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Entangled histories

4 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

ONE SPINE OF YEARS · TWO WALLS OF EVENTS · KOR LEFT · RUS RIGHT

1. 1905 CE

   Korea made a Japanese protectorate

   After defeating Russia, Japan imposes a protectorate treaty stripping Korea of its diplomatic sovereignty, a prelude to full annexation.

   Colonisation · from the South Korea chronicle · The Joseon Dynasty · REFS 2 — Korea Under Japanese Rule, Korea (history)

2. 1945 CE

   Division at the 38th parallel

   The peninsula is split into Soviet and American occupation zones along the 38th parallel, setting the stage for two rival Korean states.

   Politics & Power · from the South Korea chronicle · Division, the Korean War, and Authoritarian Rebuilding · REFS 2 — The Korean War and Japan's Recovery, Korea (history)

3. Night of 10-11 August 1945

   Rusk and Bonesteel propose the 38th parallel

   During an overnight meeting in John McCloy's Pentagon office, US Army officers Dean Rusk and Charles Bonesteel are asked to retire to an adjoining room and propose where US forces should accept Japan's surrender in Korea. They recommend the 38th parallel to include Seoul in the American area, though it lay further north than US forces could reach if the Soviet Union disagreed (Rusk's own later account, 1950).

   Politics & Power · from the South Korea chronicle · Japanese Colonial Rule · REFS 2 — Foreign Relations of the United States, 1945, Vol. VI, Doc. 771: Draft memorandum on Korea, with Dean Rusk's memorandum of 12 July 1950 on the 38th parallel, Foreign Relations of the United States, 1945, Vol. VI, Doc. 437: General Order No. 1 for the surrender of Japan (JCS memorandum, 14 August 1945)

4. 16 August 1945

   Stalin does not object to General Order No. 1

   General Order No. 1, which assigns the Japanese surrender in Korea north of 38 degrees north latitude to Soviet forces and south of it to US forces, is approved by President Truman on 17 August. In his 16 August reply Stalin writes that he has no objection in principle to the order, asking only for changes concerning the Kuril Islands and northern Hokkaido; Rusk later recalled being surprised that the Soviet Union accepted the parallel.

   Politics & Power · from the South Korea chronicle · Japanese Colonial Rule · REFS 3 — Foreign Relations of the United States, 1945, Vol. VI, Doc. 450: Stalin to Truman on General Order No. 1, 16 August 1945, Foreign Relations of the United States, 1945, Vol. VI, Doc. 437: General Order No. 1 for the surrender of Japan (JCS memorandum, 14 August 1945), Foreign Relations of the United States, 1945, Vol. VI, Doc. 771: Draft memorandum on Korea, with Dean Rusk's memorandum of 12 July 1950 on the 38th parallel