CABLE CLEARANCE ON KOREAN EMERGENCY MEASURES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-259-2-6-6
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: January 4, 2010
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: January 12, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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FROM: W. R. SMYSER...
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,JOHN A. FROEBEs JR..
SUBJECT: CABLE CLEARANCE ON KOR
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THE STATE OEPARTMtENY HAS ASKFD US TO CLEAR A CARLE AOV V 1 W1
nuR $BASSY IN SEOUL ON WHAT 1'O TFLL THE KOREANS ABOUT THE1 ` RECENT
ImPOITIIIN OF EMERGENCY MEASURES.
TH 'CABLE HAS BEEN CLEARED BY SNEIDERs, HABI:B AND INGERSr 1 L.
Tt4F CABLE TRIES TO HAVE THE REST OF, BOTH WORLDS. IT SAYS THAT THIS
l's A KOgEAN PROBLEM,r BUT THAT WE SHOULD OFF R ADVICE (AT LEAST IN
T4 1 \:CASE) EVEN IF IT 9-DES NO GnQn. IF'THERF 1S '~tl1Fi?NMENT f5
USE, ARGUE THAT.:- W.E: pin WHAT WE COUfLO Tn MO DEANRA TE TH.E EMTHEAI.C;.V.1 CAN
STAND (,THOUGH NOT THE OPPOSiTIID4'S). THE FMPASSY CAN USE IT Tl SUIT vR
W4ATEV R, IT MAY WISH TO DO AT ANY MOMENT, WHETHER I,TS ADVICE IS GOOD
OR. BADi HELPFUL OR VNMELPFuL.
YOU 'MAY WISH TO TAKE THIS COURSE, FOR ALI THE REASONS W! YCH ARF
OOFVIOUS TO YOU,
140WEV,ER, IF ^ I UNDERSTAND THE NIXON DOCTRINE AND THE PRESTOENT'S
AS WELL AS YOUR OWN W.I.SHES,,. IT IS OUR INTENT TO WITHDRAW thI~=SFL:VES
FROM iTHE' INTERNAL' AFFAIRS r1F OTHER STAT ' EVEN WHEN WE THINW WF, KNOW
R=TTE.R AND EVEN WHEN THAT ABSTENTION IS P FOIL IN ITS IMPLICATIONS AND
CONSE*UFNCES. NOR CANWE BF SURF THAT PARK I wR.rALLY MISHANr?LING
THE SITUATION, HE HAS SO F"AR. HIMSELF TRIED TO #I'A.TE.
WE HAVE, THEREFORE, MAIIF- SOME CUTS IN THE 'STATE LE WHICH
L-AYES US` WITH A LE*NERSLESS SPECI)taTI'VE-, BUT LESS AM'SIVALI- T
DRAFT* OUR ' RECOMMENDED' CHAc.lGES ARE ''INOIGA:TEr~ fIN THE STATE P AFT BY
B R A( K.E T :
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16,. EME.ASSY.HAS ?SEEN CEPARTMIrNTAL GUIOELIt ES (REFS B AND )
WHICH INDI.CAT;E LINE' WE 1NTFNCI TO TAKE PUBLIrLY,::REGAROING RECENT
ENTS [N KOREA.. IN SUt"bI WE ARE MAKING CLEAR THAT WE wERE
OFVELOPA"
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WHT CONSULTED BEFOREHAND, IN FACT WERE INFOWD ONLY JUST ''00PE T!4E
ANNOUNCEMENT, AND THAT WE SEE NI) USEFUL PUd-'.POSE BEING SERVE PY
POBL I C COMMENT. WE SEE NO NEED TO ADD THAT wE WERE NOT ASS C'r I ATEF)
WITH THESE ACTIONS INASMUCP AS wE BELIEVE T!,AT CAN HE TAKE" FOR
GPANTED. TO ADD SUCH COMMENT WOUL" ONLY INVITE QUESTIONS,
2. WHILE WE HOPE TO LIMIT OUR PUBLIC POS1URE TO THE ABOur FOR
THE TIME SEINE",, WE WILL (MAY) NFED TO REVIEW THIS POSITION it THFRF
Is nETEPIORATION OF INTERNAL STABILITY IMPACTING Ai)VERSELY rN HROnER
SMRITY MATTERS AFFECTING THE PENINSULA, O IN THE EVENT no WIDESPREAD VIOLENC
VIOL ENCF OF BLOODSHED.
?. DELETE:(PRIVATELY, WF INTEND TO COUNSE=L MODERATION Frp PFASONS
SPGGESTFD PARA 10(9) REF A. WE ARF UNDER NO ILLUSIONS, HOWF.'FR,
THAT SUCH COUNSEL WILL BE ANY MORE EFFECTIVE NOW THAN IT HAI HEEN IN
THE PAST. IT SEEMS CLFAR ro US THAT THE PRnCFSS NOW UNFOLnING IN
TOE ROK RELATES BASICALLY TI) THE RIGHTS OF kOREANS TO A G0'v.vRNHEN1
OF THEIR CHOOSING.) END DELETION. IN THIS DFVFLDPMFNT, THE ?U.S.
CAN HAVE ONLY AN OUTSIDER'S ROLF UNLESS WE ARE PREPARED TO ASSUMF
RESPONSIBILITY FOR GREATER INVOLVEMENT, IN KiR,FA'S INTERNAL IFFAIRS
WHICH WF DECIDELY ARF NOT.
c)FLFTE: (4. WE RECOGNIZE THE CALCULATED RISKS INHERENT IN Dop P(3SITION.
Ik PARK INCREASES AUTHORITARIAN RILEY WE PRIME THE THREAT TO
SURVIVAL OF GOVERNMENT WILt., ALSO INCREASE, OF MAY HAVE WAITt O TOO
LANG BEFORE ADDRESSING PW3(.IC CrNCERNS, AND ANY COMPROMISE ITH THE
OPPOSITION OF RELAXATION MAY NOW PRING THE SASE RESULT. THA- IS
SOMETHING KOREANS WILL NEEa To WORK OUT THEMSELVES.) END DI' FTION.
SEND STATE DRAFT
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