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If history provides the means to
interpret the trend of the machina-
tions of nations and men for ideo-
logical power. then American bun
gling-though we'll meant-in China
and Korea provides number OF
meaningful guideposts.
Part of this results from the fact
that the Far East always has been
an enigma to statesmen of the West
Partly, it stems from the lack OF
intuitive reasoning in not recoeniz-
ing that China and Korea were nat
ural allies against communism. Most
of the bungling, however, has re-
suited from an unsound belief In
the possibility of compromising with
the theology of Russian commu-
nism. One Korean statesman put
1t succinctly when he said, How
can you compromise with smallpox?
Question of Status
Seven Korean delegates, headed
by DR.. Chang Myun, member Of the
Korea National Assembly, as chief
delegate, and DR.. Pyung Ok Cough,
special representative Of the Presi-
dent of Korea with the rank OF
Ambassador. as principal counsel
lor, will present Korea's claim for
United Nations recognition. The
issue Is simple. Korea has qualified
for recognition. 1t would hardly
seem to warrant any debate on
either moral or legal grounds, except
for the Soviet bloc,s determination
to make Korea testing area.
The questions at issue are not
complicated as to fact. There are
only two.
Ffrst-Was the election May 10 in
South Korea the one prescribed by
the United Nations resolution oi
November IA. 1S47? (The United
Nations Commission on Korea in
Part I of its official report concluded
that "the results of the ballot OF
10 May, l94s, are q valid expression
of the free will of the electorate
in those parts of Korea which were
accessible to the commission and In
which the inhabitants constitute
approximately two-thirds Of the
people of all Korea"
Seconds the Republic OF Korea,
established as q result Of the elec-
ton, the legitimate government OF
all Korea as envisaged in paragraph
3 Of resolution z adopted by the
United Nations on the same date?
Paragraph 81, section c, Chapter
II, Part II of the U. N. Korea Com
missions report states categorically,
Thus it may be reasonably con-
tended that this government Is
entitled to de jure recognition.)
One State in Red Zone
The conclusion could hardly be
,.lerwise as the facts support the
-gical deduction that the republic
as been established in full accord
nee with the United Nations rec
cmmendation, limited only by the
refusal of Russia to permit partici-
patton by the people In the north
ern provinces under Soviet domina-
ton. In this connection, Part II,
Summary and Conclusions, para
graph A., section (g) Of the U. N
Korea Commissions report COM
ments significantly" even though
it is realized that effective 1urisdic-
ton of the Government established
in Seoul does not extend to the
north, the view is held that this
government does provide . basis
from which 1t may be possible to
proceed to unification by peaceful
methods of negotiation =" and
later, section (h). "' . while the
Korean problem is only one aspect
of the present struggle In interna-
tional relations, the commission
believes that there are prospects
that the prevailing tension between
the north and the south may be
eased in the course Of time"
While the U. N. Korea Commission
failed, as have efforts Of Korean
leaders, to attain unity up to now,
in the words of the commissions re-
port. the reason for this failure
must be attributed in the main to
the tension prevailing in the inter-
national situation" With this view
in mind, the commission ended the
report by placing itself at the serv-
ice Of the General Assembly in the
future rather than declaring its
work completed. 1t recognized that
the mission had not been completed
in that it failed to bring unity to
Korea. This wise admission Of
partial failure leaves the door open
for future efforts by the General
Assembly when it takes up the
Korean question.
Split Sovereignty
Prior to reviewing possible action
by the General Assembly it Is i'm
portant to remember that Soviet
Russia has created the Democratic
Peoples Republic" in North Korea.
It was established uNilaterally as the
result of an election" held on Au-
gust Is BASED upon a single slate OF
candidates.
The Korean delegates are pre-
pared to deal with a large number
Of possibilities when the Korean
question is activated as the issue be-
fore the General Assembly. Under
the circumstances, no proposal may
be ruled out because 1t mocks inter-
national justice. Similarly, no pro-
posal can be luled out merely be.
cause it takes advantage of a techni-
cality-however insignificant.
Action by the General Assembly
could take any one of the following
forros.