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 CIS NO: 92-H381-57
 TITLE: Policy Implications of North Korea's Ongoing Nuclear Program and
     Markup of H. Con. Res. 179, H. Con. Res. 189, and H. Con. Res. 240.
 SOURCE: Committee on Foreign Affairs. House
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: iii+75 p.
 DATE: Nov. 21, 1991
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 102-1             SUDOC: Y4.F76/1:N81/17
 ITEM NO: 1017-A; 1017-B
 MC ENTRY NO: 92-24581

 Hearing before the Subcom on Asian and Pacific Affairs to examine
 implications of North Korea's operation of nuclear facilities capable of
 reprocessing nuclear fuel for use as weapons material, and to consider U.S.
 policy options for preventing North Korean development of nuclear weapons.
   Includes transcript (p. 51-75) of Subcom markup session on the following
 resolutions:
 H. Con. Res. 240 (text, amended text, p. 52-55, 57-63), to condemn the
     killing of civilians in East Timor by the Indonesian military, and urge
     the Indonesian government to prosecute members of the military involved
     in the killings.
 H. Con. Res. 179 (text, p. 65-70), to express the sense of Congress that
     Japan should be encouraged to purchase U.S. and developing country
     agricultural commodities for donation to international hunger
     alleviation programs.
 H. Con. Res. 189 (text, p. 72-74), to urge the Vietnamese Government to
     release all remaining political prisoners detained in reeducation camps
     and all individuals imprisoned in recent years for their political or
     religious beliefs, and to permit the immediate departure of former
     reeducation camp detainees for resettlement in the U.S.
 Resolutions were all favorably reported.
 CONTENT NOTATION: North Korea nuclear weapons dev, US policy options
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): SUBCOM ON ASIAN AND PACIFIC
     AFFAIRS. HOUSE; KOREA, NORTH (Nuclear weapons dev, US policy options);
     NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AND REACTORS; REACTOR FUEL REPROCESSING; NUCLEAR
     WEAPONS; ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT; FOREIGN.RELATIONS;
     CONGRESSIONAL.COMMITTEE.MARKUP.SESSIONS (Indonesia and Vietnam human
     rights issues, Congressional resolutions; Japan purchase of agric
     commodities for donation to intl hunger alleviation programs,
     Congressional resolution); INDONESIA (Human rights conditions in East
     Timor, Congressional resolution); EAST TIMOR (Human rights conditions
     in East Timor, Congressional resolution); HUMAN RIGHTS (Human rights
     conditions in East Timor, Congressional resolution; Vietnam political
     prisoners release and former reeduc camp detainees emigration,
     Congressional resolution); CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS (Human rights
     conditions in East Timor, Congressional resolution); SENSE OF CONGRESS
     RESOLUTIONS (Japan purchase of agric commodities for donation to intl
     hunger alleviation programs, Congressional resolution); JAPAN (Agric
     commodities purchase by Japan for donation to intl hunger alleviation
     programs); AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES (Japan purchase of agric
     commodities for donation to intl hunger alleviation programs,
     Congressional resolution); FOOD ASSISTANCE (Japan purchase of agric
     commodities for donation to intl hunger alleviation programs,
     Congressional resolution); DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (Japan purchase of
     agric commodities for donation to intl hunger alleviation programs,
     Congressional resolution); AGRICULTURE IN FOREIGN TRADE (Japan
     purchase of agric commodities for donation to intl hunger alleviation
     programs, Congressional resolution); GIFTS AND DONATIONS (Japan
     purchase of agric commodities for donation to intl hunger alleviation
     programs, Congressional resolution); INTERNATIONAL.RELATIONS (Japan
     purchase of agric commodities for donation to intl hunger alleviation
     programs, Congressional resolution); VIETNAM (Political prisoners
     release and emigration to US, Congressional resolution); POLITICAL
     PRISONERS (Vietnam political prisoners release and emigration to US,
     Congressional resolution); RELIGIOUS LIBERTY (Vietnam political
     prisoners release and emigration to US, Congressional resolution);
     IMMIGRATION (Vietnam political prisoners release and emigration to US,
     Congressional resolution)
 BILLS: 102 H.Con.Res.240; 102 H.Con.Res.179; 102 H.Con.Res.189
 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF: P.L.103-236

 92-H381-57 TESTIMONY NO: 1         Nov. 21, 1991 p. 3-51
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     WICKHAM, JOHN A., JR. (Gen., ret.) (former Commander-in-Chief, UN
        Command and Republic of Korea-U.S. Combined Forces Command)
     HAN, SUNG-JOO (Professor, Korea University)
     PERLE, RICHARD N. (former Assistant Secretary, International Security
        Policy, DOD)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Views on the North Korean nuclear program, with
     policy recommendations to prevent North Korean development of nuclear
     weapons; amplification of views on U.S. policy options, including the
     possible use of force to destroy North Korean nuclear facilities.
 CONTENT NOTATION: North Korea nuclear weapons dev, US policy options