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...opposition's bond with the students remains fragile. "Both the government and its opponents face serious dilemmas," says William Gleysteen, U.S. Ambassador to South Korea from 1978 to 1981. "The opposition may enjoy the spectacle of a widespread antigovernment movement, but it has no control over the demonstrators. The students may be antigovernment, but they do not necessarily support the opposition politicians. The best way out of this dilemma is for both the opposition and the government to ease the tension and begin direct talks." That might end the street violence, but finding a set of concessions the opposition...
However, there is a widespread feeling that Kim, too, may not be receiving the national attention that he needs. "Kim has been received at the highest professional level, but not at the political level," says William H. Gleysteen, director of the Washington Center of the Asia Society and former American ambassador to Korea in 1978-1981. He adds, "I think the lack of national coverage has been frustrating...
There is a South Korean Presidential election scheduled for 1988. "If Kim did run," Gleysteen says, "he is still a viable politician. He is not to be dismissed...
...armed forces were promptly placed on full alert, and tanks took up positions at major government buildings. The Carter Administration expressed alarm over the developments. "It's a power play, the three stars against the four stars," said a high official. U.S. Ambassador William Gleysteen Jr. was ordered to convey a tough message to the Korean brass: Keep your hands off politics or risk a grave rupture in U.S. relations. For the time being, at least, that warning held. President Choi, for his part, sought to show that his political timetable was unchanged. Late Friday, a full day ahead...
...first word reached Washington, via a "secure line" telephone call to Presidential Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski from Ambassador William Gleysteen. After alerting President Carter, Brzezinski summoned a meeting of the Special Coordination Committee, whose members include Defense Secretary Harold Brown, Army Chief of Staff General Edward Meyer, CIA Deputy Director Frank Carlucci and Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher...