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    "title": "Letter from John Allison to Frank Nash",
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    "ocrText": "SECURITY INFORMATION\n-2-\n2. The Korean people and the officials of their\nGovernment are in a highly sensitive state of mind regarding\nany action by a foreign agency which appeare to them to\nbe in derogation of their sovereignty. They will undoubted-\nly react strongly against any proposal which they consider\nan invasion of that sovereignty. Lais psychological atmos-\nphere is e political fact created in part by the insecurity\nfelt by the Koreans regarding their whole future and their\nlack of confidence in the determination of the United\nNations to protect them adequately. particularly in view\nof the present efforts of the United Nations to bring\nabout a negotiated peace in Korea, which does not fulfill\ntheir paramount political aspiration.\n3. Since the Korean Government now has already\nyielded the exercise of its sovereignty to elien agencies\nover a wide area of its internal affairs, it shows a\ngreatly increased sensitivity concerning any further\nconcessions of its sovereign authority and powers. This\nstate of mind has already become evident in the current\nnegotiations on an economic agreement.\n4. It is an unfortunate fact that the Koreens will\nprobably consider Civil Affairs synonymous with military\ngovernment. There are indications that they are already\nalarmed over the establishment of civil affairs sections\nwithin the United States military establishment in the\nTheater. An attempt to negotiate a Civil Affairs Agree-\nment at this time would, therefore, probably appear to\nthe Koreans as an attempt on the part of the United States\nto reestablish the substance of military government.\n5. The internal political situation in Korea today\nis extremely unstable. The approaching Presidential\nelections in Korea have intensified Korean reactions\nregarding their sovereignty. In this present mood, it\nwould be most difficult for the Korean Government to\nundertake the formal negotiation of a conrohensive Civil\nAffeiro Agreement. Under such circumstances, even a\nrequest for such negotiations could have immediate and\nunfavorable revercussions on United States-Korean relations.\n6. The efforts of the United States and the United\nNations to conclude an armistice agreement which falls\nshort of\nSXORST SECURITY INFORMATION"
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