In Korea, another U.S. ally put himself on record, and the world on notice. To crowds in Seoul gathered to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Republic of Korea, 78-year-old President Syngman Rhee said:
"Soon ... the world will see whether solutions abandoned on the battlefield can be won around the conference table . . . The one and only standard by which . . . the political conference may be judged is whether it achieves [unification],
"It is our wish and determination to march north at the earliest possible time to save our North Korean brethren from the sure death they are...