NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SITUATION REPORT

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LOC-HAK-552-6-38-1
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RIPLIM
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T
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3
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January 11, 2017
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August 25, 2010
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38
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Publication Date: 
August 20, 1976
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REPORT
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.w No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/25: LOC-HAK-552-6-38-1 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 . t . t'i l i tar Situation ? ? r National xntollir,erl K0R 25X1 NSA, NGA, DIA, review completed 't`(f1) QE:('U)1r:~ No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/25: LOC-HAK-552-6-38-1 s 2j76 1400 EDT ZO August 1,076 a Si tua ti n Report EA a : . toy the resolution. There still has been no Soviet p unusual Soviet or Chinese military , oies have boon ;9etected.: 6 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/25: LOC-HAK-552-6-38-1 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. I 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= i. *f No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/25: LOC-HAK-552-6-38-1 I, SE C:~li ET 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 0 1: r I d erer further un ;:arreulted przrvocation i 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 1 stated bat the backed u f "a cdi aga nst US/Republic: of Korea rash coup .rrreasur i NO Peoples Republic of Chin., re _ p . : Military Armistice Compound meeting, all north Korean guards with the north Kore Ti 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 A P ~ .3 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?- o h K ... iz-~- ^ orean r low-key role.. .We w uld of course x , , e ~r to have had at least some dampening cffe tn ? d r t 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 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/25: LOC-HAK-552-6-38-1 TMSEXIIE :25X1 4w l a ba itu crror?t ty UN-.' 4L:. D. FAUREi f?la i r ftnera I. USAF . Vic Director for Productio;t~ IY+.-ti rr r. rr ....._ --.J No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/25: LOC-HAK-552-6-38-1 Sentativ surpri n del eg Societ ;can gua%. 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