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THE SECRETARY OF STATE
WASHINGTON
10140
July 3, 1969
SECRET
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
Subject: Additional Military Assistance for Korea
Recommendations:
That you authorize the provision of $88 million worth
of materiel to Korea.
Approve
Disapprove
That you authorize the funding of this additional
assistance by an amendment to the present FY 1970 request
of $375 million for the Military Assistance Program.
Approve
Disapprove
Discussion:
On April 19, 1969, the Joint Chiefs of Staff wrote a
Memorandum to the Secretary of Defense on the basis of
which he approved a package totaling $108.1 million to be
funded by a FY 1969 Supplemental MAP Appropriation. This
Memorandum is enclosed, because it provides a clear
rationale for this additional assistance. In particular,
it points out that the North Korean Navy appears to have
a tactical advantage and the North Korean Air Force to
be clearly superior to the ROK Air Force. It also cites
the continued aggressiveness of North Korea as indicated
by its continued infiltration campaign, and the number of
incidents along the DMZ, as well as by the shooting down
of the U.S. EC-121 aircraft; the expansion in the number
of North Korean personnel especially trained for armed
infiltration; and Kim II Sung's declared policy of
"revolutionary struggle" in the South.
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