APPROVED FOR RELEASE^ DATE- 28-Jan-2009 Appendix Chronology of Major DPRK Proposals for Talks With Seoul 6-Aug 71 FOR OFFICIAL-USE ONLY .. _.w Vol l -:-Kim 11-song, in a speech'.,at a Pyongyang rally welcoming . Pfince-Sihanouk. expressed-'willingness to make contacts with all South Korean political,*parties, including the ruling Demo- cratic Republican Party headed by ROK President Pak Chong-hui, and with public organizations and individuals. 4 Jul 72 A joint North-South statement was issued, revealing, that talks between North and South Korean delegates had been' held in Pyongyang and Seoul. The statement adopted.three principles of unification-independent reunification without outside interference, .nonuse of force, and national unity transcending, ideological 'differences. The' joint statement announced the establishment of a North-South Coordination Committee (NSCC), which subsequently held a. series of talks. . -- 23 Jun 73 Kim If-song, in a speech at a Pyongyang rally honoring a Czechoslovak delegation, clarified. the North's line on reunification: . ? The state of military confrontation should be removed, and tension between the North :and South should be eased. * The two sides should engage in collaboration and inter- change in political, military, diplomatic, economic, and cultural fields. ' A`lthough_:proposals for_ a;North-South confederation 'date' tie :first tircie the""Confederal Republic x:of Kory 5 " ' lie~ made clear that under the confederation separate social systems should remain intact in the North and South.' FOR OFFICIO E ESKIC 7 'y. 1'~cif 1 _ ~' 11 FOR OFFIGIA Foreign Minister Ho Tam, speaking before the Supreme People's Assembly, proposed a peace treaty, with the United States, claiming it was "meaningless" to discuss military matters with the- South Koreans because the United States held the."real power" to guarantee peace. . At an enlarged meeting of ? the Central: Committee of the :North's front group for reunification, the: Democratic Front. -''=for, the Reunification" of the Fatherland' (DFRF), Foreign 'Minister Ho proposed a joint North-South military commis Sion-to replace the Military Armistice Commission. 21'1110 6' `''.So Chol, a member of the WPK. Political Bureau, speaking at. a meeting commemorating.the 30th' anniversary of the forma= ?tion of the DFRF; called for an end' to South Korean "repression and for resumption of a North-South dialogue. 'The meeting adopted a letter to South -Korea urging that a working-level meeting in Pyongyang or any other 'place be convened at an early date to plan a "grand national assem- bly" for "political parties, social organizations, and various circles in the North and South and personages of all strata and circles in the North and South as well as by overseas compatriot organizations and-even overseas compatriots." 25 Jan 77 Yang Hyong7sop, secretary of the party's Central Committee, d i h t i f li f i l r s r propose n a speec a a jo nt con erence o po t ca .pa tie and-' public organizations in Pyongyang that a' "North-South political'cbnsulta,tive conference" be attended by "representa- tives of h i i liti l d bli i i ; t e var ous ,po part ca es an pu c organ ons zat and the people of" all strata in, the North and: the South." Td.* this end, he said, "liaison officials with credentials" should meet.at '`.`Panmunjom or any other place agreed upon at an :'eat y.!;date"',for;,'preliirpnary talks At t,the same tune, .he `"' vant?-military,authoJrities" on the issues of 4'ithdraw ng U.S~` troops a dang';the?''arins race; 'militarv.1o`rces avid , rmamen s and di coriti uin im rts of a r c' fr ab oad ' t , ,5 n . s om r : 10 FOR OFFICfttM FOR trRi} NLY' .9 Sep 78 Kim 11-song, in an address .to a Pyongyang meeting celebrat= ing the 30th anniversary ' of the founding of the DPRK, proposed contacts with the South without preconditions. "We are.ready to promote unity. with any political party in South Korea," he said, "without regard to the present institutions of South Korea and the ideologies cherished by its people." He invited 'political parties of the South to "come and operate in the North" and urged 'Seoul to reciprocate. 23 Jan 79 The DFRF called for preliminary North-South talks to be convened ;in June to plan a "pan-national congress in September, either in Seoul or Pyongyang, to. be attended by -representatives of. "all political parties and social -organ iza- tions" of the?North and South. The proposal led to a series. of North-South, discussions. on reopening a dialogue. 14 Mar 79 At the third session of talks between North and South. liaison representatives for the formation of a Preparatory Committee for National. -Reunification at Panmunjom, North Korea signaled a willingness. to hold meetings involving official representatives of the South Korean Government. The North specified that its own delegation would consist of representa- tives of the WPK, the Democratic Party, the reunification front, and the DPRK Government. According to this propos- al,.the South Korean delegation would be commensurate in both "appellation and-composition. " In ;a Foreign Ministry spokesman's statement rejecting ;.a. ROK proposal' for' tripartite talks, Pyongyang said, it would allow "South Korean -authorities" to, participate.: as. "observers" in U.S.-DPRK talks on U.S. troop withdrawal. It ::,insisted:; towev-er.,. that talks be arranged .first "between .us.- :?-and ^.the !-:United States.'"Participation.:by ,South Koreans was.,the first time Pyongyang had,called for government- to--government, contacts: 11 FOR OFF jjY= FOR OF11CTg4 lff LY ILO 10 Oct 80 Addressing the Sixth -WPK Congress, Kim If-song formally. proposed the formation of a "Democratic Confederal Repub- lic of Korea," portraying it as the form reunification should take, Previous proposals had always characterized confedera- 'tion as an initial step toward complete unification. members of Cnon s reunification advisory council. 26 Jan 82 In reply to ROK President Chon's 22 January unification ;proposal Kim I1, a member of the WPK Political Bureau, stated, ",We are ready to meet the present South Korean rulers-even tomorrow" if they first "give up their `two Koreas' policy,. apologize to the nation for their crimes in massacring fellow countrymen, release the.political prisoners, and give ;:full; political freedom.to, all people whose political activities are banned." A year earlier, Kim 11 had claimed.that "all. facts show that no. true dialogue can be held with such a man as Chon Tu-hwan ... and the question of national reunifica-, -tion'.cannot be solved with him." 10..Feb 82 Pyongyang issued a statement in the name of the Committee.. for, the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland calling for a 100-man North-South conference. Among the South Koreans invited to participate. were. Yi-Rom-sok, secretary general to President Chon, listed as "former vice president- of the ? .Taehan Red Cross Society," Chong Nae-hyok, speaker of the National Assembly,' two - other assemblymen, and several 12 FOR OFFIC J r

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APPENDIX - CHRONOLOGY OF MAJOR DPRK PROPOSALS FOR TALKS WITH SEOUL