HIST 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Korean War, United States Army Military Government In Korea, Interim Leader
Document Summary
1971, us supported prc in bid for un seat. Succeeded by vp yen chiakan (according to constitution) Est. of the republic of korea (rok) & dprk. Truman accepts the 38th parallel sent to moscow and it was accepted. Kind or in half and wanted seoul in. Us army government military in korea (usamgik) (sept 1945- aug 15 1948) A power trusteeship (us, ussr, china, britain) to last 4-5 years. Many lost their lives because of the method taken by police. Neither intended to set up 2 independent states. Used military and the police to inforce rule. Elected as the first president as the republic of korea. 1950, stalin and mao agree to support kim"s invasion of south korea. General macarthur authorized to use us air force & naval forces in rok. Us launches surprise landing at lncheon us was able to capture seoul.
