793.94 Commission/829
The Consul at Geneva (Gilbert) to the Secretary of State
[Received February 21.]
Sir: I have the honor to enclose as of possible interest to the Department and in particular because this matter will undoubtedly be made note of in the press, a copy of a letter dated February 7, 1933 addressed by Dr. Syngman Rhee, who styles himself “President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea”, to the Secretary-General of the League of Nations together with an addendum to the letter citing extracts from the Lytton Report dealing with Korea.83
Dr. Rhee has been in Geneva for some time engaged in endeavoring to have his view of the case of Korea presented in some manner to the League. He has in particular been trying to have the delegation of one of the states members of the League present this matter in a formal way. I have reason to believe that in this he has been unsuccessful and thus has concluded to address the letter which I am enclosing direct to the Secretary-General. He is also sending copies to all of the delegations in Geneva as well as to representatives of the press. I assume that Dr. Rhee is known to the Department inasmuch as he usually resides in Washington.
Respectfully yours,
- Enclosures not printed; see letter of February 8, from Dr. Syngman Rhee.↩