REPORT ON VISIT OF SENATOR HICKENLOOPER

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 29, 2003
• Sequence Number: 41
• Publication Date: August 20, 1956
• Content Type: TELEGRAM

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Report on visit of Senator Hickenlooper
and Congressman Judd
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Senator Hickeolooper of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and 008060
an :add of Minnesota were included among the official delegates attending ihs
third inauguration of President Rtes in Seoul on August 15o Semtaar R okme"
looper spent three full days here and Congressman Judd two. Both left early
an the morning of August 17 in order to keep appointments in the United States.
Oiling to commitments on the part of the official d elegation at inmalpWal
even at Congressman Judd had little time for specific inquatry or briefing
regarding the OBC program. Senator Biokealooper managed to crowd in a 40-
aizMte briefing and asked many interested questions. Be we supplied, at t be
request of Francis R. Yalea, of the Sensth Foreign Relations Cam dttes Staff
vbo accompanied Senator Hiokenlooper, a briefing statement, a copy of vhiob
is attached.
Both Senator Hickenlooper and Mr. Judd were already wall informed
generally an matters in Korea and the subject of our program,
Congressman Judd talked to any people about Korean problems and reported
to me that be had talked with President Rhee for a few minutes on tbs subset
of our aid program. No said the President apparently felt that our efferts
to include Japan among the nations in which Korean aid dollars might be spent
were unfortunate.
Both Senator Riokenlooper and Congressman Judd bad several opportunities
to talk to Korean Ministers and other officials,with Korean mewspepw officials
and reporterso with nissionariey and with OEC staff members and ethers
although,ously because of *kep harried schedule, at emdmmstively am asp
subject. They were interested and friendly and I thought syapatbatio with the
Koreans and understanding of our problems.
IDr. Frederick Brown Barris, and Robert Gordon Sproul. President at the
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University of California, particularly, also displayed lively interests in wr psagrea
and in the problems connected with jorean aid. Dr. Sproul spent an afternoon with us
visiting the Tanginri power -lant and discussing specific projects,
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