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President Harry S Truman and US government agencies including the National Security Council, the US Department of State, the Central Intelligence Agency, the US Army.
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History
The collection consists of meeting minutes, memoranda, and semi-official correspondence relating to US foreign policy with respect to Korea, 1945-1953. During this period, Korea went from Japanese occupation, to civil war between communist forces led by Kim Il-Jong and republican forces led by President Syngman Rhee, to partition under terms imposed by the United Nations.