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Box 1

 Container
Call Number: MS 256

Contains 9 Results:

Francesca Rhee letters to the Lemnitzer family, 1956-1982

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1-19
Scope and Contents

Most of these letters and cards (20) are addressed to Katherine Lemnitzer and are thanks for flowers, produce and other gifts. The contents also note their shared interest in orphanages, finding items that can be manufactured by the Korean people, social events and family news. Mrs. Rhee often expresses her appreciation for General Lemnitzer's support of Korea. Most of the enclosures noted in the letters and cards are not included in this collection.

Dates: 1956-1982

Katherine Lemnitzer letter to Francesca Rhee, January 5, 1957

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents

Mrs. Lemnitzer sends Mrs. Rhee thanks for their Christmas gifts. Mrs. Lemnitzer says that she has just returned from Okinawa and hopes to be in Korea again.

Dates: January 5, 1957

President Syngman Rhee's letter to General Lyman Lemnitzer, November 20, 1957

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents

President Rhee expresses his gratitude for General Lemnitzer's speeches in support of Korea.

Dates: November 20, 1957

Lyman Lemnitzer's response to Jhongman Rhee's letters and Rhee's letters (2), July-September 1969

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents

Jhongman Rhee congratulates General Lemnitzer on the occasion of Lemnitzer's retirement from the Army and encloses a newspaper clipping in Korean which he also translates, and some photographs of autographed pictures and inscriptions in stone. Lemnitzer thanks Rhee for his translation and for the photographs.

Dates: July-September 1969

Lyman Lemnitzer's letter to Francesca Rhee, December 20, 1971

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents

Lemnitzer sends Mrs. Rhee holiday greetings from the family and thanks her for her greetings and the photograph of President Rhee's grave-site. He commends her work on the burial site.

Dates: December 20, 1971

Lyman Lemnitzer's letter to Francesca Rhee, May 23, 1972

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents

Lemnitzer thanks Mrs. Rhee for her hospitality during his recent visit to Korea and for the gifts she has sent the family. He also expresses his amazement at the development in Korea, particularly in Seoul.

Dates: May 23, 1972

Lyman Lemnitzer's response to Jhongman Rhee's letter and Rhee's letter, April-July 1972

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents

Rhee expresses his regret at missing Lemnitzer during Lemnitzer's visit to Korea, comments on Lemnitzer's speeches and attaches newspaper clippings in Korean. Lemnitzer thanks Rhee for his letter and the clippings and assures Rhee that he did indeed meet with President Park Chung Hee.

Dates: April-July 1972

Yong Shik Kim note to Mrs. Lemnitzer, July 21, 1956

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 26
Scope and Contents

Kim notes that he is enclosing a letter and a package. [Neither a letter nor a package are enclosed.]

Dates: July 21, 1956

Tai Ha Yiu note to Mrs. Lemnitzer, January 5, 1957

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents

Kim notes that he is enclosing a letter. [Letter is not enclosed.]

Dates: January 5, 1957