THE POSITIONS OF SUNG AND RHEE

• Bother the usa and the USSR wanted to install leaders they could control, in the soviet zone of north Korea, they installed Kim Il Sung(communist)and in South Korea , they installed Syngman Rhee(anti-communist)
• What did both Kim II sung and syngman rhee want?

  The restoration of a united Korea under a single leader
• What did Rhee need?


  A guarantee from the US that it would protect south Korea from attack from the north and provide military aid that would help th south Korean army to reunite korea
• What did rhee want to do?

  Use force to defend I the south and attack the north to reunite korea
• What was sung afraid of?

  He was aware of the significance of the USSR having their own nuclear weapons and feared the consequences of the US-japanese relationship
• What did sung want to do as a result of his fear?

  Use the collective power of the communist world to increase the births strength against south Korea and its western allies
• What reasons did sung give Stalin on why he should support an attack in the south

  -it would be a quick victory

  -the US would not have time to intervene

  -there were 200,000 communist supporters already in the south

  -there was a well-organised guerrilla force operating in the south