NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SITUATION REPORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-552-6-38-1
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: August 25, 2010
• Sequence Number: 38
• Publication Date: August 20, 1976
• Content Type: REPORT

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There has been 3 i ttl a change In he s i tua t 1 on i n.:~orea over the
Pas" 12 hours and there ? have been no ew Worth :oroan provocations.
north Korean forces rerun in a ihigii Late of r:adiness and are expected
to maintain tMs posture in antici;,at o:i of a p ssib1e U5-Republic' of
' i9Drea m11I Lary .response to the Joint ccurity A -ra incident. Pyongyang
cantinuez to displzy caution in the p litical a ana and international
reecbion has been along expected lire .
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t'i l i tar Situation
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There still has been no Soviet p
unusual Soviet or Chinese military , oies have boon ;9etected.: 6
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not a complete triumph for tie North a~at ]ea~.t 15 rations voiced Objections
The nonaligned summit passed the forth l:ofean resolution conder-ming'
defense; e.furt.
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attentzcn ray be caused by Japanese an ici;)ati n of further revelations
in the Lockheed investigation and left st inci naticn to downplay the
Joint Security Area incident lest it $ imulate support for Japan's=
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Renc-wed calls for war preparation contin e. The most recent
occurred today when Pyon"yang issued a staterio ?t decrying the move-
irent of US aircraft to South 1.orea. T us far, the US his deployed
a total of 13 E-4~ and four RP-4s to Man and 0 F-Ills to Taegu.. .
The aircraft arrives! at the bases at 1 0546 EU and 200.155 EDT August,
The South Korean Goverr?::ient has r t foruu ated any plans to respond
to the incident, but will monitor the ituat:o as it develops: Blue.
House officials believe the Forth Kore ns*rnade several strategic mistakes
that can be used to good advantage. I4 is int.rvie-~rs with the man on the
street in Seoul show that they perceiv a rent , d threat from the North
and people have united solidly behind Ke Pak overnment.
lnicnal Considerations
Peking has, not consented directly
both sides, but the Corr entary stopped
Pyong,ang all-out support. Comments f
have sided with Borth Korea. A Hong K
Chinese reaction. It predictably accts
yoking the incident to provide a prate
Hor th Korean-backed b? General Asser:tib-1
on the
short,
rig rnevrs app er. ha s provided the first
4d the I. and South Korea of pro
t for U, failure to implement the
Resolu
Japanese press covotage has been actual rid low-key. The lack of
ass co:n~,ent on the situation, and no
,ili tary measures taken by
owever, of promising
al other communist capitals
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erer further un ;:arreulted przrvocation
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A Sin 3n+orn. Straf is Tim ? &ditori
always sp'ai t ngg ti'~or a f alit but notes
Ford and Secretary ::3ssir+~a~? should be
?
1'alitical Situation P
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bat the
backed u
f "a cdi
aga
nst US/Republic: of Korea rash coup .rrreasur
i NO Peoples Republic of Chin., re
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Military Armistice Compound meeting, all
north Korean guards with the north Kore
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to nreetSrtg of th Shh
eout-tart Red Cros
on he 20th. and again neither North s:o
Portray itself as the victim of US~a
Assessment
Although our evidence Is limited,
continued to f011o*r a ro;:rse drat
c+aa;le
..
t~efersitre. Their options, however, rear;
ti
::e bear the scf th 1
O,ene oe8 August
equivalent of a.tank regiment . consi sti n
o:,e mechanized infantry battalion .._ so
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Cs .. could be deployed to Pann:unj
seen no signs that North iiorea plans ci
? the South or a full-scale invasion. , In
knee
propagan st11I eschhti
ews reorc
:.grits wrar. . Even in their l iri t
d
e
conzac
13th workfn -1evi:l rreotir:g of the South?-
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low-key role.. .We w uld
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to have had at least some dampening cffe
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ar
p
ovocations asldh
wou te rostrai
China- to sunnary, North urea's advanc
spread tothesmall*unit level, still as
Precautionary rather than in expectation
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Sentativ
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acting
gressiot
re belie%
ns -much
in open
ncident
of thr
e 1', 600
that both sides are
tern words of President
by credible action to
orial cautioned, however,
s attended the 19 August
i ngly, there were no
tion at the meeting0
is was held at Par mun om
ds nor reporters were
cautiously while seeking
2 that Pyor.gyang hag
f,1uster but is essentially
and they could act at any
as an example, the
ie tank battalions and
troops, 100 tanks, and
rr withir,
an hour. we have still
ncr a pr?`c::ptive strike against
add i ti or.
that w.ou
is wi th
:oath Rap Cross Societies ? at
prCsent'rtivadS played relatively
ct rec9t us military deployments
t on tooth Korean propensities
t so to shown by the USSR and
ors to is to be primarily
of majo . military action.
~- note m% at North
lid indicate Pyongyang
Guth Koreans _- at the