“Although Miss Kang knew that Kyung-ok had already been adopted by proxy and was scheduled to leave Korea the following day, she went on that same Tuesday to the Holt Agency to ask that Kyung-ok be given back to her … However , yesterday she came again to the office in my absence, her face swollen and bruised and alleged to Mrs. Rhee that she had been struck by Miss Holt and by a GI who is Miss Holt’s boy friend … I called the chaplain when I later learned this. He told me that Miss Holt and her friend had admitted to striking Miss Kang as a measure to stop the hysteria she displayed at not having her child returned to her. The Chaplain seemed to accept this explanation though I made it clear I could see no excuse for slapping Miss Kang even though she was hysterical.” (Doolan, 2021)
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