NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DAILY

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 01017927
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: November 17, 2017
• Case Number: F-2016-01488
• Publication Date: September 28, 1996

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NORTH KOREA: Public Relations Offensive Over Incursion
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NORTH KOREA: Public Relations Offensive Over Incursion
P'yongyang's international wireservice yesterday carried an "authorized"
statement accusing the South of killing "unarmed" North Korean soldiers
"in cold blood" after their submarine ran aground during a "routine training
mission." The North repeated its demand that Seoul immediately return the
submarine, survivors, and bodies of those killed.
� North Korean leaders accused Seoul of rejecting efforts to settle the
"accident" peacefully and warned that "we have the right to
retaliate. . . a hundredfold or a thousandfold."
� Press reports say South Korean officials today shot dead one of the
five remaining North Korean infiltrators.
North Korean Army representatives at P'anmunjom conveyed essentially
the same message during a meeting on Thursday with representatives of the
UN command. The North Koreans called on "the US side" to repatriate the
submarine and crew, warning that the North would take unspecified
"decisive measures" if the demand was rejected.
P'yongyang probably is combining aggressive disinformation with blunt
threats in an effort to dissuade Seoul and Washington from seeking UN
Security Council condemnation of the armed incursion. The campaign
probably also reflects concern that international relief donations and
other economic aid will dry up if Seoul's account of the incident goes
unchallenged.
� In addition, the Army's threat to take "decisive measures" is
intended in part to divide Washinzton and Seoul over amyropriate
responses to the incident.
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