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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 24, folder \"WSAG Working Group, December\n4, 1973 (North Korea)\" of the NSC East Asian and Pacific Affairs Staff: Files, 1969-1977 at\nthe Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald R. Ford donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nDigitized from Box 24 of NSC East Asian and Pacific Affairs Staff: Files, 1969-1977 at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\n4\nPOINTS\nA - TALKING\nTORD & 07053 LIBRA\nwilk\nNATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION\nPresidential Libraries Withdrawal Sheet\nWITHDRAWAL ID 033262\nREASON FOR WITHDRAWAL\nÇNational security restriction\nTYPE OF MATERIAL\nÇMemorandum\nCREATOR'S NAME\nW.R. Smyser\nRECEIVER'S NAME\nSecretary Kissinger\nTITLE\nWSAG Meeting on Korea\nDESCRIPTION\nWith Attachment\nCREATION DATE\n12/04/1973\nVOLUME\n9 pages\nCOLLECTION/SERIES/FOLDER ID\n033700425\nCOLLECTION TITLE\nNATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER. NSC EAST\nASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS STAFF FILES\nBOX NUMBER\n24\nFOLDER TITLE\nWashington Special Actions Group\nWorking Group, December 4, 1973 (North\nKorea)\nDATE WITHDRAWN\n04/18/2011\nWITHDRAWING ARCHIVIST\nTMH\n2a\n6516X\nMEMORANDUM\nNATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL\nTOP SECRET/NODIS\nDecember 5, 1973\nMEMORANDUM FOR SECRETARY KISSINGER\nFROM:\nJeanne W. Davis\npmo\nSUBJECT:\nMinutes of the WSAG Working Group Meeting\nof December 4, 1973\nAttached is a summary of the conclusions of the WSAG Working Group Meeting\nheld on December 4, 1973 to discuss North Korea's demand that UN Command\nnaval and merchant ships obtain prior permission to navigate the waters con-\ntiguous to five UNC-controlled islands off the west coast of Korea.\ncc: Mr. Smyser\nMr. Froebe\nMr. Solomon\nMr. Hyland\nCol. Stukel\nAttachment\nDECLASSIFIED\nE.O. 12955 (as amended) SEC 3.3\nFORD LIBRARY\nNSC Memo, 3/30/06, State Dept. Guidelines\nBy\nWa\nNARA, Date 1/20/11\nTOP SECRET/NODIS XGDS\n2B\nNATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION\nPresidential Libraries Withdrawal Sheet\nWITHDRAWAL ID 033263\nREASON FOR WITHDRAWAL\nÇNational security restriction\nTYPE OF MATERIAL\nÇSummary of Discussion\nTITLE\nWashington Special Actions Group\nWorking Group Meeting\nDESCRIPTION\nRe North Korea\nCREATION DATE\n12/04/1973\nVOLUME\n4 pages\nCOLLECTION/SERIES/FOLDER ID\n033700425\nCOLLECTION TITLE\nNATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER. NSC EAST\nASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS STAFF FILES\nBOX NUMBER\n24\nFOLDER TITLE\nWashington Special Actions Group\nWorking Group, December 4, 1973 (North\nKorea)\nDATE WITHDRAWN\n04/18/2011\nWITHDRAWING ARCHIVIST\nTMH\n3\nNATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION\nPresidential Libraries Withdrawal Sheet\nWITHDRAWAL ID 033264\nREASON FOR WITHDRAWAL\nÇNational security restriction\nTYPE OF MATERIAL\nÇMemorandum\nCREATOR'S NAME\nW.R. Smyser\nRECEIVER'S NAME\nSecretary Kissinger\nTITLE\nWSAG Meeting on Korea\nCREATION DATE\n12/04/1973\nVOLUME\n3 pages\nCOLLECTION/SERIES/FOLDER ID\n033700425\nCOLLECTION TITLE\nNATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER. NSC EAST\nASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS STAFF FILES\nBOX NUMBER\n24\nFOLDER TITLE\nWashington Special Actions Group\nWorking Group, December 4, 1973 (North\nKorea)\nDATE WITHDRAWN\n04/18/2011\nWITHDRAWING ARCHIVIST\nTMH\n5\nNATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION\nPresidential Libraries Withdrawal Sheet\nWITHDRAWAL ID 033265\nREASON FOR WITHDRAWAL\nÇNational security restriction\nTYPE OF MATERIAL\nÇTalking Paper\nTITLE\nSuggested Talking Points\nDESCRIPTION\nRe North Korea\nCREATION DATE\n12/04/1973\nVOLUME\n6 pages\nCOLLECTION/SERIES/FOLDER ID\n033700425\nCOLLECTION TITLE\nNATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER. NSC EAST\nASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS STAFF FILES\nBOX NUMBER\n24\nFOLDER TITLE\nWashington Special Actions Group\nWorking Group, December 4, 1973 (North\nKorea)\nDATE WITHDRAWN\n04/18/2011\nWITHDRAWING ARCHIVIST\nTMH\nB - SOLOMON\nMEMO\n7a\nMEMORANDUM\nNATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL\nACTION\nTOP SECRET/SENSITIVE\nDecember 3, 1973\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nSECRETARY KISSINGER\nFROM:\nRICHARD H. SOLOMON pets\nSUBJECT:\nThe Korean Situation and the China Element\nNorth Korea's provocative action over the islands, coming as it does\nwithin a week of conclusion of General Assembly consideration of the\ncompromise resolution on the Korean issue, has the quality of an effort\nby Pyongyang to assert its case for further action against the U. N. and\nU.S. presence in Korea. The compromise GA resolution, worked out\nat Chinese initiative, was highly favorable to the ROK in that it referred\nneither to the future of the U.N. Command or to the U.S. troop presence\nin the ROK. We were totally surprised by Peking's willingness and ability\nto bring the North along on such a favorable compromise, and Pyongyang\nmay now be attempting to act somewhat independently of Peking in calling\nattention to the remaining issues where it seeks U.N. and U.S. action, or\nto force Chinese and Soviet hands in support of their position in the Security\nCouncil. (The Soviets at one point late in the GA debate made noises about\nraising the UNC issue in the Security Council. They were probably miffed\nat the indications of U.S.