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ERATE. AND RESES ‘ON KOREANTAUESTION AT 16TH GA WERE-S

ROTH FRc OUR POINT. OF ALIEW AND IAT OF prot HOWEVER, ae
SETECESS™ CONSTSTED-OF MAINTAINING TRADITIONAL LINE DURING PERIOD
WHEN BAD PUBLICITY OF MILITARY COUP THREATENED TO WEAKEN ROK
POSITIGN IN UN. | ' »

IN LOOKING FORYARD TO 1714 GA, IT DIFFICULT TO IMAGINE ANY
ACTION WHICH LIKELY BE TAKEN WHICH WILL IMPROVE OUR POSITION OR Uy
F EXTENSIVE DEBATES AT 15TH AND, 15TH GA'S HAVE . ‘i

 

| OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE NEW UN MEMBERS RE ~
HISTG: Sal PROBLEM AND TRADITIONAL UN ROLE}
UOWEVER, FOR MOST NEW MEMBERS & 1S FAR AWAYs WE CANNOT HOPE
TO GENERATE MORE SUPPORT THAT ROK AND US POSITIONS GAINED AT 16TH |
GA. AT SAME TIME, LACK OF STRONG INTEREST IN KOREAN QUESTION
uLT BY MANY UN MEMBERS PLUS DESIRE TAKE ACTION TO BREAK CY
DEADLOCK SO AS TO MOVE BEYOND PRESENT SITUATION CREATES
POTENTIALLY DIFFICULT SITUATION IN WHICH * COM PROM ISERS™ ,

COULD COME FORTH WITH PROPOSALS WHICH NEITHER ROK NOR US
COULD ACCEPT. CCONDITIONAL INVITATION TO NO. KOREA REGIME’ AT \y

15TH AND 16TH GAS IS DANGER SIGN.)

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IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, WE REC DEPT SEEK AVOID KOREAN DEBATE 7
AT 5 16TH GA RES DID NOT AUTOMATICALLY INSCRIBE ITEM NY
ON PROVISI ipa OF 17TH GA CUNLIKE PREVID QM
WE SHOULD DISCOURAGE ANY INITIATIVE TO ADD I

UNLIKELY KOREAN INTERNAL SOLITICAL SITUATION BY NEXT FALL W \
HAVE CHANGED NOTABLY TOWARD DEMOCRATIC GOVT. VULNERABILITY] 0
PEGIME TO CRITICISM WILL THE & BE AS GREAT AS AT 16TH oh
Ga. IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES WE 'S ¥ TO GET-ROK TO AGRE
sat FURTHER GA DEBATE BE AVOIDED AT LEAST UNTIL AFTER 1965 AWN

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