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INR | WAVE TAKEN UP SUBSTANCE REFTEL WITH FONMIN, | NOTED THAT DURING @
CTA HIS RECENT TOUR THROUGH NORTH KOREA, KOSYGIN MADE ALLEGATIONS THAT 0)
Ney ROK REVERTING TO SYNGMAN RHEE?S "MARCH NORTH" POSITION, THESE _
pe ey COMMENTS USUALLY SET OFF IN CONTRAST TO "PEACEFUL" UNIFICATION
KAyy PROPOSALS ADVANCED BY NORTH KOREA, IN OTHER SPEECHES DURING KOSYGIN§S
AiR TOUR, HE HAS OMITTED REFERENCE 10 THIS "MARCH NORTH" THREAT AND = Vy)
nic HAS floT GIVEN PARTICULAR PROMINENCE TO THEME « | POINTED OUT, IN
OTHER WORDS, THAT WHJLE COMMUNISTS ARE OCCASIONALLY MAKING: THESE

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SEEM DESIRABLE AT EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY FOR SCNR OR OTHER ABPROPRIATE
GOVERNMENT AGENCY HERE TO REBUT THIS PROPAGANDA LINE, POSS¥BLY IN —
REPLY TO A PRESS INQUIRY (WHICH MIGHT BE PLANTED), | VENT, EDSSTHE
PERSONAL THOUGHT THAT, EVEN BETTER, WOULD BE A FULLER STA IN
WHICH ROKG EXPRESSED FULL SUPPORT FOR UN RESOLUTIONS AND. COMPETENCE
IN HANDLING THIS PROBLEM AND USING THIS FRAMEWORK EXPLICIT#® TO
REJECT ANY CONCEPT OF "MARCH NORTT™, FONMIN FELL IN COMPLEBELY WITH.
THIS SUGGESTION, AND SAID HE WOULD TAKE IT UP AT YESTERDAY JAF TER-
NOON'S CABINET MEETING, VICE FONMIN ASSURED ME THAT HE WILL SHOW

_ME TEXT BEFORE ANY STATEMENT IS MADE,

+ — oBvIOUSLY WE DID NOT BELIEVE THESE SPURIOUS CHARGES, BUT fei

GREEN

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