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Control : 20056
Rec’d: MARCH 30s 1961

6 AM
FROM: SEOUL 930

TO: Secretary of State . _v! Rie /

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NO: 1273, MARCH 30» 6 PM wens CONTR!
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REF: CIRCULAR AIRGRAM 6050, USIS INFO GUIDE 61-46

BECAUSE OF CERTAIN PASSAGES IN DEPT PUBLICATION NORTH KOREAS

CASE STUDY IN TECHNIQUES OF TAKEOVER, EMB INCLINED QUESTION IMPACT
IN ROK RELEASE OF PUBLICATION IN PRESENT FORMs FOR EXAMPLE;

LONG PASSAGE ON PAGE [> BEGINNING "THROUGH THESE MEASURES see"

AND ENDING WITH “ Y IN FACE OF SOVIET ECONOMIC
EXPLOITATION" APPE BLE TO MISINTERPRETAT ION ESPECIALLY
TN VIEW CONTINUING ROK CRITICISM YS AID AND ITS EFFECT» WHILE
POSSIBLE THAT THIS PASSAGE AS WELL AS OTHERS WOULD BE READ IN
CONTEXT WHOLE DOCUMENT, IN VIEW KNOWN PROCLIVITY KOREAN PRESS TO
MAGNIFY AND DISTORT REASONABLE STATEMENTS OF FACT EMBASSY FEELS
THERE 1S RISK OF ADVERSE DOMESTIC REACTIONS» THIS BEING CASE

EMB REQUESTS THAT RELEASE CASE STUDY BE HELD IN ABEYANCE UNTIL
DEPT HAS OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER EMB-USIS VIEWS WHICH WILL BE MORE
FULLY PRESENTED !N FOLLOWING DESPATCH «

MC.CONAUGHY

REPRODUCTION FROM THIS COPY IS:
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