Word: ils
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...Will the dictatorial and ambitious Kim Il Sung, absolute ruler of the North, be encouraged by the Communist triumph in Viet Nam to attempt another war of conquest in Korea...
...unsettling signs. The Seoul government has found and sealed off two tunnels running from North Korea into the southern half of the 2.5-mile-wide DMZ, one of the tunnels 6 ft. high and 6 ft. wide. Even more unnerving to Seoul has been North Korean Leader Kim Il Sung's itinerary since the Communist victory in Viet Nam. Kim made highly publicized trips to China, Rumania and Yugoslavia, in what Seoul sees as an effort to drum up support for another military adventure in the South...
...atmosphere of détente will undoubtedly lead both China and the Soviet Union to discourage military adventurism by Kim Il Sung. While Kim was in Peking, his hosts stressed that their "resolute support" of the Korean people was actually for "the independent and peaceful reunification" of Korea. It was an unmistakable message to Kim that Peking does not want a renewed Korean War. In fact, the Chinese are so concerned about stability in the region that high-level Peking officials have broadly hinted-to U.S. visitors, among others-that they are not anxious for American forces to leave East...
Prepared for War. Such accusations have acquired a new urgency since the Communist takeover of Indochina. In Korea, where many remember the Communist invasion that began 25 years ago this month, there are widespread fears of a new attack. North Korea's hard-lining Communist President Kim Il Sung, newly returned from a conference in Peking last month, increased Southern fears by declaring: "We are prepared for war." South Korea's strongman President Park Chung Hee responded with equal bellicosity, warning that the South is also ready for a fight. In this policy, Park has the support...
...there is a less sanguine argument: that Kim Il Sung will ignore the Russians and Chinese. Pentagon officials estimate that North Korea has enough supplies on hand to sustain a three-month offensive; and Kim may be confident that if he were embroiled in a war, neither Moscow nor Peking could afford to ignore his pleas to resupply him. Now 63 years old and rumored to be in poor health, Kim may feel that he is running out of time to reunite Korea. The real danger, as some South Koreans see it, is that Kim will underestimate both...