Evening star., 1950-06-29
U.S.. Ordered Invasion
OF Northern Korea,
Russian Papers Say
BY the Associoied Press

by fhe ASSocIoted FreSS
MOSCOW, June 29.-Russia'
press reported today that tn
United States had directed an in
vasion Of Northern Korea b!
Southern Korean forces.
This adventurous attempt b.
syngman Rhee's puppet clique. di
rected by the United States, II
invade the Korean Peoples Demo
cratic Republic was preceded b.
long and intense preparations,
said a dispatch from New York b!
the official Russian news agency
Tass.
Broadcast Throughout Russia.
The dispatch was broadcast
throughout Russia by the officia
radio.
(The South Korean Republic
and the United States have
charged that North Korean
troops. trained and equipped by
Russia, launched the fighting
last Sunday with an invasion
across the 38th parallel of lati-
tude, the boundary between the
two parts of Korea. Moscow
and the Soviet satellites, how
ever, contended consistently that
the southern troops invaded the
northern territory to commence
hostilities.)
In all local papers today's Tass
dispatch was headlined: How
Aggression Was Prepared Against
Korean Peoples Democratic Re-
gime."
Declared Not Sudden Action
The dispatch said official dec
larations and press reports in the
United States made it clearly
obvious this aggression which now
is receiving its deserved repulse
did not represent any sudden
action.
For many months a mission
consisting of more than 500
American military men under the
command of the American Brig.
Gen. (William L. Roberts occu-
pied itself with preparing Syng-
man Rhee's armies for action,
The article quoted the New
York Herald Tribune as saying
American taxpayers have an army
in Southern Korea which is "an
excellent watchdog guarding cap
ital investments.
The Tass dispatch declared Gen.
Roberts had boasted that with
wise and intensive use of 500
battle-seasoned American soldiers
and officers. 100000 troops who
would fight for us" could be con-
ditioned. .
Gen. Roberts was quoted by
Tass as Dragging" to Marguerite
Higgins of the Herald Tribune
about the battle fitness and
morale of his puppet forces" Tass
said the general told Miss Higgins
he had at least 13 to IA American
officers in each division who stayed
at all times with the Korean forces.
Walter Sullivan of the New
York Times was quoted by Tass
as saying that of all foreign
armies, "the Southern Korean
armies are the most American
ized." E
The dispatch was quoted as
continuing:
Before the invasion of the
Korean Peoples Democratic Re
public, the American bosses of
Syngman Rhee evidently were
completely satisfied with the pup
pet South Korean forces and were
fully convinced these troops could
cary out the tasks assigned to
them.
Dulles Visit Mentioned.
"This Gen. Roberts frequently
boasted to American correspond
ents of his successes in building
d Southern Korean Army.
This description OF the role
OF American advisers clearly
shows the invasion by the South
ern armies was put into effect with
the knowledge and under the
leadership of the American bosses
Of Southern Korea.
1T is also worth nothing that
the invasion of Northern Korea
took place less than a week after
Estate Department adviserD John
Foster Dulles, the emissary of
Wall street and Washington, Wis
tied Seoul"
The dispatch quoted Mr.. Dulles
as telling the Korean National As
sembly that THE eyes of the
whole world are directed at you''
and said this clearly was sig
nal for Syngman Rhee to gamble. -
"Warlike Declarations" Cited.
The account said Mr.. Rhee and
his colleagues for months had
made "warlike declarations clearly
revealing their aggressive plans
against the Korean peoples demo-
cratic Republic.
A number of statements by Mr.
Rhee were listed. including one
June 10, when Mr.. Dulles was in
Korea, in which the South Korean
President was quoted as calling
for hot war against North
Korea.
CMr. Rhee on June 19 told the
South Korean Assembly he was
convinced that people who
valued freedom will win
through a hot war if they fail
to protect democracy in a cold
one" At that time he reiter-
ated an appeal to North Kor-
cans to declare their loyalty to
his government
Tass also quoted Mr.. Sullivan as
saying that in a number of cases
Mr.. Rhee had let it be understood
that "his army would undertake
an attack whenever Washington
agreed"