76. Editorial Note
At a news conference at the Department of State on August 10, Secretary Dulles expressed sympathy for the Republic of Korea’s concern over the continued presence in South Korea of the Communist members of the Neutral Nations Inspection Teams. He added, however, that the United Nations Command had an obligation to protect the Neutral Nations Inspection Teams and stressed that the Republic of Korea should not try to challenge that obligation by force. In response to a question, Dulles stated that the United States had no intelligence reports to bear out the Republic of Korea’s contention that renewed Communist aggression in Korea was dangerously near. (Department of State Bulletin, August 22, 1955, pages 298–299)
On the following day in Seoul, Dr. Hongkee Karl, spokesman for the Republic of Korea, issued a press release in which he rejected the assertion that the Republic of Korea was using force in its efforts to expel the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission from Korea. Referring to the demonstrations taking place against the Neutral Nations Inspection Teams, Karl stated that, if any violence had occurred, it was due to the use of weapons by U.S. military forces.
[Page 143](Telegram 187 from Seoul, August 11; Department of State, Central Files, 795.00/8–1155)