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May 17, 1951	Letter, Lieutenant General John B. Coulter to Syngman Rhee Lieutenant General John B. Coulter informs Syngman Rhee about the need for military disciplinary controls for the Civil Transport Corps.
May 31, 1951	Letter, Syngman Rhee to Lieutenant General John B. Coulter Syngman Rhee informed Lieutenant General John B. Coulter that the Cabinet has been unable to come to decision about the suggested system of procurement.
May 31, 1951	Letter, Syngman Rhee to Lieutenant General John B. Coulter Syngman Rhee informed Lieutenant General John B. Coulter that the Minister of Defense will discuss with him the Civil Transport Corps matter to establish disciplinary procedures.
May 21, 1980	Memorandum from Donald Gregg for Zbigniew Brzezinski, 'Up-Date on Korea' Donald Gregg proposes that the United States "work with the current Korean leadership" but "express a carefully calibrated degree of disapproval" of the Gwangju massacre.
May 23, 1980	Memorandum from Donald Gregg for Zbigniew Brzezinski, 'Mike Oksenberg's Note on Korea' Donald Gregg and Michel Oksenberg outline US policy toward Korea in light of the incident in Gwangju.
May 22, 1980	Record of Policy Review Committee Meeting, 'Korea' Officials from the US Department of State, the White House, the CIA, NSC, OSD, and JCS determine US policy toward South Korea in light of the events in Gwangju.
May 22, 1980	Action Memorandum from Richard Holbrooke and Anthony Lake to the US Secretary of State, 'PRC Meeting on Korea' Richard Holbrooke and Anthony Lake brief the US Secretary of State on the upcoming policy review committee meeting on the ongoing unrest in South Korea.
August 3, 1953	Confidential Memorandum, Before Agreeing to the Armistice Agreement When the United States agreed to a truce talk to end the Korea War, President Syngman Rhee disapproved. He opposed the truce and tried to attack these peace proceedings through a serious of events- such as releasing thousands of prisoners of war and creating turmoil for the US government. In order to persuade Rhee to accept the armistice defense, the US dispatches Assistant Secretary of State Walter Robertson to meet with the South Korean president in a series of bargaining discussions. Eventually, under certain conditions and a mutual defense pact with the US, Rhee agrees to the armistice.
May 17, 1954	Letter, Mayor Taeson Kim to General Maxwell D. Taylor While stationed in Korea, only the United States Army authorities had access to the facilities (park and pools) in the Seoul City Command. Mayor Kim is requesting General Taylor to repair and return these buildings to the Seoul Special City in order to prepare Korean athletes for the Olympics.
April 15, 1954	Protocol for the Phased Withdrawal of Troops (First Draft) A first draft of the proposal to withdraw United Nations Command and Chinese People's Volunteers troops from southern and northern Korea respectively. The protocol also outlines a schedule for the withdrawal of all foreign troops from the Korean peninsula.