Here are some of the key FOIA documents I obtained between 1994 and 2006. More will be added as I download them.
- State FOIA#1 — November 1979 — Secretary of State Vance meets South Korean Foreign Minister after the Park Assassination
- State FOIA#2 — November 1979 – Secretary of State Vance meets South Korean acting President after the Park Assassination
- State FOIA#3 — December 1979 – Richard Holbrooke on the December 12 Incident
- State FOIA#4 – December 1979 — NODIS/Cherokee Richard Holbrooke on Dec. 12 Incident
- State FOIA#5 – March 1980 – Gleysteen analysis of South Korean political situation
- State FOIA #6 — May 1980 — NODIS/Cherokee US Generals Intervene in South Korea
- State FOIA#7 – May 1980 – NODIS/Cherokee Gleysteen meets Chun just before May 1980 crackdown
- State FOIA#8 – May 1980 — NODIS/Cherokee Gleysteen meets with Blue House just before the May 17 coup
- State FOIA#9 – June 1980 — NODIS/Cherokee Gleysteen meets with the Blue House after Kwangju
- CIA FOIA#1 – June 1979 – SECRET – “The Outlook for President Pak and South Korea’s Dissidents.”
- NODIS Holbrooke – “Nobody wants another Iran” – Dec. 3 1979
- CHEROKEE FILES Carter letter January 1980
- CHEROKEE FILES Establishment of Korea Series November 1979
- CHEROKEE FILES December 1979 Holbrooke’s “delicate operation”
- NODIS CHEROKEE – Christopher – May 8 1980
- CHEROKEE FILES White House NSC meeting on Kwangju May 22, 1980
Hi, I really appreciate your great effort and works. I’m a graduate student in Korea. I recently take the course covering major issues and politics in Korea-US relations. While preparing for the class which covers “Korea’s democritization and the U.S.” in this week, I read “the Kwangju Uprising and US-Sanctioned Massacre” written by you. The truth was really surprising and shock! Before I read this article and took this course, I thought the U.S was just benign power and always would be as an advocate of peace and human rights. It was helpful for me to know what really happened behind the scene between the two government at that time. I want to share this with my classmates. Thank you so much