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mostly unarmed and protected under the cease-fire treaty to support the negotiation process which was about to be terminated – and defeated them. He lost one of his battleships and its captain during the attack. He did not advance after receiving a letter of protest from the
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and planned a re-invasion of Korea. To do so, they plotted to remove
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