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...CONTINUING SERIES of revelations concerning pervasive South Korean covert activities in this country raises a number of important questions about American commitments to the Seoul government. But more importantly, it highlights the apparent systematic corruption of our own foreign policy--in particular, the perverse relations between America and some of the countries America chooses as "allies...
This long and dirty list of corrupt practices and covert activities naturally calls into question the advisability of American economic and military aid to South Korea. It also underlines a number of reprehensible features of American foreign policy in general. First, South Korean covert activities in this country are not unique, nor have they been strictly opposed by the U.S. government. A number of other countries have placed members of their intelligence services here with the CIA's permission. In a recent interview, the Shah of Iran admitted that agents of Savak, the Iranian intelligence organization, have operated with...
...officials acknowledge that relations with South Korea have been severely strained by these revelations, they are quick to publicly assure President Park of America's steadfast military commitment. Concern about public support for this commitment has probably contributed to the delay of the official investigation. Suspicions of South Korean covert activities have existed for a decade and tangible evidence has been in the possession of American officials for at least four years. And yet these officials have only recently gathered the energy necessary for an effective investigation...
...conclusions one is forced to reach are rather frightening. Not only did an American president order CIA covert activities in other countries and preside over the organized subversion of the American political system, but he sanctioned the continuing efforts of a foreign government to subvert that system for the sake of a cruel and misguided foreign policy. Given the evidence of Watergate, it is unlikely that Nixon was too gravely disturbed by the evidence of South Korean subversion, even if the object of the activities was the United States government. It is all too easy to conjure the nightmare...
Advocating "quiet diplomacy," Ford is willing to authorize secret negotiations when he thinks they are necessary and occasional CIA covert operations. He also argues that any U.S. action concerning internal repression in such countries as Iran and South Korea is best advanced "quietly" rather than by public threats to curtail aid or trade. Drawing a distinction between morality and moralizing, Kissinger noted last week that a key test of morality is "what we are able to implement," adding that the Administration has secured the release of "hundreds of prisoners throughout the world" without publicity...