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Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams
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Records of the Naval Aide to the President (Truman Administration)
State Department Briefs Files
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Rhee, Syngman, 1875-1965
Muccio, John Joseph, 1900-1989
Korean War, 1950-1953
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OFFICE OF
THE SECRETARY OF STATE
the
WASHINGTON
1982
June 17, 1952
State DEB Dept. E.O. Guidelines, NLT, Date March 5-29-55 SECRET 6,
SECURITY INF ORMATION
By
SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS
KOREA Ambassador Muccio in Pusan reports that the Chairman of the UN
Commission gained the following impressions from an interview
which he had with President Rhee last Saturday: 1) Rhee is not only interested
in his re-election and his proposed constitutional amendment but also wants
to remove his opponents from public life, and even if his amendment is
accepted he plans to purge the opposition (he mentioned to the Commission
Chairman that 80 Assemblymen were implicated in "bribery" charges); 2)
at present Rhee feels himself on top and able to get away with what he has
done and what he intends to do.
During a call which Muccio made on Rhee Friday, the latter said
that the Prime Minister had told him that only 20 votes were now needed to
get the Assembly's agreement on the proposed compromise amendment.
Rhee said that he had informed the Prime Minister that he had no objection
to the plan for the cabinet to be selected by the Prime Minister. He also
remarked to Muccio that with the amendment adopted he hoped his successor
could carry on. Muccio comments that during this interview Rhee was
calm, cautious and lucid, in contrast to an interview of the day before when
the President had seemed completely exhausted.
TUNISIA
The Pakistan UN Representative has informed our UN
Mission that the Asian-Arab group Thursday "made a
firm decision to go ahead" with its request for a special General Assembly
session on Tunisia. Transmission of its request to the UN Secretary General
was delayed only in order that as many signatures as possible out of the
group total of 15 could be obtained. According to the Pakistani the group
will meet again early this week to sign the request, which will then be for -
warded immediately to the Secretary General.
SECRET SECURITY INFORMA TION