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Reagan says farewell to Seoul, but the glow lingers...
...exultant crowds were gone, the banners proclaiming WE ALL LOVE YOU RON AND NANCY and FOR HE'S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW no longer festooned the broad avenues of downtown Seoul. But a week after Ronald Reagan's three-day visit, South Korean officials were still aglow over the President's picture-perfect tour. For a government still recovering from the Soviet downing of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 last September and from the terrorist bombing in Rangoon last month that killed 16 South Korean officials, the Reagan trip was a welcome morale booster. Most important...
Nearly 16 hours after he was cheered by an estimated 2 million flag waving people in Seoul while riding to the airport. Reagan arrived by helicopter on the White House South Lawn to a welcome by Vice President and Mrs. George Bush a military hand and about 200 government employees waving small American flags...
Even with the upheavals, South Korea's economic prospects continue to be remarkably bright. After a sharp recession in 1980, the government launched a major public construction program that included housing projects, commercial buildings and a subway for the capital city of Seoul. The spending helped boost South Korea's growth rate...
...Administration were preposterous. Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger argued that the armed forces could not have guaranteed the safety of journalists. But American journalists have never demanded such guarantees. They have worked and died in the Civil War, World War I, on the beaches of Normandy and Okinawa, in Seoul and Saigon. Weinberger's other reason, that the commander in the field did not want the press along, was a glaring copout. No question was raised about press coverage aiding the enemy; that was wise. The press invariably accepts ground rules on matters of true security, where lives...