SECRETARY WEINBERGER S MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84B00049R001503870004-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 17, 2008
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: March 31, 1982
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUB.tECT : SECRETARY WEINBti t LR*S MCFTING +ITH O'FENSE
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2. FP L- 'W ING FIRST SCM FLENARY SESSION MARCH 29, SECRETARY
WEIi',3E LR MET PRIVATELY 6ITH L) _FENSE MINISTER CHCO FOR
APPROXIMATELY CNE HOUR. (AMBASSLDCP wALKE=R :A?#D CINNCU`iC
GENERAL WI CKhAF ALSO WERE FRESENT. )
3. AFTER REFERRING TO THE PRESENTATION OF THE THREAT
SITUATION CONTAINED IN THE REPORT TO THE PLENARY SESSION
OF T4:i MILITARY COMMITTEE MEETING, CHOC NOTED U.S. EFFORTS
TO COUNTER SOVIET EXPANSION IN NORTHEAST ASIA. IN THIS
C0 TC~TI,st , HE STATED THAT HE WOULD NOT R;*Fi=R TO SPECIFIC
STRATEGIC WEAPONS DEF.LOYMENTS, SINCE THIS MATTER IS STILL
UNDCR STUDY PY TIE U.S. HE NOTED, HOWEVER, THE NEED FOR
U.S. COU"ITER CAF48ILITY !If* VIEW CF SOVIET SS23 AND BACK-
FIRE ?EPLGYNENT5.
4. THE SECRETARY RESPCMGEC THAT WE HAVE TAKEN CAREFUL
NOTE OF SOVIET D PLOYMENTS ANO CF THE FACT THAT SS20S NOW
CAN 4IT ANY TARGET IN EUROPE AND THOSE DEPLOYED EAST OF
THE URALS CAN STRIKE ANY TARGET I N ASIA. H EMPHASIZED
THAT THF. PROPOSALS ADVANCED EY PRESIDENT R`ASAN FOR DIS-
MANTLING SS2CS COULD AFFECT FAVCRABLY 7HSTRATEGIC
BALA~C IN ASIA. THESE PRCPCSALS REMAIN FIRM. HOWEVER,
PE' DI`3G 311 SCUSSIONS WITH THE SO LIFTS, lricr ARE PR3CEEDING
WITH`2LC'1 AND FERSHTNG II PRODUCTION SC THAT WE CAN MEET
THE' 1983 OF PLOY L_.NT SOH-OULE., PROVIDED THE NATO NATIONS
D0 t:t)TiIITH0FA' THEIR SUPPORT AN D CCOMMITMENT. THE SECRE-
S E C P E T
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TARP 4:LS'J NC1 C THAT W7 ARE GCING AHE:AC WITH ,OTHER MEASURES
INCLUJI'iG THL -1 BGMBEP.
5. CHOC TFANKEG THE SECKL.TAFY FOR HIS EXPLAVATION AND
R_.ITERATE.0 KCREA'a OESIR.E TC CutPc. RATE' I-4 THE FUTURE IN
U.S. ~LGBAL STRATE-mY IN A" Y VAY POSSIBLE. H- VOTED THAT
IAN AN FFF OFT TC COLNTEr THE NORTH KOPFAN THAC?AT AND REDUCE
THE U.S. 3URDr_N, KOREA, DESPITE c CONOMIC CONSTRAINTS, IS
ATTEMPTI?''G Ti LF~RADE ITS FoFC:Sr INCL1DI`IG THE COIP.
6. CHOW THEN NOIED TO A STATEM; `J ALONG FAMILIAR LINES
OF ROK VIt'6S C(t FMS TERMS. thE: STFFSSEUC THAT THERE 6CULD
BE A NEGATIVE CUTFLO'i OF ABCLT U. S. DOLS 100 MILLION IN
THE CURRENT YEAR DECALSE F.OK R:PAYMENJS uF PRIOR LOANS
XCE. D THE NEW FUNDS ADVANCE-0 U:OE:R 1982 F''lS. USING
CHARTS TO ILLUSTRATE' HIS PGIrTSt CHC". ARGUEO THAT GN THE
ASSUMPTION OF AN FMS CREDIT LLv'iEL CF U.S. DOLS 500 MILLION
AND 4114 15 PERCENT INT :REST A'1D 12-Ye AR REPAYMENT TERMS,
IT WOULD BE FOSSI8LE TO ACtIEVE A POSITIVE CASH FLOW PER-
MITTING INVESTMENT IN FIP. FOR 19849 HF' S413- A LEVEL OF
AT LEAST U.S. COLS 300 MILLION WOULD BE NEEJ_D TO BREAK
V_,1,.
7. THE SECRETARY ACKN04LE0G .C THAT IT wOULO SE HELPFUL
TO Ti:-'. ~ROK IF IT WE:FCC POSSIBLE It PERSUADE CONGRLSS TO
SLIP THE REPAYML #T PLPIOD SCML THAT AND SOFTE1 INTEREST
RATS. HE SAID CHJO;'S CHARTS IITINATION OF ANY THIRD CCU"1TRY
SALES. HE ASSLR:?:D CHCG' H' WEVcR, THAT NE WOULD CONTINUE
EXJIS
DEPT PASS SE.CDEF ELECTRONICALLY
TO ADDR .SS THESE M ATTER.S ON A CAS'-BY-CASE 34SIS.
10. FI':ALLY, CHJG NOTED THAT +i t. 1CULD 8~E VG LATER IN
THE 04.;Y 4I1H PRFiI