>>764907That image is kind of striking to be honest, why don't we take a look at the full statement, considering it says "Article III"?
The source is nodutdol and I'm lead to this post, and assuming it's the original:
https://x.com/nodutdol/status/1426987106740711426They give an image alongside it of the MacArthur message and the link to the text
https://books.google.com/books?id=kRKKAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA453&lpg=PA453&dq=%22all+powers+of+government+over+the+territory+of+Korea+south+of+38+degrees+north+latitude+and+the+people+thereof+will+be+for+the+present+exercised+under+my+authority%22&source=bl&ots=vDHCdVwceX&sig=ACfU3U0ROme7AeqoIGZQuw6tqGkAScHckg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjAjebd5KnyAhXhdN8KHfXiBwIQ6AF6BAgEEAM#v=onepage&q&f=false
>To the People of Korea:>As Commander-in-Chief, United States Army Forces, Pacific, I do hereby proclaim as follows: By the terms of the Instrument of Surrender, signed by command and in behalf of the Emperor of Japan and the Japanese Government and by command and in behalf of the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters, the victorious military forces of my command will today occupy the territory of Korea south of 38 degrees north latitude.>Having in mind the long enslavement of the people of Korea and the determination that in due course Korea shall become free and independent, the Korean people are assured that the purpose of the Occupation is to enforce the Instrument of Surrender and to protect them in their personal and religious rights. In giving effect to these purposes, your active aid and compliance are required.… and he goes on to the more unsavory portions.
I feel like there is some bias here in what they choose to represent as the "first message." I cannot find the full text of the Soviet message (a pdf
https://www.marxists.org/archive/kim-il-sung/cw/04.pdf comes up when searching it but ctrl+f doesn't find the text) but I'm sure you could pick some unsavory part of it as well.