Section A Answer all parts of Question 1.

In answering the questions you should use your knowledge and understanding of the period to help you interpret and evaluate the sources. You should use the source to which you are specifically directed, but you may use any of the other sources where they are helpful. 1. This question is about the causes of the Korean War (1950-1953). Stu ! the sources an then answer the questions.

Source A A co""ent "a e b! an A"erican #ecturer on the Korean War The $orth Koreans see" to be encoura%e b! the &.S. 'o#ic! of #ea(in% Korea outsi e the &.S. ) efence #ine) in Asia an the #i"itations '#ace on &.S. ar"e forces. The! c#ear#! acce't these as reasons to thin* that the A"ericans wou# not react to their in(asion. +urther"ore, their s'onsor, the &SS-, "a! ha(e "a e this ca#cu#ation for the". The So(iets a#so a''ear to ha(e been certain the &nite $ations wou# not inter(ene. .owe(er, the! i not ha(e a c#ear 'icture as, in 'rotest a%ainst Taiwan/s "e"bershi' in the &.$. Securit! 0ounci# an a%ainst the &.$./s refusa# to acce't 0o""unist 0hina into the &$, the &SS- ha bo!cotte 0ounci# "eetin%s since 1anuar! 1950 an i not return in 1une to (ote a%ainst an! 0ounci# "o(e a%ainst $orth Korea. Source B 2ean Acheson, &S Secretar! of State3s co""ents in a "eetin%, 4a! 15 1951. Korea is not a #oca# situation. 6t is not the %reat (a#ue of Korean itse#f that #e to the attac*. 6t isn3t that the $orth Koreans wante square "i#es in Korea. 7ut it was the 'ri"ar! attac* "a e b! the who#e 0o""unist contro# %rou' on the West 8 "ain#! in the 9ast, but a#so affectin% the who#e wor# . Sure#! their 'ur'ose was to unif! Korea 8 but it was a#so to unsett#e 1a'an, South 9ast Asia, :hi#i''ines, an to %ain a## of South 9ast Asia, an to affect situation a#so in 9uro'e. This is what the war in Korea is bein% fou%ht about. Source C Suh, 2ae-Soo*, Author of the boo*, Kim Il Sung, The orth Korean !eader

The o"estic causes of the Korean War are; Ki" ## Sun%3s eter"ination to reunif! the countr! "i#itari#!, his ifficu#t! in the 19<9 - 1950 two-!ear econo"ic '#an, an his fra%i#e re#ationshi' with the 0o""unists fro" the South = These o"estic factors a#one, of course, were not the entire cause of the Korean War, but for Ki", the! were i"'ortant. The

unification of Korea shou# ha(e been won in a ci(i# war. Source D 4ao >e on%, 0hair"an of the 0o""unist 0hina, issues the or er to sen 0hinese troo's in Korea on ?ctober @ in his s'eech to the 'eo'#e of 0hina. 6n or er to assist the Korean 'eo'#e3s war of #iberation, re'e# the in(asion #aunche b! the A"erican i"'eria#ists an their #ac*e!sA, an to efen the interests of the Korean 'eo'#e, the 0hinese 'eo'#e an the 'eo'#e of a## 9astern countries, it has been or ere that the ar"! "o(e i""e iate#! into the territor! of Korea to assist the Korean co"ra es in their stru%%#e a%ainst the in(a ers an to stri(e for a %#orious (ictor!. A#ac*e!s 8a##ies Source E Be(arest 7u*#e"ishe(, a co""an er of the So(iet forces, recor s his 'artici'ation in the Korean War fro" the fa## of 1951 to +ebruar! 1953 in the 1anuar! 1991 issue of a So(iet "onth#! "a%aCine. What were we to# b! the So(iet Do(ern"entE 6t was that A"erican i"'eria#is" ha 'ro(o*e our co"ra e countr! stan in% for co""unis". 6t was our Finternationa# ut!3 to he#' our co"ra esA. Thou%h we %ot into the war b! that or er, there was no iscontent. We a## were in %oo sha'e an ha a stron% fi%htin% s'irit = Aco"ra es 8frien s, a##ies