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ended. The following December 12 the General Assembly approved the
elections as representative of the free will of the Korean people,
and the new government as the only lawful government in Korea. The
United States recognized the new government on New Year's Day, 1949,
ARCHIVES S. 'NATIONAL ACCORDS AND
and subsequently more than 30 nations have extended recognition.
It was likewise on December 12, 1948, that the General Assembly
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SERVICE"
established the United Nations Commission on Korea, to work for the
unification of Korea under a representative government, and pursuant
to the Assembly's recommendation to observe the withdrawal of the
occupation forces by the United States and the U.S.S.R.
Withdrawal of
In view of the military considerations, stated above, which underlay
United States
the presentation of the Korean problem to the United Nations, the
Forces, June
resolution proposed by the United States in October 1947 contained a
1949
provision for the withdrawal of all occupying forces. This with-
drawal provision also supported the view of the United States
Government that the maintenance of foreign occupation forces on
Korean soil any longer than was necessary would be detrimental to
the efforts of the Korean people to prepare themselves for the respon-
sibility of self-government, as well as inconsistent wtth the sovereign
and independent status of the Korean Government, whose establishment
it was hoped would be one of the fruits of the resolution.
The resolution, as adopted by the General Assembly on November 14,
1947 (by a vote of 33 in favor, no negative votes, and 6 abstentions
from the Soviet bloc), called for the withdrawal of all forces as soon
as practicable and, of possible, within 90 days after the establishment
of a Korean government.
The refusal of the Soviet Government to permit the implementation of
that resolution it its zone of occupation in North Korea made it
necessary for the United States Government to reconsider the question
of troop withdrawal. In April 1948 it was agreed by the Departments
of State and Defense and the National Security Council, with the
approval of the President, that the United States should be prepared
to proceed with the withdrawal of its occupation forces following
the formation of a government in South Korea, such withdrawal to be
timed in consonance with the accomplishment of the broad objectives
of the United States in Korea and with its relevant commitments to
the United Nations. It was further agreed that every effort should
be made to create conditions for the withdrawal of such forces by
December 31, 1948.
In September 1948 there was begun a gradual reduction of American
military forces in Korea, such a reduction having been made possible
by the termination of Military Government on August 15 and the in-
creasing effectiveness of the American trained and equipped Korean
security forces. In November 1948 this reduction in our military
establishment was halted, in part because of the fact that the General
Assembly had not then completed its review of the Korean problem
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