PROMISE OF FREEDOM
ATLANTIC CHARTER PLAN RECRUITING OF NEW ARMY , United Press Assn.—Elec. Tei. copyright) (Received Feb. 26, 12.30 p.m.) CHUNGKING, Feb. 25 Korean revolutionary headquarters are elated by President Roosevelt’s oromise of freedom for Korea througn the application of the principles of the Atlantic Charter to the whole world after the war. It is expected the Chinese Government will early extend recognition to the Korean Provisional Government recently formed at Chungking and headed by Kim Koo. Kim Koo is forming an independent Korean army and is now recruiting soldiers from guerilla bands from the North-west provinces. He is urging that Koreans in the Chinese army be transferred to the independent army. It is also hoped that 40,000 Koreans in the Soviet Far East army will be allowed to join the independent army.
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Waikato Times, Volume 130, Issue 21664, 26 February 1942, Page 6
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