CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY REVIEW

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• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: March 29, 2011
• Case Number: F-2010-00766
• Publication Date: June 8, 1961

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
OFFICE OF CURRENT INTELLIGENCE
 Maj. Gen. Pak Chong-hui,
the architect of last month's
military coup in South Korea,
appears to be moving cautiously
to consolidate his control of
the ruling junta. He reportedly
will become chairman of the
seven-man'Standing Committee that
is likely to emerge as the focal
point of power in the unwieldy
32-member Supreme Council for
National. Reconstruction (SCNR).
Pak's intelligence chief, Lt.
Col. Kim Chong-pil, has seized
government dossiers containing
information compromising poten-
tial opponents, including SCNR
chairman Lt'. Gen. Chang To-yong.
On 6 May the Eupfeme Eoun-
cil announced that Chang had re-
signed as army thief of staff,
defense minister, and martial
law commadder but would continue
as chairman of the Supreme Coun-
cil and chief of,cabinet. The
latter posts have little real
power. According to a well-
placed source" Chang was down-
graded because of his initial
hesitation to support the coup,
the belief that the United
States regarded him as a figure-
head, and the conviction among
insurgent leaders that he was
attempting to. build up his per-
sonal by appointing his
supporters to important posts.
The. regime also announced
on 6 May that retired Lt. Gen.
Sin Ung-kyun, former vice-min-
ister of defense and onetime am-
bassador to Turkey, and Lt. Gen.
Kim Chong-o, would succeed'Chang
as defense minister and army
chief of staff respectively.
Both are regarded as generally
competent. Prior approval was
obtained from the UN commander
for Kim's appointment.:
The Supreme Council on 6
June promulgated the law of
Emergency Measures of National
Reconstruction, which "legalizes"
its usurpation of power and in
effect suspends these provisions
of the present constitution
dealing with' civil rights and
the ousted National Assembly.
The regime reportedly is consid-
ering the eventual adoption of
a new constitution providing for
a. strong executive patterned on
that of the French Fifth Republic.
At the same time, spokesmen
for the regime have 'vigorously
denounced public speculation on
the timing of a return to civil-
ian government. The managing
editor and one reporter of Tonga
Ilbo, South Korea's largest and-
mos#respected newspaper, were
summarily arrested on 4 June for
headlining President Yun Po-sun's
."hopes for an early transfer of
power" and implying that the
President believed a return to
citilian authority was desirable
prior to the opening of the 16th
UN General Assembly in September.
The incident indicates the re-
gime's hypersensitivity to the
timing of such action and pro-
vides further evidence that the
junta's limited relaxation of
martial law and ressing inis
largely window dressing. .
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