The Archive · 1924

Yet More Propaganda

SUill-the propaganda among tq" Koreans fo, Ohina and Kore they were turned over to-a certain Mr Fineburg,, a. Hebrew com. imuuist who wie born and raced in London and whoes English wea] much better than his Russian. This Mr. Fineburg woe Read of the Bureau of Korean Affairs in the representation of the. Third International in. Vladivostok.

After, the 20, odd. Korean Aclegates had assembled Mr. Pak Yung-man was elected chief their council and. Mr. Pineburg called open him sod. opened ne gotiations. In conventionsl So-fashion "the Koreans were presented with " fixed st of de mands, or rather conditton® They "were told." that" Russian would sympathize with them they would. sign a certain docu-iment in which they pledged em-elves to certain policies. Te would be impolitic "to publish Unis document at the moment; but] it can be stated definitely that the first Russian. condition was. that the Korean revolution. should be] declared a, community revolution, and. that Red propaganda. should movement go ahead of the' independence

'AI! the promises of belp_ with money and' arma which hid pro viously been. made became very Vague' and intangible indeed at conference and the whole Hed energy: was expended upon sov: ing "a Bolaherist revolutionary somme Under th aes of ihe Korean "delegates and spon forcing them to endorse." The suing tactics. were adopted ae in the, Karakhog witimatom to. Dr. Go. Wang. The Rorenes ave hot auch t6 stand on, but do have sufficient backbone to resent bullying. The would-be communists, the near communists and the anti-communists in the Korean delegation promptly li: ited on the only possible stand, they could not have their programme dictated to them. After all the good gold that had spent upon the ion! of tha Korean revolutionary movement, Mr. Finoburg thought

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