- PRC cooperation on the compromise.)\nNorth Koreans for the GA compromise precisely because they could tell\nDECLASSIFIED\nE.O. 12905 (23 envended) SEC 3.3\nNSG Memo, 3/30/06, State Dept. Guidelines\nWe must assume that the Chinese were able to gain the cooperation of the\nPyongyang that we had privately indicated a willingness to reconsider the\nNARA, Date\nfuture of the UNC after this session of the GA. The North, not fully trust-\ning Peking, and wanting to keep us off balance in a situation where we\nclearly have the initiative (only two weeks ago you flew from Peking to\nSeoul), appears to want to force our hand and impart public momentum to\nits drive against the UNC and U.S. forces in Korea.\nBy\nIn these circumstances, one of our major objectives should be to keep the\nChinese as fully engaged in the evolution of the Korean situation as possible.\nBy all indications Peking has much greater influence in Pyongyang than\nMoscow. The Chinese undoubtedly see it in their interest to maintain FORD\nTOP SECRET/SENSITIVE\nXGDS 5b(3)\nLIBRARY\nBYAUTH Sec Kissinger\nTOP SECRET SENSITIVE\n2\nstability on the Korean Peninsula even as our posture there evolves. We\nshould take advantage of Pyongyang's provocative action regarding the\nislands to try to invoke Peking's constraint over the North's game-playing.\nTo the degree that Pyongyang feels that the Chinese are able to move us\non the UNC issue, they have reason to continue to follow Peking's lead.\nI believe that two messages to the Chinese are now in order. The first,\nwhich is intended to engage Peking with Pyongyang regarding its provoca-\ntion, reiterates our intention to reconsider the future of the UNC now that\nthe GA compromise has been concluded, but raises the prospect that such\naction will be impeded-by any incidents which raise tensions on the Penin-\nsula (see Tab 1). This message should be conveyed to the PRCLO as soon\nas possible. -\nA second message should be sent to the Chinese just prior to any unusual\nresupply move that we may make to reassert our right to access to the\nwest coast islands. Its intent would be to inform the PRC of exactly what\nwe were doing, in effect communicating the limits of our action (yet our\ndetermination to act) and implicitly inviting their imposition of restraint\non Pyongyang. The exact text of such a message would be based on the\nspecifics of our resupply move, and is thus difficult to draft this far in\nadvance of any action.\nRecommendation:\nThat you approve the message to the PRCLO at Tab 1.\nApprove\nDisapprove\nand\nThat you approve in principle a second message to the PRCLO, to be delivered\na few hours before our resupply effort begins, indicating the extent and\nobjective of our resupply effort.\nApprove\nDisapprove\n!\nSEVERIT\nTOP SECRET/SENSITIVE\n(Draft message for delivery to the PRC Liaison Office)\nThe U.S. side wishes to advise the Chinese side of its serious\nconcern about recent provocative actions by North Korean authorities off\nthe west coast of Korea, including unusual naval patrol activity, a\nheightened state of military alert, and a demand presented on December 1\nwhich would interfere with access to five islands. As a. signatory to the\nKorean Armistice, the Chinese side will understand that this demand is\nunacceptable, being in contravention of both international agreement and\npast practice.\nThese actions are all the more disturbing coming as they do less\nthan two weeks after adoption by the U.N. General Assembly of a com-\npromise resolution on Korea abolishing the UNCURK organization. This\ncompromise, which avoided an unnecessary confrontation between the\nrepresentatives of North and South Korea and their supporters, was\nworked out in a spirit of accommodation by both sides. This development\nseemed to establish conditions for further progress in reducing tensions\nDECLASSIFIED\nE.O. 12956 to namended) SEC 3.3\nNSG Memo, 3/30/06, Sick Dept. Guidelines\non the Korean Peninsula.\nNARA, Date\nThe U.S. side has advised the Chinese side on several occasions,\nmost recently during Secretary Kissinger's visit to Peking in November,\nthat it would be prepared to reconsider the future of the U. N. Command\nbefore the 29th session of the U.N. General Assembly. We must state,\nBy\nhowever, that provocations by the North Korean authorities which risha,\nmilitary confrontation and heighten tension will seriously complicate\n2\nefforts by the U.S. side to consider and put into effect new arrange- -\nments affecting the security of the Korean Peninsula.\nIt is our understanding that normal communication and supply\nactivities will be maintained to the five islands on their usual basis.\nThe U.S. side hopes that no incident will be created which would alter\nthe improved atmosphere which has been created as a result of U.N.\nGeneral Assembly action on the Korean question.\nB.\ntuan\never,\n468842\nMEMO\nC - HYLAND\nD-UNC CONTROLLED\nISLANDS (MAP)\n10\nNATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION\nPresidential Libraries Withdrawal Sheet\nWITHDRAWAL ID 033266\nREASON FOR WITHDRAWAL\nÇNational security restriction\nTYPE OF MATERIAL\nÇMap\nDESCRIPTION\nMap of Korea\nCREATION DATE\n12/04/1973\nVOLUME\n2 pages\nCOLLECTION/SERIES/FOLDER ID\n033700425\nCOLLECTION TITLE\nNATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER. 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