BRIEFS AND COMMENTS - NORTH KOREA: DIALOGUE WITH SEOUL

Created: 2/25/1980

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BRIEFS AND COMMENTS

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KOREAi Dialogue With Seoul

atest offer to hold political talk* wit* Southoontainina new alomanttfifnot mark anyohanga in policy.

views the dialogue primarilyseful way to deflect pressureore permanent "two Koreaa" Battlement, to encourage further US troop withdrawals, and to undermine stability and cohesivenese In South Kore Zn pursuing these interim objectives, north-ng to establish conditions that will make it possible for Pyongyang to achieve its ultimateon its own terma. ' l

Korea unquestionably la encouraged bypolitical uncertainty in Seoul that hasaaeasaination of President Park in lata October.; tha upheaval ln_the South Korean military hierarchy

Pyongyang probably will make new afforta to engage the US in direct bilateral talks aimed atotal withdrawal of OS forces. It will point to ita initiatives on the dialogue between the two Koreaa aa evidence of ita peaceful Intentions.

Wrth'.voreaSouth-Korea are tha first signs thafthVenti-OHmninlet system established underis beginning to on ravel, and that this processleadeaker South Korean Goverrunenttrains Inouth Korean relatione. Pyongyanghope that Ita own moderate behavior willOS to resume troop withdrawal^ whan thatup for review

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