially, its political status must be
established with reasonable clarity. The
numerous parties that had mushroomed
overnight in Korea since the surrender
OF the Japanese finally have resolved
themselves into two main groups based
on different ideologies, namely, the Ma
tionalists and the Communists. This
naturally leads us to inquire as to the
background and the program Of the
Communists in Korea.
Communism in Korea is not question
OF party politics. 1t is life-and-death
question of the Korean nation. The ex-
treme Communists are more loyal to
foreign power than to their own. They
are simply puppets Of neighbor, who
are doing everything to create anti
democratic sentiment throughout the
country.
Up to the time when Korea was
divided into two parts by the Allies, the
number OF Communists in Korea was
quite small. Subsequently. however. the
Communists trained in subversive tactics
abroad have been rushing to the south.
They are now carrying on organizational
activities everywhere in the country, in
timidating and robbing the people the
while. In the meantime, they have or
ganized in the capital city of Seoul what
is known as the Peoples Republic" and
have commenced their agitation against
the overwhelming desire of the Korean
people for true democracy, as well as
against the American Military Govern
ment.
Says People Favor Nationalists.
The people recently have come to
know the truth about the Communists.
however, and are fast turning away from
them. Nearly all Of the southern part of
Korea now has been won over by the
Nationalists. Reports from the north
clearly indicate the peoples unwilling
ness to accept Communism there.
The most serious part Of the Com
munist problem is that they are deter
mined to take control of the country by
every means, fair or foul. They are
following the same tactics used by the
Chinese Communists in dividing up the
nation. First they make certain de-
mands upon the Korean Provisional
Government, and when these demands
are met, then they Immediately follow
them up with additional demands. This
process keeps up ad infinitum. The Com
munists are out to rule or ruin the
nation. But there is a difference be-
tween the Chinese Communists and
their sympathizers in Korea. The Com
munists in China have made an organ
lied growth Of more than 20 years, until
they now have large so-called Com
munist population, while in Korea the
small number Of Communists are only
being noisy on the surface, and have
been unable to establish a sufficient
foundation.
The position taken by the Nationalists
in Korea, represented by the Korean
Provisional Government, Is to combine
all political groups in the country, in
cluding the Communists, so that united
front can be established, which the
Allied powers may recognize as a true
Korean government. For this purpose a
Central Cooperation Committee" has
been established. AL the groups, includ-
ing the Communists, agreed to set aside
their individual programs for the present
In order to work together for the
achievement OF national independence.
However, the extremists among the
Communists now refuse to cooperate in
this comprehensive unification effort.
Their motive is to impair the unanimity
OF the Korean people. They not only
make unreasonable demands upon the
committee, one following another, but
also engage in deliberately sabotaging
the true welfare of the Korean nation.
This can be discerned clearly in their
display Of foreign dictator's portraits
at their meetings, and in the pronounce
ments Of their leaders distinctly inimical
to Korea's national integrity.
Most Koreans Held Democratic.
However, the unalterable will of the
Korean people as whole is to establish
in Korea a truly democratic form Of
government as known in the Western
World. This they repeatedly and amply
have demonstrated. Both In theory and
in practice, the world has found the
fact that this form Of democratic gov
ernment has proved most satisfactory to
human welfare
If a stable and peaceful government is
to be established in Korea and II peace
is to be had in all the Far East, 1t Is
most urgent that the great powers who
have interests in that part of the world
should see to it that the arbitrary divi-
sion OF the country Immediately Is done
away with, let the people of Korea have
an opportunity to express their collective
will in truly democratic national elec-
tion within six months, and let Korean
government serve the nation. Such a
government, having the true interests OF
the nation uppermost in mind. will be
liberal enough to contain all major