Almond, pointing them out to Mrs. Rhee, gave Haig the credit for having located such beautiful objets d’art in a war-ravaged city. Wrote Haig, “Mrs. Rhee, a brusque and outspoken woman, fixed the general with a disdainful stare. ‘Then your aide should know for future reference,’ she said, ‘that in Korea vases of this kind are used as chamber pots.’
