[KS] Cheju Narratives

[Michael Goodwin]

Dear List Members:

I recently received the following message through another list (see
below).

I have known about the "personal narratives" referred to in this message
for a while now, and I'd be interested in hearing from anyone capable of
commenting on their validity.

Incidentally, in no way am I suggesting that these narratives are not
entirely truthful.  I'm simply interested in any information that could
help me assess them for myself!  Thank you.

Mike Goodwin
(Greenville, N.C.)
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N.B. The following is the message I received:

Your help is needed for the victims of the Cheju 4.3 Massacre:

Gen. Kim Ik Ruhl commanded the South Korean 9th Regiment on Cheju.  He
chronicled his first-hand knowledge of the tragedy in his memoir:
<http://www.kimsoft.com/1997/43kim0.htm>The Truth about the 4.3
Uprising. Gen Kim negotiated a peaceful settlement of the insurrection
with the
rebel commander and his American superiors commended his mission
accomplished,
but pro-Japanese Korean traitors forced him off the island and tricked
the
Americans into reversing Gen. Kim's agreements with the rebels.

Kim's 9th Regiment was ordered to conduct scorched-earth campaigns
against innocent villagers and tens of thousands of the villagers were
put to
death in some of cruelest ways imaginable (see
<http://www.kimsoft.com/1997/cheju.htm> Cheju April 3rd Massacre Not
Forgotten).

Gen. Kim's memoir will make an ideal source for a docu-drama. If you can

help, please email: editor at kimsoft.com.



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