There is considerable unrest in South Korea but forces available to General Hodge are adequate to cope with it and to maintain order, though completely inadequate, even with maximum assistance from General MacArthur, to meet Soviet-controlled invasion of North Korean forces. A United States withdrawal which permitted the Soviet Union to dominate Korea would result in a serious political and psychological threat to China, including Manchuria, and Japan. The United States has a strong strategic interest in insuring permanent military neutralization of Korea and its denial as a base to the Soviet Union. The Soviets will withdraw their occupation forces just as soon as they can be sure that the North Korean puppet government and armed forces which they have created will be strong enough and sufficiently well indoctrinated to be relied upon to carry out Soviet objectives without the actual presence of Soviet troops. _Recommendations_ It is recommended that: United States withdrawal from Korea be based upon agreements with the Soviet Union to effect proportional withdrawals, with as many guarantees as possible to safeguard Korean freedom and independence. Military aid be furnished to South Korea which would support the achievement of such adequate safeguards and which would envisage: Continuing to furnish arms and equipment to Korean National Police and Korean Coast Guard. The creation of an American-officered Korean Scout Force to replace the present Constabulary of sufficient strength to cope with the threat from the North. Continued interim occupation by United States Army forces in Korea. Advice in training of technical specialists and tactical units. _Bibliography_ A _Alexander of Macedon_, by Harold Lamb, Doubleday, Doran Co., Garden City, N. Y. 1946. _American Mercury Magazine_, March, 1951. _Asia at the Crossroads_, by E. Alexander Powell, Century Co., N. Y., 1922. C _Caesar and Christ_, by Will Durant, Simon & Schuster, N. Y., 1944. _Challenge of the East, The_, by George E. Eddy, Farrar, N. Y., 1931. _China of Chiang Kai-shek_, a political study, by Paul M. A. Linebarger, World Peace Foundation, Boston, Mass., 1941. _China Shall Rise Again_, by Mei-ling Soong Chiang, Harper and Bros., N. Y., and London, 1940. _China in the Sun_, by Randall Gould, Doubleday and Co., Inc., N. Y., 1946. _Chinese Civilization_, by Marcel Granet, Alfred Knopf, N. Y., 1930. _Chinese, Their History and Culture, The_, by Kenneth Scott Latourette, The MacMillan Co., N. Y., 1934. _City of the Czars, The_, by Harold Lamb, Doubleday & Co., Garden City, N. Y., 1948. _Civilization on Trial_, Essays, by Arnold J. Toynbee, N. Y., Oxford University Press, 1948. _Conquest of Civilization, The_, by James H. Breasted, Harper Bros., N. Y., 1938. Current Magazines and Newspapers. D