YOUR MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR HABIB ON MARCH 9, 1973 AT 6:30 P.M.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-31-4-16-5
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: July 24, 2012
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: March 8, 1973
• Content Type: MEMO

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NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
DOS, NSS, Review
Completed.
MEMORANDUM FOR:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
MR. KISSINGER
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JOHN H. HOLDRIDGE
Your Meeting with Ambassador Habib on
March 9, 1973 at 6.30 p.m.
You have agreed to meet with Ambassador Habib March 9 at 6:30 p.m.
He is visiting Washington for a medical check-up (as you will recall,
he had a heart attack about a year ago) and consultations.
U. S. force levels in Korea and related mat ers.
Habib is here at a particularly useful' time: we will be ready for an SRG
meeting on our Korean policy NSSM in about another two to three weeks.
(The Korean force modernization review will be ready somewhat later. )
Also, you recently gave Ambassador Habib uidance on
I will plan to sit in on the meeting.
Suggested Talking Points
- Ask Habib's appraisal of the South-North talks:
MORI/CDF pages 1, 3 and
4 per C05125066
. What do the objectives of the two Koreas each appear to be now?
Is the North's two-month delay in convening the Coordinating
Committee meeting attributable to dissension within its leader-
ship, or to differences with Peking? (The North did within the
past few days notify the South that it was willing to meet later
this month.)
Was the shooting incident in the DMZ this week possible related
to the delay?
Is the North's frustration with Park's insistence on a step-by-step
approach, putting the major political questions aside for the
present, likely to incline the North to renew limited military and
other pressures on Park?
XGDS 5b(3) BYA.UTH Mr. Kissinger
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What are the relationships between President Park, CIA
Director Yi Hu-rak, and Prime Minister Kim Chong-pil as regards
the talks?
. To what extent does Park rely on U. S. support in carrying
on these talks, and to what extent does he see the talks as a hedge
against the possibility of a U. S. withdrawal or a deal with the PRC?
. What are Park's objectives in trying to establish contact
with the PRC?
- How does Park assess U. S. intentions vis-a-vis the Peninsula
at this point? How important was the U. S. factor in Park's decision
to tighten his internal political system last fall? What would Park's
reaction likely be if the U. S. were to begin a gradual step-by-step
expansion of contacts with North Korea?
- - How does Habib assess Japan's position in and intentions toward
South Korea at this point, and what role does Park want Japan to play
there?
- What flexibility will the ROK be willing to show on the Korean
question in next fall's U. N. General Assembly? Would it be willing to
allow UNCURK to lapse quietly if the UNC could be preserved? Is it
disposed to seek the North's agreement to forego debate on the question
in the UNGA?
- - Ask Habib's appraisal of how Park's internal position stands
in the wake of his extensive realignment of the political system since
last October.
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