-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! S. Korean developing longer-range missiles without U.S. approval SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM Thursday, January 18, 2001 TOKYO — South Korea, refusing to wait for authorization from the Clinton administration, has launched a missile program meant to provide capability to strike targets in most of the communist north. The program, South Korean officials said, would be independent and remain off-limits to U.S. inspection. This, they said is a departure from Seoul's 50-year alliance with Washington, which currently includes the deployment of 37,000 troops in the East Asian country. Officials said Seoul has reached an agreement in principle with Washington on a ceiling for the range of the missiles. They said this was sufficient for a government decision to begin a program that will build missiles with a range of 300 kilometers and a warhead payload of 500 kilograms. They said this was the minimum required to counter North Korea's military threat. This new missile range and payload being developed is allowed by the 1987 Missile Technology Control Regime, an agreement Seoul has pledged to join. A 1979 agreement with Washington limits South Korean missiles to 180 kilometers. The Clinton administration did not respond to the South Korean decision. U.S. officials said talks with Seoul focused on a proposal by Washington to monitor South Korea's missile program. Seoul also asked Washington to provide technology for South Korea's missile program. It is not clear whether Seoul's independent missile program constitutes a decision to abandon efforts for U.S. aid. The Seoul-based Yonhap news agency reported that South Korea has decided against granting the United States automatic access to South Korean missile facilities. The agency said Seoul plans to focus on the development of liquid-fuel rockets to launch satellites, cruise missiles and unmanned air vehicles loaded with explosives. In a related development, North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il is reported to be on a secret visit to China. Jong-Il is said to have arrived in Beijing on Tuesday in his second known trip abroad in 18 years. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
