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182 XXX Международный Конгресс по источниковедению и историографии стран Азии и Африки Секция XVII. Источниковедение и историография Кореи Historiography of Korea Mark Caprio (College of Intercultural Communication, Rikkyou Univeristy, Tokyo, Japan) The Contradictory Achievement of the 1946–1947 US-USSR Joint Commission: Strengthening North — South Korean Divisions The United States — Soviet Union Joint Commission on Korea was organized to guide Korean peninsula reunification as directed by the Moscow Conference of Foreign Ministers that convened in December 1945. Here Soviet, United States, and British officials agreed to subject Korea to a five-year period of trusteeship where the Allied powers, later to be joined by China, would 1) develop the peninsula’s industry, transport, and agriculture; 2) organize a Joint Commission to consult with Korean democratic parties and social organizations to form a Provisional Korean Government; and 3) guide Korea toward the development of democratic self- government and national independence 1 . Although representatives from the United States and Soviet Union would meet a total of 58 times, it was clear from very early on that basic differences, including agreement on definition of fundamental concepts such as “democracy” and “social,” would block progress toward their goal. Central to Soviet-United States differences was their interpretation of the Moscow Decision, both in its letter and its spirit. The Soviet Delegation maintained a strict 1 Young Hum Kim, East Asia’s Turbulent Century. NewYork: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1966. P. 317–18.