03/22/1949
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"Korea has become a testing ground in which the validity and practical value of the ideals and principles of democracy which the Republic is putting into practice are being matched against the practice..."
"I am convinced that the sum of $150,000,000 is the minimum aid essential during the coming year for progress toward economic recovery."
"The Government of the Republic of Korea was inaugurated August 15, 1948."
"The Soviet Union refused to permit the United Nations Commission to enter its zone."