1. Korean War
... to the outbreak of war. In addition, the armistice would have assured that North Korean and Chinese prisoners of war received political asylum if they chose not to go back to their respectful countries. In a letter to Syngman Rhee, President Eisenhower expressed his profound conviction, under these circumstances, that the Republic of Korea accept the armistice. He claimed that the United States "would not be justified in prolonging the war with all the misery it involved in the ... what they had failed to gain by war. They also felt that in the past they have been the sacrificial victim...
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