ACCESSION NUMBER:327182 FILE ID:POL202 DATE:02/15/94 TITLE:DEFENSE DEPARTMENT REPORT, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15 (02/15/94) TEXT:*94021502.POL DEFENSE DEPARTMENT REPORT, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15 (Eastern Europe, Bosnia, Patriots/Korea) (330) NEWS BRIEFING -- Spokesman Kathleen deLaski discussed the following topics: SOUTH KOREA LIKELY TO GET PATRIOT MISSILES The United States is "still looking favorably" on the question of transferring Patriot anti-missile missiles to South Korea, the spokesman said, adding that Seoul and Washington are discussing timing and details of such a deployment. The decision is being kept out of the effort to resolve the issue of North Korea's nuclear program, said deLaski. "I want to stress that in no way should the deployment of Patriots, a defensive system, be seen as a bargaining chip in the negotiation process. We certainly don't see it that way," she asserted. NNNN .
