06/19/1949
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"The needs of the Republic of Korea for economic assistance have been carefully studied in the light of the latest available information."
"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..."
"All Americans who have come to know the Korean people appreciate their fierce passion for freedom and their keen desire to become an independent nation."
"The Soviet Union refused to permit the United Nations Commission to enter its zone."