General Ridgway, commander in chief of U.N. forces in Korea, sent the Security Council two captured documents: 1) a North Korean general staff order, dated June 18, .1950, for reconnaissance of Seoul "as the attack begins;" 2) North Korean 4th Infantry Division Commander Lee Kwon Mu's operation order No. 1, dated June 22, 1950, naming Seoul as the objective of a "frontal attack." Said Ridgway: "These two orders . . . provide clear and documented information that the attack launched on June 25, 1950, was ... a deliberate and preconceived plan for the conquest of the Republic of South Korea."
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