The Soviet Union Supporting North Korea
At first, Starling was against the idea of unifying the Korean Peninsula by force. However, just two months later, Starlyn gave the government a pass to war.
On January 19, 1950, Moscow received a report from Shtkov, which said:
After a small-scale banquet, the police excitedly said to the Soviet embassy staff,""The people of South Korea trust me and count on our armed forces. The guerrillas could not solve the problem. The people of the South know that we have an excellent army. Recently, I couldn't sleep at night, thinking about how to solve the problem of unifying the country. If the matter of liberating the people of South Korea and unifying the motherland is delayed, then I will lose the trust of the North Korean people.”
The Tang Dynasty hoped to meet with Starlyn to discuss the situation in the South and the issue of attacking the Tang army.
If he couldn't meet with Starling, then he wanted to meet the police. ** He also accused the Soviet Union of not allowing him to attack the Hyeongjin Peninsula. Otherwise, the People's Army would have succeeded within three days. If they launched a full-scale attack, they would have entered Seoul within a few days.
Unlike the evasive attitude adopted by the Soviet embassy staff, Starling unexpectedly changed her mind this time. After some consideration, on January 30th, Starling personally called back and said,"
"I understand Comrade Mao's dissatisfaction, but he should understand that he needs to be fully prepared for such a major move against South Korea.”
"This matter must be organized without taking too much risk. If he wants to talk to me about it, I am ready to receive him and talk to him at any time. Please pass this message to the emperor and tell him that I am ready to help him in this matter.”
In all the documents he had seen so far, this was the first time that Stallyn had agreed to help the government with the war. The police were very satisfied with this and immediately expressed that they were ready to meet Starling at any time.
So, what exactly happened that made Starling change her view on North Korea in such a short time?
The researchers noticed that a major event in the history of the Soviet Union's diplomacy happened here, namely, the signing of the new treaty between the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union, forcing the Soviet Union to give up its political and economic rights in the Far East based on the northeast of China. China immediately recovered Dalian port, and within two to three years, recovered the Zhongchang railway and Lushun port.
To separate Mongolia from the territory of China and form a vast safe zone in southern Russia; Restoring Russia's sphere of influence in the northeast of China and ensuring that the Soviet Union had access to the Pacific Ocean and an ice-free port were the two strategic goals of the Soviet Union after the war.
Controlling the Changchun railway, Lushun and the port of Dalian was the basic way for the Soviet Union to realize its Far East strategy.
Apart from the fait accompli Mongolia issue, the thing that Moscow was most worried about finally happened: The rights of the Soviet Union in Manchuria guaranteed by the 1945 Sino Soviet treaty were about to be destroyed by the new treaty proposed by the Chinese government. Starling had to take some measures to remedy the situation.
The ports of Wonsan, Inchon, Busan, and Jeju Island in the central and southern parts of the Korean Peninsula were the targets of the Soviet Foreign Affairs Ministry as early as 1945.
Therefore, in order to ensure the strategic interests of the Soviet Union in the Far East, it was inevitable to bring the entire Korean Peninsula into the sphere of influence of Moscow.
It was at this time that the speech by Truman and Minister of State for Military Affairs Acheson that South Korea was not within the scope of US defense created conditions for Starling to change her policy toward North Korea.
Before leaving Moscow, Starling had already focused on solving the North Korea problem.
In order to strengthen North Korea's military strength and the organization and command capabilities of the People's Army, Moscow agreed to establish three more infantry divisions and used the loan provided by the Soviet government in 1951 to purchase Soviet equipment for the newly formed troops in 1950.
Starling also appointed Lieutenant General Vasiliev as the chief military adviser of the Korean People's Army, replacing the Soviet ambassador, Shtkov, who had taken up this position after the Soviet withdrawal from North Korea.
After that, the Soviet Union began to provide weapons and equipment to North Korea on a large scale.
On March 8, North Korea sent a note to the Soviet Union,"In order to replenish equipment, ammunition, and technical equipment for the People's Army and strengthen the People's Army, the Soviet government is requested to provide 120 - 130 million rubles of military technical equipment to North Korea in 1950 in accordance with the previous application submitted to the Soviet government."
In return, North Korea promised to provide the Soviet Union with 133 million rubles worth of gold, silver, and uranium concentrate.
Then, the government provided a detailed list of the weapons and equipment they needed. Moscow immediately replied, agreeing to North Korea using the 1951 loan to purchase weapons and equipment in advance.
Starling also personally called the government to tell them that the Soviet government had decided to "fully satisfy your request" for the equipment, ammunition, and technical equipment needed by the Korean People's Army.
While making material preparations, on March 20th, the government requested a secret visit to Moscow in early April and proposed to discuss with Starling the "ways and methods of unifying the country's north and south" and "economic development prospects".
In a list of problems that he requested from Comrade Staleyn, it was clearly written: "Regarding the ways and methods to unify the country (the south and the north), we plan to use armed means to unify.”
In addition, he also mentioned the meeting with the Tang Dynasty and the signing of a treaty with China. After getting permission, the government and Park Hyun-Yong set off for Moscow on March 30.
As for the specific content of the secret meeting between Stallyn and the government, no written records had been found in the Russian archives. The researchers had only quoted the memories of the people involved.
It was said that during the talks, the government reported that both North and South Korea were preparing for unification, but the situation was more favorable for the North.
Park Hyun-Yong described the situation of the resistance movement against the regime in enthusiastic words. He said,
"The 200,000-strong South Korean Party branch is ready to revolt at the first signal from the North. The people of the South have been waiting for the land reform and other democratic reforms that have been implemented in the North.”
The North Korean leader was worried about how the North Korean people would react if they were to resort to war on the issue of unification.
In response, Starling told the story of the flock of sheep in Rabelais's Legend of the Giant. He said that the people were like sheep, they followed the leader, no matter where he went.
What Moscow was worried about was whether the United States would send troops to intervene if war broke out.
According to Wen Ri's recollection, the Tang Dynasty immediately assured Stalingine that the United States would not participate in this war. The reason was that this was a decisive surprise attack, because there would be 200,000 South Korean party members who would revolt. Coupled with the support of the southern guerrillas to the Korean People's Army, the attack would be won within three days. In this way, even if the United States wanted to intervene, there would be no time for military preparations and deployment.
In addition, in 1966, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union submitted a "background report on the Korean War" to leaders such as Brezhniev, which mentioned that the Soviet Union had proposed a strategic deployment to start the war to Stalin during this meeting. The North Korean government was prepared to achieve their goal in three steps:
(1) Gather troops near the 38th parallel;
(2) appeal to South Korea for peaceful unification;
(3) Start military operations after South Korea rejects the proposal for peaceful unification.
The report confirmed that Starling's "final approval of the North Koreans 'proposal was during a visit to Moscow in March and April 1950."
In short, it could be concluded that between January and April 1950, Starling decided to support and help the Turks launch a war to unify the Korean Peninsula.
Obviously, while the United States adopted a defensive and retreat policy on the Korean Peninsula, the Soviet Union was directly involved in the planning and preparation of the war.
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