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MR. HARRIMAN: What about the 2,000,000 who came down
south?
AMBASSADOR MUCCIO:
They were, generally, people of
some means. They will be going back to North Korea and will be very
helpful to us.
GENERAL BRADLEY: What can you do with the 60,000
prisoners you now have ?
GENERAL MacARTHUR:
They are the happiest Koreans in
all Korea. For the first time they are well fed and clean. They have been
de-loused and have good jobs for which they are being paid under the
Geneva Convention. I believe there is no real split, but their attitude is
due only to the banner that flies over them, There is no difference in
ideology and there are no North and South Korean blocs.
THE PRESIDENT: How will Syngman Rhee take the idea of
the election?
GENERAL MacARTHUR: He won't like it,
AMBASSADOR MUCCIO:
The last election was an honest
election, about as honest as any ever held in the Far East. How are you
going to ignore that ? I hope the new Commission will not interpret that
a.s requiring a nationwide election, How you are going to ignore members
of the National Assembly is a major problem. The resolution was so
worded that it could be interpreted in different ways. There have never
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