 Complete the following phrase:  Shtykov was sympathetic to Kims proposal and helped him persuade a reluctant Stalin to accept Kims cause. Kim and Shtykov assured Stalin that the war would be a short victorious blitzkrieg at almost no cost, and Shtykov predicted that it would not provoke American involvement. On June 25, 1950, North Korea invaded the South. Seoul fell rapidly, and by late July the DPRK controlled all of Korea save Busan and the surrounding area. But after American intervention at the 