It isn't just south korean m1carbines, there were garands, and 1911's in the deal too.
It was a done deal, at least the principals in it thought so.
Until the state department under hillery shut it down.
some of the garands were the diesel drum garands. New ones coated in cosmoline, and stored in diesel drums.
they would not have come through cmp, as they were purchased guns by south korea, not lendlease.
