CIS Microfiche Library 1970-2002 (CIS Asia Pacific Collection)

 CIS NO: 81-H381-11
 TITLE: U.S.-South Korean Relations.
 SOURCE: Committee on Foreign Affairs. House
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: v+60 p.
 DATE: June 25, Aug. 28, 1980
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 96-2              SUDOC: Y4.F76/1:Un35/20
 ITEM NO: 1017
 LC CARD NO: 80-604073               MC ENTRY NO: 81-1989

 Hearings before the Subcom on Asian and Pacific Affairs to assess the
 political situation in and U.S. policy toward South Korea since Oct. 1979
 assassination of President Park Chung Hee.
   Includes submitted statement and State Dept replies to subcom questions
 (p. 51-60).
 CONTENT NOTATION: South Korean political situation and relations with US
     since Pres Park Chung Hee assassination
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): SUBCOM ON ASIAN AND PACIFIC
     AFFAIRS. HOUSE; PARK, CHUNG HEE (Post-assassination political
     situation in South Korea and US-South Korean relations); KOREA, SOUTH
     (Political situation and relations with US since Pres Park Chung Hee
     assassination); FOREIGN.RELATIONS; DEPARTMENT.OF.STATE; ASSASSINATION

 81-H381-11 TESTIMONY NO: 1         June 25, 1980 p. 3-21
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     ARMACOST, MICHAEL H. (Dep Asst Sec, East Asian and Pacific Aff, State
        Dept)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Briefing on South Korean political situation,
     including likelihood of liberalization; potential impact of political
     liberalization on South Korean internal and external security.
 CONTENT NOTATION: South Korean political situation and relations with US
     since Pres Park Chung Hee assassination

 81-H381-11 TESTIMONY NO: 2         Aug. 28, 1980 p. 25-27
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     BONKER, DON (Rep, D-Wash)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Concern about alleged human rights violations in
     South Korea.
 CONTENT NOTATION: South Korean human rights violations allegations

 81-H381-11 TESTIMONY NO: 3         Aug. 28, 1980 p. 27-48
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     HOLBROOKE, RICHARD C. (Asst Sec, East Asian and Pacific Aff, State
        Dept)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Importance of broadly-based South Korean
     Government and maintenance of Northeast Asian security to U.S.
     interests; explanation of U.S. policy toward South Korea; examination of
     reactions in Taiwan and People's Republic of China to U.S. presidential
     campaign rhetoric regarding U.S. relations in area.
 CONTENT NOTATION: South Korean political situation and relations with US
     since Pres Park Chung Hee assassination
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): TAIWAN (US pres campaign
     rhetoric, reaction); CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC (US pres campaign
     rhetoric, reaction); PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS (Taiwanese and Chinese
     reaction to US campaign rhetoric)