1950-51 Korean War Kaesong Negotiations Ill Fated - Ill Managed or Deliberate Deceit.

Abstract

This research paper shows how the Kaesong negotiations served as an extremely tragic template for the armistice negotiations. Both sides initially expected the peace talks to last for only three to six weeks. Tragically, while sporadic but costly fighting continued, a final settlement was not reached until more than sixty weeks later. Initial armistice talks started at Kaesong on 10 July 1951 and lasted only until 22 August 1951. Under suspicious circumstances the Chinese-Koreans and the United States negotiators suspended talks. Not until 27 July 1953 did the United States and the Chinese-North Koreans reach an agreement. This paper explores the reasons the negotiations failed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA328078

Entities

People

  • Martin R. Rollinson

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Air Force
  • Civil War
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • Korean War
  • Military Education
  • Military History
  • Military Science
  • Negotiations
  • New York
  • North Korea
  • Prejudice
  • South Korea
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • International Relations and Conflict Resolution
  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.