1950 letter shows US approved of killing Korean war refugees

1950 letter shows US approved of killing Korean war refugees
By Charles J Hanley and Martha Mendoza in New York

More than half a century after hostilities ended in Korea, a document from the war's chaotic early days has come to light - a letter from the US ambassador to Seoul, informing the State Department that American soldiers would shoot refugees approaching their lines.

The letter, dated the day of the army's mass killing of South Korean refugees at No Gun Ri in 1950, is the strongest indication yet that such a policy existed for all US forces in Korea, and the first evidence that that policy was known to upper ranks of the US government.

"If refugees do appear from north of US lines they will receive warning shots, and if they then persist in advancing they will be shot," wrote the ambassador, John J Muccio, in his message to the Assistant Secretary of State, Dean Rusk.

The letter reported on decisions made at a high-level meeting in South Korea on 25 July 1950, the night before the 7th US Cavalry Regiment shot the refugees at No Gun Ri.

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http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article621826.ece

...have such a funny smell?

hmmmm.... wonder if this tinfoil hat is getting a little tight...

speculatively,
Bright

these people are getting to be so predictable.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/media/nogunri/
http://www.kimsoft.com/kr-mass.htm
http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?no=233833&rel_no=1

Here's what purports to be a "refutation" of these, particularly the last one: http://jetiranger.tripod.com/BLOG/index.blog?entry_id=1164878 I haven't yet given it a good look-over, but it belongs here for balance. (This is NOT the Freak Republic!)

pnorman