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JUJ. Oen. Pak Cbong-hui la consolidating bisover South Korea's military regime. He reportedl mill head the Standing Committee that Is expected to exercise control in the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction. Lt. Gen. Chang To-yong, whilethe largely titular posts of chairman of the Supreme Council and chief of cabinet, has been removed as army chief of staff, defense minister, and martial law commander. Tbe regime remains hostile to any suggestion for an early return to civilian government.
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Gen. Pak Chong-hul, the architect of last month's military coup In South Korea, appears to be moving cautiously to consolidate him control of the ruling Junta. He reportedly will become chairman of the seven-man Standing Committee that Is likely to emerge as the focal point of power In tbemenber Supreme Council for National Reconstructionak's Intelligence chief, Lt. Col. Kim Chong-pil, has seized government dossier* containing information compromisingopponents. Including SCNR chairman Lt. Oen. Chang To-yong.
ay the Supremeannounced that Chang hadas army chief of staff, defense minister, and martial law commander but would continue as chairman of tho Supremoand chief of cabinet. Tho latter posts have little real power.
The regime also announceday that retired Lt. Gen. Sin Dng-kyun, former viceof defense and onetimeto Turkey, and Lt. Gen. Kim Chong-o would succeed Chang
as defense minister and army chief of staff respectively. Both are regarded as generally competent. Prior approval was obtained from the UN commander for Kim's appointment.
The Supreme Councilune promulgated the law of Emergency Measures of National Reconstruction, which "legalizes" its usurpation of power and In effect suspends these provisions of tho present constitution dealing with ctwil rights and tbe ousted National Assembly. The regime reportedly isthe eventual adoptionew constitution providingtrong executive patterned on that of the French Fifth Republic.
At the same time, spokesmen for the regime have vigorously denouncod public speculation on the timingoturn togovernment. Tho managing editor and one reporter of Tongao, South Korea's largest and"-most respected newspaper, were summarily arrestedune for headlining President Yun Po-sun's "hopes for an early transfer of power" and implying that the Presidenteturn to civilian authority waAPHffiVSfMflKLEASE prior to the openingN General Assembly In September. The incident indicates thehypersensitivity to the timing of such action andfurther evidence that the Junta's limited relaxation of martial law and censorship is largely window dressing.
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