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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Dear List,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>There is another matter related to my
earlier post on daily life during Korean War that I would like to ask your help
with. Which libraries (in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Korea</st1:country-region>,
the <st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region> or maybe in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Russia</st1:country-region></st1:place>?)
might be most useful when looking for the Korean War related material? I am
also interested in the issue of food rationing and how it was regulated in the
period 1945-1953. Where can I find this kind of sources?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>I would also like to react to the post by
</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Bryan Ross</span></font> <font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>earlier this month, who was
asking about missing Korean rice at the end of the Pacific War. Unfortunately,
I do not have an answer to this question. However, if we consider that shipments
of food to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Japan</st1:place></st1:country-region>
steadily diminished during the last years of the war due to the destruction of
commercial fleet, did it mean that the availability of rice in the colony
improved? As the standard of living of Japanese farmers improved during the
1940s (due to rationing and consequences of food policies of the wartime
government), they were able to eat more rice than ever before, while urban
consumers were suffering from its shortage. Is it possible that a similar
mechanism occurred in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Korea</st1:place></st1:country-region>?
That the disruption of shipments actually led to the improvement of rice supply
situation in the colony? I have absolutely no proof for that, this is just a
thought…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Katarzyna<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face="Palatino Linotype"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype";color:black'>Katarzyna
J. Cwiertka, PhD</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'> <br>
</span></font><font size=2 color=black face="Palatino Linotype"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype";color:black'>Centre
for Japanese and <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Korean</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Studies</st1:PlaceName></span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'> <br>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype";color:black'>The
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Netherlands</st1:country-region></st1:place></span></font><font
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype";color:black'>Tel.:
+31-(0)71-5272599<br>
Fax: +31-(0)71-5272215</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'>
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href="http://www.koreaans.leidenuniv.nl/index.php3?m=13&c=42"><span
lang=EN-GB>http://www.koreaans.leidenuniv.nl/index.php3?m=13&c=42</span></a></span></font><font
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