SECRET Syngman Rhee's Intentions 4. Syngman Rhee's aim is to secure the unification of Korea under his control by any means open to him and if necessary by force. He must realise that he cannot hope to occupy N. Korea without American military assistance and that, if they can help it, the Americans will not provide assistance for any South Korean military initiative. But he may well gamble on the chance that, if he begins fighting on his own, his allies, or at any rate the U.S., may be dragged in along with him.
- Collection ID
- CAB158
- Conflict
- Korean War
- Countries
- China Indochina Korea North Korea South Korea United States of America
- Document Reference
- CAB 158/16/35
- Document Types
- Memorandum Report
- File Reference
- CAB 158/16
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab158.0016.035
- Keywords
- Armistice Peace Proposals Contingency Planning Predicting Enemy Intentions Politicians Foreign Policy Diplomacy Allies South Korean Armed Forces Prisoners Of War
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Staff Ministry of Defence United Nations Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 5
- Persons Discussed
- Valentine Boucher Charles Carstairs Patrick Dean Francis Fressanges Eric Searight Kenneth Strong
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- International Relations Military Intelligence
