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STAN ARD DRM NO. 64
Office Memorandum UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO
:
The Secretary
DATE: January 19, 1951
THRU : s/s PRB
FROM
:
FE - Mr. Rusk DR
SUBJECT: Farewell Call by Dr. John M. Chang, Korean Ambassador, Upon
the President.
It is understood that the President and the Secretary
will see the Korean Ambassador, Dr. John M. Chang, at 3:00
P.M. today at which time the Ambassador will pay his farewell
call before his departure tomorrow to assume his new post
as Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea. It is believed
that the Ambassador may raise the following questions with
the President:
The Government of the Republic of Korea has repeatedly
requested that the United States Government furnish rifles
in large quantities (500,000 were mentioned) to Korean
civilians and in particular to the Korean Youth Corps to
aid in the defense of Korea. Not only has this question
been raised in various communications to the Department of
State and in a note to the White House dated January 10,
1951 (as yet unanswered), but also in private conversations
with me. Furthermore, there are indications that the Gov-
ernment of the Republic of Korea is attempting to make a
direct approach to American public opinion on this question.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff, in a memorandum to the
Secretary of Defense dated January 17, 1951, have concluded
that there is not at present any desirable, feasible, and
timely method of appreciably increasing Korean forces to
resist Communist aggression, and have accordingly recom-
mended that the Korean Government be informed that, from the
military point of view, experience indicates that the most
effective utilization of members of the Korean Youth Corps
and other qualified Korean males is to replace losses in
existing Republic of Korea units. It is recommended, how-
ever, that this decision of the Joint Chiefs of Staff not
be communicated, as such, to the Korean Ambassador.
In the past, replies to the reiterated requests of the
Republic of Korea for additional arms for the civilian popu-
lation have been to the effect that the Department of State
and other appropriate agencies of the Government were giving
active consideration to the various aspects of this question.
The Korean Ambassador has also been given this information
privately and it has been pointed out to him that the United
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