DATE= 9/27/97
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-220505
TITLE=NOKOR/U-S/JAPAN (S ONLY)
BYLINE=VICTOR BEATTIE
DATELINE=WASHINGTON
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: NORTH KOREA HAS ATTACKED UPDATED U-S/JAPANESE DEFENSE
COOPERATION GUIDELINES AS A SCENARIO FOR AGGRESSIVE WAR AND HAS
VOWED TO TAKE WHAT IT CALLS SELF-DEFENSIVE MEASURES. V-O-A'S
VICTOR BEATTIE REPORTS BOTH THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN HAVE
TRIED TO REASSURE ASIAN NATIONS ABOUT THEIR INTENTIONS:
TEXT: A NORTH KOREAN FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN CRITICIZED WHAT
HE DESCRIBED AS THE AMERICAN AND JAPANESE WILD DESIGN TO GAIN
SUPREMACY OVER ASIA BY MILITARY MEANS. HE SAYS IT POSES A GRAVE
CHALLENGE AND GOES AGAINST THE TREND TOWARD PEACE AND DETENTE.
THE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN SAYS THE GUIDELINES, WHICH UPDATE
THE U-S/JAPAN DEFENSE TREATY OF 1978, ARE A SCENARIO FOR
AGGRESSIVE WAR AND NORTH KOREA IS A MAJOR TARGET OF ATTACK. HE
SAYS PYONGYANG IS COMPELLED TO TAKE SELF-DEFENSIVE MEASURES
AGAINST THEM.
U-S DEFENSE SECRETARY WILLIAM COHEN SAYS THE GUIDELINES ARE AIMED
AT BETTER COORDINATION OF AMERICAN AND JAPANESE FORCES IN
PEACEKEEPING, SEARCH-AND-RESCUE OPERATIONS AND REPELLING ATTACK
AGAINST JAPAN:
///COHEN ACTUALITY///
THE NEW GUIDELINES ARE NOT AIMED AT ANY INDIVIDUAL
NATION, ANY THIRD NATION, BUT BY STRENGTHENING THE
(BI-LATERAL) SECURITY RELATIONSHIP, IT BENEFITS ALL OF
THE COUNTRIES IN THE REGION.
///END ACTUALITY///
A FORMER NORTH KOREAN ARMY OFFICER, ON A VISIT TO WASHINGTON,
SAID DESPITE NORTH KOREAN FOOD SHORTAGES AND ECONOMIC PROBLEMS,
THE MILITARY IS WELL-FED AND COULD ATTACK SOUTH KOREAN AND U-S
FORCES WITH WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. (SIGNED)
NEB/SD
27-Sep-97 6:55 PM EDT (2255 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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