INS Immigration File of Syngman Rhee

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INS Immigration File of Syngman Rhee

The US government immigration file of the future first President of South Korea Syngman Rhee.

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SNAC Resource ID: 11614423

National Archives at San Francisco

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Rhee, Syngman, 1875-1965

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Synman Rhee (1875-1965) was the first and last Head of State of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea and the President of South Korea from 1948-1960. He spent his early life as a Korean revolutionary, with his focus shifting to the Korean independence movement after Japanese occupation. Much of this period was spent in effective exile including while obtaining degrees from George Washington University and Harvard University before ultimately becoming the first Korean to receive...