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...Will the dictatorial and ambitious Kim Il Sung, absolute ruler of the North, be encouraged by the Communist triumph in Viet Nam to attempt another war of conquest in Korea...
...unsettling signs. The Seoul government has found and sealed off two tunnels running from North Korea into the southern half of the 2.5-mile-wide DMZ, one of the tunnels 6 ft. high and 6 ft. wide. Even more unnerving to Seoul has been North Korean Leader Kim Il Sung's itinerary since the Communist victory in Viet Nam. Kim made highly publicized trips to China, Rumania and Yugoslavia, in what Seoul sees as an effort to drum up support for another military adventure in the South...
...atmosphere of détente will undoubtedly lead both China and the Soviet Union to discourage military adventurism by Kim Il Sung. While Kim was in Peking, his hosts stressed that their "resolute support" of the Korean people was actually for "the independent and peaceful reunification" of Korea. It was an unmistakable message to Kim that Peking does not want a renewed Korean War. In fact, the Chinese are so concerned about stability in the region that high-level Peking officials have broadly hinted-to U.S. visitors, among others-that they are not anxious for American forces to leave East...
...near future. When a foundation of peace has been secured by accelerating dialogue and cooperation between the South and North, we can proceed to unification through free elections conducted in proportion to the population. But judging from their actions, the North Koreans are not interested in dialogue. Kim Il Sung has publicly asserted that he will not continue the dialogue unless the present government resigns and the U.S. withdraws its forces. They are employing the same tactics that the Viet Cong used in Viet Nam when they said they would negotiate only if Thieu stepped down. When Thieu stepped down...
...there is a less sanguine argument: that Kim Il Sung will ignore the Russians and Chinese. Pentagon officials estimate that North Korea has enough supplies on hand to sustain a three-month offensive; and Kim may be confident that if he were embroiled in a war, neither Moscow nor Peking could afford to ignore his pleas to resupply him. Now 63 years old and rumored to be in poor health, Kim may feel that he is running out of time to reunite Korea. The real danger, as some South Koreans see it, is that Kim will underestimate both...