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The two years following the 1956 presidential election had witnessed widespread popular dissatisfaction with the Rhee government and the ruling Liberal Party (LP) on the one hand, and increasing popularity for the Democratic Party (DP) on the other. As the 1960 presidential election approached, Democratic Party leaders had the ‘genuine fear’ that the Rhee regime was determined to retain power by whatever means necessary.1
‘We must not kill democracy in the name of anti-Communism, and the cause of anti-communism must not be used by any means to prolong and to maintain the incumbent corrupt and obsolete regime.’
(Cho Pyo˘ng-ok, 20 May 1959)
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Hong, YP. (2000). The Domestic Use of State Security and the Collapse of the Rhee Regime, December 1958–April 1960. In: State Security and Regime Security. St Antony‘s Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230510777_7
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