5 50 19 1-92da-001cc4696bcc Ie s 12 00 00 channel nla lchannel class SEGRET Iclass concepts DlPLOMATlC DISCUSSIONS SCIENTISTS NUCLEAR WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS NUCLEAR WEAPONS DEPLOYMENT Eeclassi ed Case date 13-Jun-1977 12 00 00 am ldate - 12 00 00 2465 Date 03 22 2019 decaption_note disp_approved_on_date disp_comment 12 00 00 disp_event disp_reason disp_remarks enclosure nla lenclosure expiration from SEOUL lfrom handling nla lhandling image_path isecure 1 lisecure Iitigationcodeids Iitigationcodes litigationhistory locator TEXT ON-LINE ON messageid 57264f7e-c288-dd1 1 -92da-001 cc4696bcc lmessageid of ce ACTlON orighand nla lorighand origphand NODlS Iorigphand pchannel nla Ipchannel pclass nla lpclass reference 77 SEOUL 4577 Ireference retention 0 lretention APPROVED lreview_action review_conte nt_ ags l 52465 DocId 31511667 12 00 00 review_event review_media_id review_transfer_date review_withdrawn_fields sasid 2174957 lsasid secure OPEN lsecure status NATlVE lstatus subject NUCLEAR ASSURANCES TO ROKG lsubject tags MNUC PREL PFOR US KS tags type TE ltype dbo Docs 57264t7e-c288- dd11- 92da- 001 review _markings Margaret Grafeld Not Releasable under either Executive Order or other law or regulation US Department of State EO Systematic Review 22 May db elds markings Margaret P Grafeld Not Releasable under either Executive Order or other law or regulation US Department of State EO Systematic Review 22 May 2009 markings msgtext PAGE 01 SEOUL 04890 1312042 ACTION NODS-OO INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 001 1312082 047515 I43 1308312 JUN 77 FM AMEMBASSY SEOUL TO SECSTATE WASHDC 4449 4890 NODIS EO 11652 GDS TAGS PFOR MNUC KS US SUBJ NUCLEAR ASSURANCES TO ROKG REF SEOUL 4577 1 IN RECENT DAYS SEVERAL KEY KOREANS INCLUDING VERY SENIOR SCIENTIST CONNECTED WITH PEACEFUL NUCLEAR RESEARCH HAVE SUGGESTED PLACING KOREA UNDER US NUCLEAR UMBRELLA 2 KOREAN NUCLEAR SCIENTIST WHO HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN 52465 DocId 31511667 ABORTIVE FRENCH REPROCESSING OPERATION URGED MORE SPECIFICALLY THAT WE ADOPT NUCLEAR UMBRELLA POLICY N OW APPLIED VIS-A-VIS JAPAN HE WAS HIGHLY CRITICAL OF OFFHAND COMMENTS MADE BY FOREIGN MINISTER REFTEL ON KOREAN DEVELOPMENT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND OF BLUE HOUSE ADVISORS WHO HAVE FAILED TO TELL PRESIDENT PARK HOW EXPENSIVE TIME-CONSUMING AND RISKY A NUCLEAR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM WOULD BE FOR KOREA I 2 IN RESPONSE TO THESE SUGGESTIONS OF EMBRACING KOREA UNDER US NUCLEAR UMBRELLA I POINTED OUT THAT IN FACT KOREA AS ANY ALLY WOULD BE COVERED BY US NUCLEAR UMBRELLA AND I WAS SURPRISED THAT THERE WAS ANY MISUNDERSTANDING ON THAT POINT J OEGREl E025x6 STATE EC ET PAGE 02 FOIA b 3 - 42 USC 2168 a 1 C - FRD DOE SEOUL 04890 131204Z Ed25x6 STATE - -- FOIA b 3 - 42 USC 2168 a 1 C - FRD DOE 3 'NE MIGHT WISH TO CONSIDER IN LINE NITH THIS SUGGESTION SOME APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE IN SCM COMMUNIQUE AT SAME TIME I AM STRUCK ONE AGAIN BY EVIDENCE OF IGNORANCE AT VERY SENIOR KOREAN GOVERNMENT LEVELS OF EITHER COSTS OR RISKS INVOLVED IN THE WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OVER AND ABOVE SERIOUSLY ADVERSE IMPACT ON US RELATIONSHIP SNEIDER SEGRET NNN msgtext sasdoc NWI S2465 Docld 31511667 This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu