Daily Report
East Asia
FBIS-EAS-87-167 CONTENTS 28 August 1987
NORTHEAST ASIA
Japan
Nakasone Plans September Visit to U.S. /YOMIURI SHIMBUN 26 Aug] .........:::ccccssessessessesseesesseeseees l
Goals Outlined for Trade Talks With U.S. oo... ecccsseeeeteeeesseeseessseeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeceseaeseneseaseaseeeeeenees l
Lower House Passes Revised COCOM Bill .0...........cccececesscecssssneeceeseseseescesseseeeeeseseneeeceeeeeeaeseseseeeereeeeses l
Miyazawa on Intervention in Exchange Rates .................c:cccccssssseeeccssseeseeseesseeeeeeeeeeeeeeceseeecesaeeeseeeeeeeeeees 2
Outline of White Paper on Air Defense ..............c:ccccccccceessssssseccecceessssessecseeeeseseeseseeeseeeeeeeseeeceeueceseeeeeees 2
USSR Navy Exercises Likely ...............ccccccccssscssssecessseeceeessesseeeeeseeessesseseneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaceeseeeeeeceeaeeeeees 3
Defense Agency Wants Aegis ...............::sccccsscccsssecssssececeesseeeeceesscesteseeeeeceeseeeeeeeeeceeueeceeseeceteeeeeeeeeens 3
Expelled Businessman Denies USSR Spy Charges ................cccsscccsssessssessecssecessessneceeeeseseeseneeeseseeeeneanees 4
Officials Comment on Philippine Coup Attempt .................::cccccccssssscssessseseeesseeececeeesececeeeeeeeeesseeeeseecesaeees 4
Experimental Satellite Achieves Planned Orbit 20...............ccccccccccccccessssssessseesseceeessseeeecceeecceceeesseseceeseeeeeees 5
Mongolia
Namsray Speaks at Youth Center Opening .0............:cccceccesceceeeseeecesseeeeseeseseseceeceeseseseeeesssaeeseeseeseeaeeeseees 5
Deputy Party Secretaries Need To Improve ...0..............ccceccceeeesesessscecescessceseceeceeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeesagees 5
Measures Taken To Develop Microbiology ................c:ccccseccesessseceeseesessesseceeeesesseeeneeeeeseeseseeseaesenseseeeees 5
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North Korea
Statement Calls for Deputy Minister Talks ................c:cccccccecccceeeessssecescessesscessneceececeeceeeeeeesseeccaeeetaceeseeeees 6
Commentary of Legacy of Slain Daewoo Worker /[NODONG SINMUN 26 Aug] ......cccccccsscssssseseeeseeees 6
Daily Denounces No Tae-u’s Remarks /NODONG SINMUN 24 Aug] .....::.cssccccssscccessesesessecsscesseeseeneees 7
60th Anniversary of LSWYK Celebrated .0...........cccccccccceeccccccccecesessesessecsecscscceecceeceeseeeeeeeeeeseeeeeseeeeeeeees 8
South Korea
DPRK’s Paek Hak-nim Hong Kong Visit /THE KOREA TIMES 28 Aug] ............sssccccssscsesssssseeseeeeees 9
20,000 Attend Slain Worker’s Funeral [KYODO] u0.........ccccccccssccsssssssssscssessesseceeessceescaeeeeeseeseseeseaeeenes 10
Okpo Daewoo Shipyard To Resume Work /THE KOREA TIMF' 28 Aug] ......::ccccccsssessesseseeseseeeeees 10
Model for Solving Labor Unrest /THE KOREA HERALD 28 Aug] .00.......:ccccccsescsssesesseesseseeeees 10
Ministry Expects Labor Disputes To Ease ................:ccccssccccessssseccecessscessesseseceeeeesesseessseceececeseeesneeeeeeeeeees 11
Daily Denounces Interference in Disputes /SEOUL SINMUN 26 Aug] ........:.:scccsccssssescessssescssesseneees 12
DJP Considers Mid-February Elections /THE KOREA TIMES 28 Aug] ............sscsssscssssssessssssecseeeees 13
Interparty Faction for Kim Tae-chung /THE KOREA HERALD 28 Aug] ............:ccccseccessssseseseeseeceeees 13
PEI GP GEER TIEED ccacesecoccccesnnsssneneqnansnnneneennammnanamnaanenpendecterensecevenssecesennesencenessneeecnencensees 13
DJP To Agree To Drop Residency Clause /THE KOREA TIMES 26 Aug] .........cc.sssccssssssssesseseeeseees 14
DJP, RDP To Make ‘Package Compromise’ /THE KOREA TIMES 28 Aug] .......:::sccsssssssssssssseeseeees 14
Government To Begin Probes of Radicals /THE KOREA TIMES 28 Aug] .........::ssccscsssssssssssssseeseees 15
SOUTHEAST ASIA
Burma
Paper Comments on Ne Win Party Speech /BOTATAUNG 16 Aug] ....c....scccssscccssseessccsseeseescseeseeeeees 16
Cambodia
Chea Soth Receives Soviet Delegation .............ccccsscsscsevcssscccsscssccssessscesersscsescossscssessesscsssssessessessesssonsees 16
Cultural-Scientific Program With GDR ouu.......cccceescecsesececseseceeceeeesccessesseseeeesesceececececeeeeeeseeeeseeeeteeseenaees 16
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News Conference on Reconciliation Policy ..............c:ccccccsssssessscesseeeeeseseeceecesseeccessececseecseeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeseees 17
SRV Reconciliation Policy ‘Unacceptable’ /VONADK] ...........:cccccccccccsssssecesseeseeeseeseeneenteeeeeeeeneeeneenens 17
Khieu Samphan Greets Romanian Minister /VODK] ..........ccccccccccccccssseeeesseceseeeeseneessenesseseneeeenessnsensens 18
Laos
Radio Expresses Support for DPRK’s Proposal ................ccccccssessssssseceeeceeceeesecesseceseeeseeeeeesseeeeceeeeenseess 18
Dialogue on Thai, Regional Situation .0.............:cccccessseeessscesscsscsscesseceeeeeeeeeeesseecsesensenseseeeseeeeaeeeeneeesaeees 19
Philippines
Reportage on Coup Attempt by Rebel Troops /KYODO] .00........:...ccccesssseccesssseeeeeeseeseeeseeeesseeeeseneeenees 21
Cahinet Meeting Called ..............cccccccecessscccessssccceeeessscccesseeseseesesseeeeeeeseececsseesesseeeeecesseeeeeseeeeeeseeess 21
Rebels in Camp Aguimaldo [AFP] u.......c.cccccscccssesssecsseesesecseceseeeeeseeeeeceaceeaeeeseeseaseaseaeseeaeeeaeeseseass 21
Photographer, Others Killed ...........0...ssccrccscsssssssssssosccssecosecsssocescesscescessssccosssscsesssessessssscesososoeossess 22
Rebel Troops in Camp Crame ...............:cccccccescccececeeesseccesseessececeeeeeceseesssseeeesueesseeeeesseeeeeeeeeeeneeees 22
Regional Headquarters Seized [AFP] u.........cccccccccccsseceseessesesseeceeeeseeeeeeeeeeseeseesesesaaseeeseneeeeaesensens 22
Army Spokesman’s Statement ..................cccccssceccccceceeesscesseccessssssseseeeeceeesseeeeecseeeeseeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeees 22
Press Secretary Urges Calm o...........cccccccccccsssccceeessseceecesscesscesseeecceeeeeceececenseceessseceeeeneeeeeseeeeeeesneses 23
Broadcasting Complex Occupied [AFP] .0........ccccccccsssssssseeseeeneeeessseeeeeneeeeasseseeseaeeseaeeeaeeeensesesenss 23
Baguio, Bicol Situation ou... cccscessscesessecceeesseeeeeceessecesesessceceeeeeeeeeeeeessseceeseecsusesaneeeeseueeseesaeenses 23
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Gunfire at Camp Aguimaldo [AFP] o.......ccccccccccccscccsecssssessesesseessceeeesseeeseseneeseeacsecaceaeseeeaeeeaseaeeaees 24
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Air Base Reportedly Taken .......................ccccsccoscsssssssssssscsssccssssreccsssccsccsssscosssssecsssscssssenecocssssscsesees 25
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Interview With Rebel Leader /Melborne] .........cccccccccccssscsssssscsseceeseccsseeeeceseesceececsesaeseeeseeeeacensees 25
Rebels Broadcast TV Message [KYODO] uu0........ccccccsssssssesssssecssssececsseeesseeeseessesseseaeseneeeeeeseeeeees 26
AMOR TO CORRS COVOTRAME FAPEY .....ccscccrssrsccssccscccsssssssscsscesecscscssssesesesscsoessesssessescssessnssssosssosesees 26
KYODO Reporter On Situation ................cccccceceseseseeseecssscccseceeccecceeeeesseeeceessseceseeeeseeeeeeeeeeeseeesees 26
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Government Station Retaken /KYODO] ..00........ccccccccccssssssseseesseceeesseeeeeesceaseaeeecseeaseseeeaesensenaeeees 27
AGUIMO TesUes TtAteMent [APP] ..........0.ccccsrsccsssscssscsccssssscsscsssscsesssssccsssssscssssesssossescsscssssesssesssesees 28
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Military Spokesman Commentts _ ...............::cccccccceeesesssscccccssscsssccecceccceeeeececcceeeseeecesseeeeseeeeceeeeeeeeenees 29
Rebel Bombardment Ordered [KYODO] ..........:cccccccssssssssesseseceessseceecesseeseeeaseaseaseaseseseeesseeeseeseess 30
Planes Hit Camp Aguinaldo [KYODO] u............ccccccccccsessssseeseeeessssnececseaeeesnsesaseaeesessassesneeseaceeasens 31
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Overview of Situation
Thailand
Sitthi Reports on Visit to PRC, DPRK ouu......cccc cece ccccceccessccccccsscssscessccececececseeceesscsceesesenseceseseceeeeeecesseers 33
Gen Chawalit Discusses Upcoming USSR Trip /THE NATION 28 Aug] ......:.scccscsssssssscesscseseseneeeesees 34
Spokesman on Possible Nakasone Visit /KYODO] .00.........cccccccsssssssscsesseccesseeesessacensescscsseeaeseaseeeseeseesees 35
SRV Troops Hamper Chong Bok Construction /THE NATION 28 Aug] .......ccccssssssssssssssesecesseeesensens 35
Vietnam
Foreign Ministry Statement on ASEAN Meeting ..................ccccccscesceesssscececeeeeeeseceesseeceeeeseeseeeesseeeeeeseeenes 35
CPV Delegation Pays 10-Day Visit to USSR .u..........cc cc cccccececesscsseesecessssssseeesceesseeesseecseeseeeseeeeeceeeeeneeegs 36
Health Ministry Views Dengue ‘Epidemic’ .....................cccccccessesscesceessseccececeeeeessceeseeeesteeeeecaeeseeeeeensessnes 36
Lang Son Province Promotes Industrial Crops .................cccccsscssssssesececssseceeeeeesecesseeeaceneesecseesseeseneeeeaeees 37
AUSTRALASIA
Australia
U.S. Beef Import Ban Lift Welcomed ....0.....0.............ccccccccessssscsscessccsssssscssessssseccsssesecsesessecesssecesessescennes 38
Fiji
France Offers Funds for Naval Base [AFP] ...........:..:ccscsssssssessessessescesccesseceeseseesensenseseseseeaseaseaseessensesees 38
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New Zealand
Lange Criticizes France for Oppression [AFP] ...........:::csccsssseceeseceeseeseesseeeeeseseceeecnneeeseeeeeeenneneeeeaaeeess 38
Lange’s Labor Party Wins One More Seat [AFP] o.0.......cccccsccccessseessceeeceesessseseseseeceeeeeeeeeeeenanananenaaeeees 39
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Japan
Nakasone Plans September Visit to U.S.
OW260023 Tokyo KYODO in English 0012 GMT
26 Aug 87
[Text] Tokyo, Aug. 26 KYODO — Japanese Prime
Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone will visit New York next
month to attend a U.N. General Assembly session as well
as to hold talks with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, a
Japanese newspaper reported Wednesday.
The Yomiuri Shimbun, quoting government and ruling
party sources, said Nakasone wants to use the New York
visit to wind up his five-year diplomatic activities as
prime minister. His term of offices expires October 30.
It said Nakasone plans to make a speech on peace and
disarmament at the General Assembly on September 21
when the U.S. President is also scheduled to speak at the
Assembly.
Nakasone and Reagan will likely hold talks in New York
around that time and the Japanese prime minister will
throw his full support behind Reagan’s position at a
U.S.-Soviet summit expected later this year, the Yomiuri
said.
It said Nakasone, accompanied by Foreign Minister
Tadashi Kuranari, will leave for New York on Septem-
ber 19 and return home on September 23.
Goals Outlined for Trade Talks With U.S.
OW271107 Tokyo KYODO in English 0842 GMT
27 Aug 87
[Text] Tokyo, Aug. 27 KYODO — Japan and the United
States will hold a regular trade committee meeting in
Maui, Hawaii, from August 31 through September 3
before the U.S. Congress reconvenes early next menth.
A joint committee of both houses is to discuss the
amalgamation of two omnibus trade bills containing
protectionist elements and providing for retaliation
against Japanese companies.
Koji Watanabe, director general of the Foreign Mini-
stry’s Economic Affairs Bureau, will represent Japan at
the Hawaii meeting, while Michael Smith, deputy U.S.
trade representative, will head the U'S. side.
In the meeting, Japan wants to impress on American
delegates that it has made efforts to open up its market
and to give a fair appraisal of current trade problems
with the U.S. before Congress reassembles. It also wants
to hear the U.S. Government’s attitude toward the
omnibus trade bill and whether it will persuade congress-
men not to pass the protectionist measure, foreign min-
istry officials said.
The meeting will also be important for U.S. officials
hoping to deflate protectionist feeling in Congress, he
said.
NORTHEAST ASIA 1
Japan is particularly concerned about the proposed
strengthening of section 301 of the U.S. trade act on
“unfair” trade practices of foreign nations, tariffs against
dumping, and punitive measures against Toshiba Group
products in retaliation for Toshiba Machine Co.’s illegal
exports to the Soviet Union in violation of COCOM
[Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Con-
trols} rules.
Japan will seek an early end to U.S. punitive tariffs on
Japanese color televisions, machine tools and electronic
calculators in retaliation for what the U.S. says are
“unfair” Japanese semiconductor exports.
Japanese and American officials will also review devel-
opments in separate trade problems, the detailed imple-
mentation of proposals for improved trade, issues
related to the trading system, and agriculture.
The official said Americans are showing concern about
supercomputers, U.S. participation in the construction
of the multibillion dollar New Kansai International
Airport, expansion of U.S. auto parts exports, soda ash
exports to Japan, garbage disposal shipments, controver-
sial recordings by digital audio tape recorders, and a
second KDD [international telegraph and telephone].
They are also concerned about the Japanese Govern-
ment’s financial assistance to smaller enterprises, U.S.
penetration into the Japanece market through large
retailers and the activities of U.S. lawyers in Japan.
The U.S. side will call for a Japanese explanation of how
its “action programs” to open up its market are progress-
ing and of Japan’s pledge to import | billion dollars
worth of foreign products under government procure-
ment.
The U.S. delegates also want to take up the issues of the
liberalization of beef and citrus fruit imports to Japan
and Japanese market-opening for {2 agricultural prod-
ucts such as tomato juice and processed cheese, the
officials said. |
Lower House Passes Revised COCOM Bill
OW270629 Tokyo KYODO in English 0624 GMT
27 Aug 87
[Text] Tokyo, Aug. 27 KYODO — The powerful House
of Representatives Thursday passed by a majority vote a
revised bill designed to keep a closer eye on sensitive
exports from Japan to communist countries following
the Toshiba Machine scandal.
The bill revising the nation’s foreign exchange and
foreign trade control law was immediately sent to the
House of Councillors for ratification.
It was one of five key bills which won lower house
approval.
The full lower house acted on the proposed legislation
after its commerce and industry committee cleared it
Wednesday despite protests from three major opposition
parties.
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The Socialist, Komeito and Communist Parties strongly
opposed a revision of the foreign exchange and foreign
trade control law, arguing it runs counter to free trade.
The governing Liberal Democratic Party, under pressure
from the United States, had drawn up the revised law to
prevent a repetition of unlawful sales of advanced tech-
nology to the Soviet Union and other communist bloc
countries.
Toshiba Machine Corp., a subsidiary of the widely
diversified Toshiba Corp. electronics firm, has been
under fire for exporting advanced submarine propeller-
milling machines to Moscow in violation of COCOM
[Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Con-
trols} rules.
The revision includes a tougher criminal sentence of “no
more than five years” from the current three in the case
of COCOM violations and mandates talks between the
ministers of international trade and industry and foreign
affairs to determine the feasibility of exporting certain
products to the communist bloc.
Miyazawa on Intervention in Exchange Rates
OW280147 Tokyo KYODO in English 0132 GMT
28 Aug 87
[Text] Tokyo, Aug. 28 KYODO — Finance Minister
Kiichi Miyazawa said Friday the Japanese monetary
authorities will step into the foreign exchange market if
exchange rates show erratic moves.
He also told reporters after a cabinet meeting that an
international agreement to stabilize exchange rates is
still valid.
The finance minister said there is no fear of inflation
increasing in Japan at this stage, pointing to low levels of
wholesale prices.
Outline of White Paper on Air Defense
OW280129 Tokyo KYODO in English 0054 GMT
28 Aug 87
[Text] Tokyo, Aug. 28 KYODO — The following are the
main points in the government’s white paper “Defense
of Japan,” released Friday:
— The Soviet Union has built up sufficient power to
confront the United States in the spheres of both nuclear
and conventional forces.
— No change has yet been seen in the trend of the Soviet
Union’s increase of its military forces.
— The Soviet Union is building a large-scale phased
array radar network encircling the entire Soviet Union.
— The United States, which is inferior to the Soviet
Union in quantitative terms, is trying to increase its
deterrent by adopting sophiscated weapon systems.
NORTHEAST ASIA
— Soviet military buildup around Japan has not only
made the international military situation in the region
more strained but also increased latent threats to Japan.
— The Soviet Union attaches great importance to its
advances in the Pacific Ocean and it is clear that Japan’s
geographical location hinders the route of advance.
— Despite Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev’s peace
initiative, as shown in his speech in Vladivostock last
year, there has been no change in the trend of Soviet
military buildup in the Soviet Far East.
— The Soviet Union deploys a quarter to a third of its
military forces in the region and continues to build them
up both in qualitative and quantitative terms.
— The Soviet Union has deployed new type TU-95
Bear-H bombers, capable of carrying AS-15 long-range
cruise missiles equipped with nucler warheads, in the
region. Some | 70 SS-20 intermediate-range nuclear mis-
iles and about 85 TU-22M Backfire supersonic medium-
range bombers are deployed in the Soviet Far east.
— The SS-20 missiles, positioned in central Siberia and
around Lake Baikal, are each equipped with three
nuclear warheads and are capable of reaching Japan
within 10 minutes of launching.
— The Backfires, capable of carrying AS-4 air-to-surface
missiles, which are deployed west of Lake Baikal and on
the shore opposite Sakhalin, have a range of about 4,000
kilometers and thus an excellent attack capability against
the sea-lanes around Japan.
— About 390,000 troops, or 43 divisions, out of the
entire Soviet ground force strength of some two million
troops, or 211 divisions, are deployed in the Far East,
roughly east of Lake Baikal. The Soviet ground forces
have been upgrading their chemical warfare capability.
— About 840 ships, including 75 nuclear-powered sub-
marines, out of the Soviet Navy’s total strength of about
2,980 ships, are under the flag of the Soviet Pacific Fleet.
— The Soviet Air Force has about 8,840 combat aircraft,
of which about a quarter, or 2,390, are deployed in the
Far East. These comprise about 460 bombers, about
1,730 fighters and about 200 patrol planes.
— Some Soviet aircraft flying near Japan have been
suspected of conducting “attack training” exercises
against Air Self-Defense Force radar sites.
— It seems that the Soviet Union is building a new type
of over-the-horizon radar in the Far East to detect
aircraft in the Pacific.
— There has been no prospect of resuming dialogue
between North and South Korea since its suspension in
January last year and military tension is continuing in
the area with more than 1.2 million ground troops
confronting each other across the demilitarized zone.
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— North Korea continues to build up its military forces,
with an annual defense budget equivalent to 20-25
percent of its gross national product.
— The North Korean Army has about 750,000 troops or
33 divisions and about 3,300 tanks. The Navy has about
520 ships, includisg 19 submarines and 28 high-speed
missile boats. The Air Force has about 750 combat
aircraft.
— Military cooperation between North Korea and the
Soviet Union has been closer since President Kim Il-
song visited Moscow in May | 984. The Soviet Union has
provided MiG-23 fighters and surface-to-air missiles,
believed to be the SA-3 type.
~~ Three ships of the Soviet Pacific Fleet, including the
aircraft carrier Minsk, called at a North Korean port in
July 1986. The North Korean and Soviet Navies con-
ducted combined exercises in the Sea of Japan in Octo-
ber 1986. These developments are factors which could
affect the military balance in the Far East as well as in the
Korean peninsula.
— China has intercontinental ballistic missiles with a
range covering both the Soviet Union and the United
States, more than 100 intermediate-range and medium
range ballistic missiles and about 120 medium-range
TU-16 bombers. two nucler-powered submarines, which
are believed to be equipped with SLBMs, have been
commissioned. China is said to be building some other
nucjear-powered submarines.
— There has been an improvement in relations between
the Soviet Union and China. The Soviet Union with-
drew a division of troops from Mongolia to a Soviet
military district near Mongolia between April and June.
However, there has been no change in their fundamental
military confrontation.
— The Soviet Union deploys about 500,000 troops along
the Sino-Soviet border, where China deploys more than
1.3 million troops. Though the number of Chinese troops
on the border is more than 2.5 times that of Soviet troops,
the Soviet Union is superior to the Chinese forces in term
of firepower, mobility, and antiaircraft capability.
— Japan’s defense spending ranked ninth in the world in
1984, but in terms of the ratio to gross national product
and the overall government budget, as well as per-capita
expenditure on defense, Japan’s defense spending is far
below the levels of the United States and Europe.
— The government set a new policy early this year of
holding down defense spending to 18.4 trillion yen for
the five-year fiscal 1986-90 period in terms of fiscal 1985
costs.
— The government will continue to maintain a policy of
moderate defense buildup after 1991.
— There should be no concern that Japan will become a
major military power, because Japan's defense spending
is decided through procedures under civilian control.
NORTHEAST ASIA
-- Air defense capability at sea should be considered
from the viewpoint of defending the Japanese mainland
as well as the security of ships at sea, given the increasing
threat from the air.
— With the advances in military technology, aircraft
flight performance has improved and long-range missiles
have been developed. As a result, the flight range of
aircraft has increased and long-range missiles now enable
them to attack radar sites and airfields from further out
at sea.
— The Defense Agency is considering introducing an
efficient system of maritime air defense which combines
over-the-horizon radar, airborne early warning aircraft,
interceptor fighters, air tankers for midair refueling and
a shipboard air defense missile system.
USSR Navy Exercises Likely
OW 280739 Tokyo KYODO in English 0726 GMT
28 Aug 87
[Text] Tokyo, Aug. 28 KYODO — The Soviet Navy is
apparently preparing to conduct naval exercises in the
northwest Pacific, Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF)
officials said Friday.
A total of 25 warships were detected some 60-160
kilometers east of the southernmost tip of Sakhalin early
Friday morning, the officials said.
Tiie Soviet Pacific Fleet ships are moving eastward and
are expected to be heading for the northwest Pacific,
MSDF officials said.
An MSDF P-3C antisubmarine patrol plane and a
destroyer spotted a fleet of five Soviet warships, includ-
ing the Kirov-class nuclear-powered missile cruiser
Frunze, near the Soya Strait Thursday morning.
A Sovremenny-class missile destroyer was spotted 65
kilometers off Hokkaido’s Shiretoko Cape Thursday
morning and a total of 19 warships, including the Kiev-
class aircraft carrier Novorossiysk and amphibious
assault landing ship /van Rogov, were seen moving
through the Sea of Japan off northeastern Japan Thurs-
day afternoon, the MSDF officials said.
Defense Agency Wants Aegis
OW 280823 Tokyo KYODO in English 0809 GMT
28 Aug 87
[Text] Tokyo, Aug. 28 KYODO — The Defense Agency
announced a 3,735.4 billion yen budget request Friday
for fiscal 1988, starting next Aprii, including procure-
ment of a destroyer equipped with the sophisticated U.S.
Aegis missile system. The figure represents a 6.2 percent
increase over the original defense budget for the current
fiscal year.
The Aegis system is vital to maritime air defense to cope
with an increased threat of air attack, according to
defense officials. It is an air defense missile system
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capable of detecting, tracking and destroying many
enemy missiles simultaneously, using highly efficient
radar and computers.
The 7,200-ton destroyer, to be modeled after the Arleigh
Burke-class guided missile destroyer of the U.S. Navy,
would cost 136 billion yen, of which 3.8 billion yen is
being sought in the fiscal 1988 budget. The Aegis
destroyer would be a command ship in one of the four
escort flotillas of the Maritime Self-Defense Force
(MSDF), the officials said.
The Defense Agency hopes to have the first aegis ship to
be commissioned in fiscal 1992, they said. The agency
wants to procure two Aegis ships during the mid-term
defense program which started in fiscal 1986 and to
eventually deploy a total of eight Aegis ships to the four
escort flotillas, they said.
It also requested 36 million yen for studies on the
installation of an Over-the-horizon (OTH) radar system
on Iwo Jima island in the western Pacific, 1,200 kilome-
ters south of Tokyo. OTH radar can detect targets
beyond the horizon and cover |,000 to 3,000 kilometers
in distance over a span of 60 degrees, and is useful as an
early warning system, the officials said.
The U.S. Navy reportedly plans to install the radar
system on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians, Hawaii,
Guam and the Philippines to monitor Soviet flights from
the Soviet Union or a base in Vietnam to the western
Pacific.
The officials said that in order to cope with growing
threats from the air an efficient combination of oth radar
system, airborne early warning aircraft, air tankers and
interceptor fighters is required.
The request also includes procurement of one escort
vessel, one submarine, two minesweepers, | 1 P-3C anti-
submarine patrol aircraft, 12 SH-60J antisubmarine heli-
copter and one EP-3 electronic warfare data gathering
aircraft.
The agency sought 15 F-15 interceptor fighters, two
C-130H transport aircraft, three CH-47J transport heli-
copters, three UH-60J rescue helicopters and a system of
surface-to-air patriot missiles to be provided to an air
defense missile group.
Regarding a next-generation support fighter, referred to
as the FSX, the officials said the agency is considering
making an additional request later this year. The agency
is considering whether the FSX should be developed
domestically, or jointly with the U.S. aerospace isdustry,
or imported.
For the Ground Self-Defense Force, the agency
requested 56 tanks, 23 armored personnel carriers, eight
AH-IS antitank helicopters and six SSM-1 surface-to-
ship missiles. The SSM-1, which has a range of more
than 100 kilometers, was developed in Japan.
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Expelled Businessman Denies USSR Spy Charges
OW271305 Tokyo KYODO in English 1243 GMT
27 Aug 87
[Text] Tokyo, Aug. 27 KYODO - A Japanese business-
man expelled from Moscow denied Thursday evening
Soviet allegations that he had engaged in illegal informa-
tion gathering.
Takeo Otani, deputy chief of Mitsubishi Corp.’s Moscow
office, made the remarks at a press conference after his
return to his homeland Thursday afternoon.
Otani said, “I never did such a thing. I was surprised
when I first heard of the Soviet order to leave Moscow.”
He went on to say, “I acted within the limits permissible
for businessmen. I have never overstepped that mark.”
Otani and Nobuhiro Takeshita, a defense attache at the
Japanese Embassy in Moscow, were ordered out of the
Soviet Union August 19.
Otani, asked to leave Moscow within one week, left last
Tuesday and returned here via London. Although
Takeshita was ordered to leave as soon as possible, he is
still in Moscow.
The Soviet Union alleged that Otani had tried to get
classified trade information from the Foreign Trade
Ministry, while Takeshita had been involved in spying in
the Black Sea port of Odessa.
Otani, an expert on Japan-Soviet trade, spent a total of
10 years in the Soviet Union. He dealt mainly with
construction and agricultural machinery.
As a countermeasure to the deportation, the Japanese
government ordered the acting Soviet trade representa-
tive in Tokyo, Yuriy Pokrovski, out of Japan for alleged
involvement in the illegal purchase of aircraft-related
documents.
Officials Comment on Philippine Coup Attempt
OW280039 Tokyo KYODO in English 0032 GMT
28 Aug 87
[Text] Tokyo, Aug. 28 KYODO — Japanese Prime
Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone said Friday that Philippine
President Corazon Aquino appears to be confident of
maintaining power despite a coup attempt earlier in the
day.
Nakasone, talking briefly to reporicrs at his office, said
the Japanese government is trying to obtain information
on the Philippine coup attempt.
Foreign Minister Tadashi Kuranari said the Japanese
Government hopes for an early solution to the attempted
coup in the Philippines.
Japan expects the Filipinos people to continue their
state-building efforts under Aquino, Kuranari said.
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The coup attempt stemmed from a feeling of dissatisfac-
tion among some Filipinos following a transport strike
triggered by a boost in oil product prices, he said.
Experimental Satellite Achieves Planned Orbit
OW271203 Tokyo KYODO in English 1147 GMT
27 Aug 87
[Text] Tanegashima, Kagoshima Pref., Aug. 27 KYODO
— An H-! rocket, Japan’s experimental three-stage rock-
et, was launched successfully Thursday and the rocket-
carrying experimental technical satellite type 5 (ETS-5)
was successfully separated about 27 minutes later.
The 140-ton, 40-meter-ta!! H-! rocket, developed by
Japan’s National Space Development Agency (NASDA),
was launched from Tanegashima island in southern
Japan at 6:20 p.m. [0920 GMT], making a giant leap
forward in Japan’s space development technology.
After the successful release of the ETS-5 satellite,
NASDA estimated it got on its planned geostationary
orbit avove the equator slightly to the southeast of Japan
with its perigee 200 kilometers and apogee about 36,000
kilometers.
NASDA named the satellite Kiku (Chrysanthemum) 5.
Mongolia
Namsray Speaks at Youth Center Opening
OW241301 Ulaanbaatar MONTSAME in Russian
1348 GMT 22 Aug 87
[Text] [Passage indistinct] During his short address, T.
Narangerel, (?first secretary of the MRYL Central Com-
mittee), said that it was the (?youth) who came out as the
initiators for the construction of the center. They under-
took a broad fundraising campaign by encouraging sav-
ings in youth labor collectives.
He was followed by T. Namsray, member of the Polit-
buro and secretary of the MPRP Central Committee,
who stressed the important role the youth center must
play in implementing the party’s program task of devel-
oping the country’s younger generation in an all-round
and harmonious way.
The honored guests attended a ceremony at which new
members were received by the MRYL and presented
leading MRYL members the capital awards of the
MRYL Central Committee. They also toured the pho-
tography and art exhibition featuring works by young
masters.
The center’s music and dance hall today welcomed its
first guests in its discotheque. A concert by masters of the
arts was given in the center's 700-seat concert hall. Soon
more than 20 groups, clubs, and arts associations
devoted to a variety of youth interests will begin perma-
nent activities.
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Deputy Party Secretaries Need To Improve
OW280259 Ulaanbaatar MONTSAME in Russian
1345 GMT 27 Aug 87
[From the 27 August Press Review]
[Text] Ulaanbaatar, 27 Aug (MONTSAME) — Unen
editorial touc'1es on the competence of deputy secretar-
ies of party o-ganizations. The paper notes that, to this
day, antiquated concepts about the secondary (?role) of
deputy secretiwries of party organizations continue to
exist where it is necessary to select and place profession-
ally and politically well-prepared people in these posi-
tions, people who would be capable, where necessary, of
successfully coping with the duties of a first secretary.
Measures Taken To ‘Develop Microbiology
OW230753 Ulaanbaatar MONTSAME in English
1721 GMT 21 Aug 87
[Text] Ulaanbaatar, 21 Aug (MONTSAME) — The
MPRP Central Committee and the MPR Council of
Ministers have adopted a resolution on developing bio-
technology, introducing its achievements into the
national economy and also enhancing cooperation with
CEMA member-states in this field in accordance with
the comprehensive program of scientific and technolog-
ical cooperation up to the year 2000. The MPRP Central
Committee and the MPR Council of Ministers have
instructed the State Committee for Science and Technol-
ogy and the MPR Academy of Sciences to realize
together with appropriate organizations before the sec-
ond quarter of 1988 a target-oriented program of iniro-
ducing biotechnology achievements into agriculture,
industry and the public health system, of training qual-
ified personnel necessary for the branch as well as
expanding cooperation with the CEMA member-coun-
tries. The MPR Academy of Sciences is to set up an
institute of biotechnology. It is expected to considerably
expand and strengthen the material and technical foun-
dations of the institutions dealing with [word indistinct]
microbiology and provide qualified personnel.
Briefs
MPR Imports From USSR
Ulaanbaatar, 27 Aug (MONTSAME) — The MPR imports
from the S viet Union more than 90 of its machinery and
equipment requirements, as well as 100 of its requirement
for oil and rolled ferrous metals. Also, more than 40 of
imported consumer goods come from the USSR. The fruit-
ful cooperation with the UsoR and other fraternal countries
is developing and broadening. [Summary] /Ulaantar
MONTSAME in Russian 1332 GMT 27 Aug 87 OW]
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North Korea
Statement Calls for Deputy iminister Talks
SK280211 Pyongyang Domestic Service in Korean
0100 GMT 28 Aug 87
[Statement by the spokesman for the Foreign Affairs
Ministry calling for an immediate response on prelimi-
nary talks at the vice ministerial level for the North-
South foreign ministerial talks in which the U.S. secre-
tary of state will also participate]
[Text] More than a month has passed since the DPRK
Government advanced a new proposal for large-scale
arms reduction to ease tension prevailing on the Korean
peninsula and open a brighter prospect for peaceful
reunification.
We have proposed the holding of deputy ministerial
preliminary talks in Panmunjom either by the end of
August or on a mutually agreeable date for North-South
foreign ministerial talks, to also include the U.S. secre-
tary of state, and we have proposed urgently pushing
ahead with it.
Because of its justness and reasonableness — it has
sufficiently taken into account the starid of the South
Korean authorities who even pay lip service to dialogue
— this proposal of ours has evoked broad support and
sympathy at home and abroad. And not only the Korean
people, but also the world’s peace-loving people unani-
mously call on the United States and the South Korean
authorities to respond to it at an early date.
Nevertheless, the United States and the South Korean
authorities have not responded affirmatively to our
proposal for arms reduction while pursuing without
letup a confrontational and splittist line.
On 13 August, the South Korea: authorities in a state-
ment by the spokesman of the Foreign Affairs Affairs,
while talking about so-called national self-determina-
tion, opposed the holding of talks between the North-
South foreign ministers in which the United States
would also participate, and reiterated only the call to
hold North-South foreign ministers’ talks to discuss such
questions as simultaneous UN membership and cross-
recognition. They did not even say a word in response to
ovr proposal for preliminz.ry talks. This is a very insin-
cere act.
As for the principle of national self-determination, there
is no need for further explanation that this priuciple is
one of the fundamental stands toward the reunification
of the fatherland which the government of our republic
has invariably maintained since the first day of national
division, and that the proposal for large arms reduction
put forth this time is also based on the principle of the
national self-determination, and is to be thoroughly
real zed in the country as a whole.
Above all, it is ridiculous for the South Korean author-
ities, who have the 40,000-strong U.S. troops in South
Korea and have been deprived of even the prerogative of
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the supreme military command by the U.S. forces, to
talk about national self-determination.
If the South Korean authorities think that their unjust
stand of not responding on the North-South arms reduc-
tion talks, in which the United States will also partici-
pate, can be concealed by the veil of national self-
determination, this is a big miscalculation.
Today, to alleviate tension on the Korean peninsula and
create a favorable atmosphere for the future of the
peaceful reunification, above all, arms reduction must be
realized. Only then, can the acute state of the military
confrontation prevailing over the Military. Demarcation
Line be eliminated, and an atmosphere of trust be crated
between the North and South, and a breakthrough open
for the peaceful reunification of the country.
We should not merely repeat arguments over the
nation’s important issue, but should carry it into practice
by sitting face to face.
The question of arms reduction is not a pure domestic
matter of the nation, but an issue in which the United
States is directly involved. Therefore, it is clear to
everyone that not only the foreign ministers of the North
and the South but also the U.S. secretary of state should
participate in arms reduction talks.
Therefore, we call for North-South foreign ministerial
talks in which the U.S. Secretary of State will participate
and again maintain that to ensure the success of the
talks, preliminary talks of vice ministerial level officials
should be immediately held.
We think that these preliminary talks should be held
with the North and the South, as well as the United
States, participating. However, if this is inconvenient to
United States and the South Korean authorities, we even
call for first holding bilateral preliminary talks between
us and South Korea.
Proceeding from such a stance, we propose that the
preliminary talks be held at 1000 on 23 September at
Panmunjom and for this, our side will dispatch a dele-
gation comprising 4 or 5 members headed by a vice
ministerial official.
We expect that the South Korean authorities will pru-
dently handle our repeated proposals and will affirma-
tively respond to them.
28 August 1987
Commentary of Legacy of Slain Daewoo Worker
SK271315 Pyongyang Domestic Service in Korean
2153 GMT 26 Aug 87
[Nodong Sinmun 26 August commeniary: “A Heavy Blow
Must Be Dealt t2 Murderous Villains’’]
[Text] Anger and indignation prevai! in South Korea at
the Chon. Tu-hwan-No Tae-u murderous ring, which, by
launching a brutal tear gas canister attack, mercilessly
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murdered Yi Sok-kyu, a young worker of Daewoo Ship-
building Co who rose up in the struggle to demand that
democratic rights be guaranteed, that wages be
increased, and that the company’s unjust measure to
suspend its business be revoked. Workers at Daewoo
Shipbuilaing Co occupied Okpo Hospital in Koje, where
the corpse of youth Yi Sok-kyu is placed, and are
continuing a sit-in struggle there. Determined to deal a
heavy blow to the devilish murderers to take revenge on
them, they also boldly struggle almost daily with sit-ins.
The National Coalition for a Democratic Constitution,
which is headquartered in Seoul, decided to hold a
funeral service for the worker Yi Sok-kyu, who was
sacrificed by tear gas canisters, in the name of a demo-
cratic national funeral. They also organized the Seoul-
Inchon Funeral Committee comprised of representatives
of labor organizations, members of off-stage political
organizations, politicians, and student representatives.
Demanding that traitors Chon Tu-hwan and No Tae-u,
murderous villains, resign immediately, that the puppet
minister of home affairs and all other people concerned
be fired, that they make a public apology, and that tear
gas canisters not be fired, they declared they would
struggle to the end. Overwhe’med with sizzling hatred
and anger for the Chon Tu-hwan ring which bestially
murdered Yi Sok-kyu, a young worker who rose up in a
righteous struggle for democracy and the right to exist-
ence, we share with the workers and fellow countrymen
in the South their grief for the loss of a patriotic youth.
However, instead of recognizing and apologizing for its
murderous crime, at the 26 August r.ceting of DJP
postholders, challenging the voices at home and abroad
the demand that killers be punished, the Chon Tu-hwan-
No Tae-u ring babdbled about the intervention of off-
stage and outside forces and resorted to threats by saying
that they will sternly deal with the struggle of the
Daewoo Shipbuilding Co workers through a party-gov-
erment discussion.
In a meeting with reporters that day, the puppet prime
minister also babbled about the intervention of outside
forces and resorted to intimidation by saying that he can
no longer tolerate the political exploitation of Yi Sok-
kyu’s funeral. In this way, he disclosed the colors of a
member of the fascist cabinet who was sworn in to
guarantee the DJP hooligans’ extension of power.
This brutal murder was not an incident simply commit-
ted by some policemen taking place because they did not
follow the safety regulations on the use of tear gas
canisters. On 24 August, a prosecutor at the puppet
Masan Local Prosecutor’s Office disclosed an autopsy
report that four wounds were found in the murdered
youth Yi Sok-kyu’s breast and that several pieces of
metai shrapnel of various sizes were found in his lungs.
This is evidence that the fascist group is firing tear gas
Canisters not to control demonstraiors but to kill them.
He was killed because the Chon Tu-hwan-No Tae-u ring,
while seeking to extend its fascist dictatorship, mobilized
suppressive forces to indiscriminately attack peaceful
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crowds, demanding independence and the right to exist-
ence, with tear gas canisters. The ringleaders of Yi
Sok-kyu’s brutal killing are traitors Chon Tu-hwan and
No Tae-u themselves, who have indiscriminately sup-
pressed the struggle of the workers who rose up to seek
democratic freedoms and the right to existence, branding
it as an illegal destructive act. The puppet traitors are
unparalleled national butchers and devilish murderers.
Since it turned Kwangju into a sea of fellow country-
men’s blood and took power with guns and bayonets, the
Chon Tu-hwan-No Tae-u ring has successively commit-
ted the brutalities of murdering its fellow countrymen.
This year, the fascist clique bestially tortured and mur-
dered Pak Chong-chol, a student at Seoul National
University, and brutally murdered with tear gas canisters
Yi Tae-chun, a worker in Pusan, and Yi Han-yol, a
student at Yonsei University, both of whom rose up in
struggles.
Tyrants who have made killing their undertaking do not
last long. The rule of guns and bayonets by the Chon
Tu-hwan-No Tae-u ring, which considers its fellow coun-
trymen the objects of sacrifice for the U.S. imperialists’
colonial rule and the fascist dictatorship and which
frantically suppresses the people, must be buried to end
the politics of murder in South Korea. The young worker
Yi Sok-kyu will not have died in vain. The South Korean
workers and people will unfailingly avenge his death and
will drag the Chon Tu-hwan-No Tae-u ring, the murder-
ous ringleader, out to punish them in the name of
history, arduously struggling until they bury the fascist
dictatorship.
Daily Denounces No Tae-u’s Remarks
SK252351 Pyongyang Domestic Service in Korean
2154 GMT 23 Aug 87
[Nodong Sinmun 24 August commentary: “Deceptive
Balderdash Aimed at the Presidential Post”)
[Text] On 18 August, traitor No Tae-u, DJP president,
held a so-called public forum on the political situation
with some university students at the DJP’s political
training center in Karak-dong, Seoul. At the forum, he
ridiculously described himself as the only politician
qualified to be president and spun out exiremely brazen
and nauseating gibberish, talking about a way for unrav-
eling the Kwangju incident, the implementation of the
29 June declaration, and the existence of the United
States. This is an intolerable mockery of, and an open
challenge to, the South Korean people demanding the
clarification of the truth of the Kwangju incident and the
democratization and independence of society.
On that day, No Tae-u brazenly called himself one of
those who had expressed concern over the Kwangju
incident, and babbled that it would be good to wind up
the Kwangju incident with mutual pardon and the res-
toration of each other’s honor.
The Kwangju incident — an unprecedented homicidal
atrocity in which thousands of people were slaughtered
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en mass — is a criminal case that can never be shelved
merely with a pardon or few words.
Along with Chon Tu-hwan and Chong Ho-yong, No
Tae-u was one of the ringleaders and murderers who
submerged the city into a sea of blood by mobilizing
special airborne troops, making violent remarks that the
security of the United States was in jeopardy and the
insurgents must be annihilated.
Whom can the murderer pardon and whose honor can be
restore’? Furthermore, how can the Kwangju citizens and
people pardon the peerless murderers and national
butchers who ruthlessly killed fellow countrymen?
Only when Chon Tu-hwan, No Tae-u, Chong Ho-yong,
and other murderers and criminals atone for their atroc-
ity before the people and are executed according to the
stern judgment of history and the nation, can the mas-
sacre incident, the Kwangju incident, be wound up
legally, though the resentment and indignation of the
people may remain.
No Tae-u’s remarks about big progress in fulfilling the 29
June commitments are also brazen utterances. The 29
June commitments were entirely a deceptive and swin-
dling propaganda which he put forward to escape from
impending crises in the regime, prolong the fascist dic-
tatorship, and consolidate his power system while drag-
ging tin.e.
He would not be unaware that in a recent edition, the
Choson Ilbo of South Korea denounced No Tae-u, saying
that even though he had talked about democratization
with rosy words, not tenors of democratization but
currents of antidemocrat zation had become fierce; and
urged him to stop making remarks and verify his com-
mitments in practice. Nevertheless, he clamored about
progress in fulfilling commitments. This shows that
traitor No Tae-u is a despicable political imposter who
unhesitatingly conduct brazen acts of distorting facts to
deceive public opinion and to exalt his image.
Referring to relations between the United States and
South Korea, he babbled that South <orea is not subser-
vient to the United States and the United States has
rendered assistance to the development of South Korea.
This is disgusting balderdash which only a sordid pro-
U.S. flunkeyist traitor can make. No Tae-u is a truculent
pro-U.S. lackey who has been fed and systematically
tamed into a murderer.
It is precisely because cf No Tae-u’s devoted loyalty to
his U.S. masters that he was chosen as an heir to the
dictatorship.
The prattle of the puppet traitor nakedly revealed his
inherent nature as a pro-US. lackey.
Originally, the forum with students was part of dirty
popularity-seeking tactics designed to assume the presi-
dency by deceiving public opinion and by exalting his
image.
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The people’s resistance in June was precisely triggered by
the nomination of No Tae-u as a presidential candidate.
This indicates that No Tae-u has already been sentenced
to death. Although No Tae-u is desperately maneuvering
to take the post of power while mocking the people, they
will never pardon him.
60th Anniversary of LSWYK Celebrated
SK280439 Pyongyang KCNA in English 0404 GMT
28 Aug 87
[Text] Pyongyang August 28 (KCNA) — A central meet-
ing was held Thursday at the People’s Palace of Culture
to mark the 60th anniversary of the formation of the
Young Communist League of Korea led by the great
leader Comrade Kim Il-song.
It was attended by members of the Political Bureau of
the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea
Yi Kun-mo, Pak Song-chol and Yim Chun-chu, and
other senior party and government officials.
Pak Song-chol, member of the Political Pureau of the
WPK Central Committee and vice-president of the
DPRK, read out the congratulatory message of the WPK
Central Committee to the League of Socialist Working
Youth of Korea and all the young people on the 60th
anniversary of thc formation of the Young Communist
League of Korea.
The message says the formation of the league by Com-
rade Kim Il-song on August 28, 1927, was a historical
event of great importance in the development of the
revolutionary struggle of the Korean people and the
youth movement. This made it possible to ensure Com.
rade Kim Il-song’s leacership of the Korean revolution
more effectively and to train many young communists of
the new generation, build up the hardcore of the revolu-
tion and expand the revolutionary struggle in a new
stage.
Dwelling on the past 60 vears of proud victories and
glory covered by the Korean communist youth move-
ment which started along with the creation of the revo-
lutionary cause of chuche under the leadership of Com-
rade Kim Il-song, the message continues:
The basic duty of the Korean youth movement at present
is to siruggle to carry forward to completion the revolu-
tionary cause of chuche, the cause of our party pioneered
by Comrade Kim Il-song.
The great leader Comrade Kim Il-song said:
“Precisely on the youth of our age devolves the lofty task
of inheriting and completing from generation to genera-
tion the revolutionary cause of chuche which was paved
by the young Korean communists and which has devel-
oped through an arduous struggle of our people.”
It is the unshakable will of our party to further
strengthen the League of Socialist Working Youth, the
reserve force and assistant of the party, and bring up the
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young people to be revolutionary soldiers boundlessly
faithful to the party sc as to creditably carry through the
revolutionary cause of chuche to completion.
If the LSWY and youth are to inherit and complete this
cause, they must remain loyal to the leadership of our
party, first of all.
Loyalty to the leadership of our party is the life and soul
of the LSWY and the fundamental principle in the
building and activity of our youth organizations.
The reunification of the country is the greatest task of the
nation and a noble mission of the youth. The LSWY and
all the youth should vigorously struggle to foil the “two
Koreas” plot of the U.S. imperialists and the*~ stooges
and reunify the country independently 2°~ | ually
and should firmly support the South Ko -can —.uccats
and people in the struggle for independe: ~:. democracy
and reunification.
They should positively struggle to build a new, indepen-
dent and peaceful world free from imperialism and war,
im unity with the progressive youths of the world, and
support them with might and main in the struggle for
peace, democracy, national independence and the build-
ing of a new society.
Choe Yong-hae, member of the WPK Central Commit-
tee and chairman of the LSWY Central Committee,
made a report.
The Young Communist League of Korea under the wise
leadership of Comrade Kim Il-song performed its mis-
sion with success from the outset and played the pivotal
role in building up a strong internal force of the Korean
revoiution and developing the anti-Japanese national-
liberation struggle of our people as a whole and the
Korean communist movement, said the reporter.
The brilliant traditions of the communist youth move-
ment which were created in the early period of the
Korean revolution and consolidated in the anti-Japanese
armed struggle by Comrade Kim Il-song are a priceless
revolutionary asset for inheriting and bringing to com-
pletion the revolutionary cause of chuche; they reliably
guarantee constant development of the youth movement
of our country, he noted, and continued:
Our party has inherited the precious traditions estab-
lished in the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle and
constantly developed in depth the youth movement and
the building of youth organizations. Thanks to its wise
leadership, the youth movement in our country has
entered a new, higher stage along with the vigorous
march toward the modelling of the whole society on the
chuche idea.
Our glorious party with energetic ideological and theo-
retical activities and tested leadership is more powerfully
leading our youth movement to be a revolutionary
movement which upholds the revolutionary cause of
chuche pioneered by Comrade Kim Il-song and makes
substantial contribution to the struggle for the cause.
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On the basis of a deep insight into the essence of the
revolutionary cause of the working class and the law of
its development, our party clarified that the ycuth move-
ment led by the working-class party is, im essence, a
movement to carry forward to completion the revolu-
tionary cause of the leader, and indicated a guideline for
the youth movement to enhance its role in every way to
discharge this basic mission and duty.
The Korean youth movement is now in the period cf a
new great turn on the road of glory of upholding our
party’s revolutionary cause.
The entire people and youth should strengthen militant
friendship and unity with the peoples and youths of
socialist and non-aligned countries and all other progres-
sive peoples and youths of the world under the banner of
independence, friendship and peace and resolutely strug-
gle to smash the U.S.-led imperialists’ moves for aggres-
sion and war and defend peace on the Korean peninsula,
in Asia and the world.
All the young people should hold the 1 3th World Festival
of Youth and Students slated for 1989 in Pyongyang
under the noble idea of anti-imperialist solidarity, peace
and friendship as a grand international festival of friend-
ship and unity of the world youth and students who
cherish justice and truth, so as to contribute to the
development of the world youth and students movement
and the cause of world peace, the reporter stressed.
Nodong Sinmun Thursday carries an editorial entitled
“Let Us Carry Forward to the end the Traditions of the
Communist Youth Movement Under the Leadership of
the Party.”
South Korea
DPRK’s Paek Hak-nim Hong Kong Visit
SK280131 Seoul THE KOREA TIMES in English
28 Aug 87 p 2
[Text] Washington (YONHAP) — North Korea’s secret
police chief, Paek Hak-nim, recently visited Hong Kong
disguised as a sailor, Canada’s Ottawa Citizen reported
last Saturday.
According to the newspaper, the second visit by the
North Korean minister of security made Hong Kong
slightly nervous.
Paek’s first clandestine visit to Hong Kong was made in
1983, shortly before a North Korean ship left Hong Kong
for Burma, where terrorists under the minister’s com-
mand blew up 21 people, including some visiting South
Korean officials.
Considering that North Korean leader Kim Il-song
recently made a series of peace proposals, experienced
watchers believe another attack is imminent, the report
said. Kim’s last peace proposal was just days before his
minister of security went to Hong Kong for the first time,
the paper added.
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20,000 Attend Slain Worker’s Funeral
OW280811 Tokyo KYODO in English 0803 GMT
28 Aug 87
[Text] Koje Island, S. Korea, Aug. 28 KYODO — Some
20,000 workers, citizens and opposition members
attended a funeral held Friday for a shipbuilding worker
killed in a recent clash with police here.
Yi sok-kyu, 21, was reportedly striking with his co-
workers near the Daewoo shipyard last week when he
was hit by fragments of a tear gas bomb fired by riot
police trying to thwart the walkout.
The funeral was held at the shipyard’s playground under
the sponsorship of shipyard workers and opposition
forces.
They plan to hold condolence rallies at 19 sites nation-
wide Friday evening amid warnings by police authorities
that such rallies are illegal and that they will block any of
these gatherings.
Okpo Daewoo Shipyard To Resume Work
SK280055 Seoul THE KOREA TIMES in English
28 Aug 87 p 1
[Text] Koje, Kyongsang-namdo — Daewoo worker Yi
Sok-kyu who died in the swing of labor disputes here will
be buried at his hometown of Namwon, Cholla-pukto,
today, in accordance with the wishes of his family.
In a tripartite meeting among family members, company
executives and trade union leaders yesterday, the burial
site was set for Namwon and the funeral will be held in
the name of “democratic people’s funeral.”
Daewoo shipbuilding yard at Okpo which has long been
hit by serious labor disputes will resume operation
Monday after observing the mourning period and clear-
ing wp traces of the weeks-old disturbance.
The trade union side declared its position that Yi’s body
should be buried at Mangwol-dong Cemetery in
Kwangju in the meeting yesterday, but eventually gave in
to the family side, which was backed by the company.
Daewoo chairman Kim U-chong managed to persuade
the trade union into following the wishes of Yi’s family,
by saying that it was right from a humanitarian point of
view.
When the burial site was announced as Namwon, the
dissident body of the National Coalition for Democratic
Constitution [NCDC] said it would follow all decisions
made by the family and the trade union in carrying out
proceedings of the funeral.
The NCDC and other dissident organizations argued
that Yi should be buried in Moran Cemetery in the
vicinity of Seoul, where garment laborer Chon Tae-il is
buried.
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Some 1,000 workers held a sit-in in protest of the
decision to bury him at Namwon, maintaining their
position that he should be buried at the public cemetery
in Kwangju where victims of the tragic Kwangju incident
in 1980 are buried.
Meanwhile, tensicn mounted for a while when about 500
unmarried workers threatened to continue their strike,
dissatisfied with the labor-management agreement
because only married workers are entitled to 15,000 won
in residential allowance. The allowance is part of the
45,000-won wage hike accord reached shortly after mid-
night Wednesday.
Unmarried workers who account for almost half of the
entire work force at the shipyard, put forth an eight-
point demand, including the revision of the labor-man-
agement deal, while demanding trade union leader Yang
Tong-sang explain how he came to accept such a “‘disad-
vantageous” offer.
They briefly held a sit-in protest in the morning but the
situation which was feared to develop into another
dispute, was settled in a meeting between staff members
of the trade union and representatives of single workers.
The amount of compensation which will be offered to
Yi’s family by the company has not been decided. The
family members reportedly made known their intention
to establish a scholarship fund in the name of Yi Sok-kyu
with part of the compensation.
As the controversial issue concerning the burial site was
completely resolved, the shipyard was seen busy with
various preparations for the funeral amidst a grave
atmosphere.
Model for Solving Labor Unrest
SK280205 Seoul THE KOREA HERALD in English
28 Aug 87 p 3
[By staff reporter Yi Chang-sun]
[Text] The dramatic settlement of the Daewoo shipyard
strike has ushered in a model for solving labor unrest
that has gripped workplaces nationwide.
Labor and management produced an eleventh-hour
accord Wednesday by making concessions to both
stances during a series of negotiations, putting an end to
the 19-day shipyard strike.
The settlement provided a lesson that labor disputes
should be solved through negotiations between labor and
management and that violent protests do little in pro-
ducing a solution.
The labor protests at the Daewoo shipyard on the
southern island of Koje were evolving into a serious
political issue as members of dissident groups, including
the National Coalition for a Democratic Constitution
(NCDC), allegedly meddled in the strike.
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Many dissident group members scurried to visit the
shipyard workers died last Saturday from injuries he
received during a violent clash between protesting work-
ers and riot police.
Labor union leaders and dissident group members led
the strike and played a leading role in setting the date
and burial site for the dead worker, Yi Sok-kyu.
Union leaders, however, exercised wisdom in restricting
political dissidents from deeply meddling in their strike.
They declined the interference by “‘outside forces” into
the strike in the end and took the initiative :n last-ditch
negotiations with company executives.
Management and labor at the strike-ridden Daewoo
shipyard churned out an agreement Wednesday evening,
some hours after Kim U-chung, founder and chairman
of the Daewoo Group, announced a breakdown in talks
on pay hikes with union leaders.
The accord called for a uniform 45,000 won hike in
monthly pay for about 15,000 shipyard workers.
Labor and management also agreed to resume the oper-
ation of the shipyard from Monday after holding Yi’s
funeral today.
Union leaders and company executives went through
many twists and turns before they struck the accord.
A Catholic father and a lawmaker of the main opposition
Reunification Democratic Party reportedly facilitated
the agreement.
They urged both sides to make concessions to their
Original stances by meeting union leaders and company
executives separately behind the scenes.
Catholic priest Yang Kwon-sik, who came to Koje from
the Myongdong Cathedral in Seoul, persuaded union
leaders to back off from their demand of 70,000 won in
pay hike.
Union leaders agreed to cut down their demand from
70,000 won to 50,000 won.
At the same time, the priest asked Kim U-chung to
advance a new proposal for an early settlement of the
labor protests.
A ray of hope for the settlement shone Wednesday
afternoon when union leaders and company executives
began to show flexible attitudes, which stemmed from
Yang’s mediation.
The labor unrest at the Daewoo shipyard typifies labor
disputes in the country as it resulted from a stock of
complaints of workers at a debt-ridden company.
The shipyard workers demanded much higher pay, but
the shipyard was unable to comply with its workers’
demand as it has chalked up about 200 billion won in the
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red. Furthermore, the current slump in the worlds ship-
building business has driven the Daewoo shipyard into a
mire.
In the early stage, the company did not pay due attention
to the workers’ strike, which stimulated picketing work-
ers to stage violent protests.
The violent protests culminated last Saturday when Yi
was killed in a clash with riot police. He is the first victim
of labor unrest in years.
Yi’s tragic death, which made newspaper headlines, are
feared to bring about grave social turmoil by touching off
more labor disputes.
Union leaders and management, however, produced an
accord on pay hikes before Yi’s issue set off a wave of
more labor unrest.
Ministry Expects Labor Disputes To Ease
SK280155 Seoul YONHAP in English 0132 GMT
28 Aug 87
[Text] Seoul, Aug. 28 (YONHAP) — A large number of
labor disputes have occurred in the past two months
following the June 29 announcement of a democratiza-
tion package by No Tae-u, then chairman of the ruling
Democratic Justice Party.
A total of 2,251 labor disputes took place across the
country in the two-month period, accounting for 95
percent of the total disputes which took place in 1987,
according to figures compiled by the Labor Ministry.
In August alone, 2,180 disputes broke out, compared to
only 124 disputes reported in the entire January-June
period.
The labor-management disputes started by blue-collar
workers in Pusan and South Kyongsang Province and
rapidly spread to virtually all industries throughout the
country, ranging from shipbuilding, automotive, mining
and manufacturing industries to the service sector
including bus and taxi companies.
Due to negotiations between labor union leaders and
management representatives or through government
mediation, 1,635 disputes have been settled.
The manufacturing industry surpassed all industries in
the number of labor disputes with 1,335 disputes or 61
percent of the total, followed by the transportation
industry with 619, and the mining industry with 121
disputes.
About 70 percent of the disputes (1,584) took place in
small- and medium-sized industries each of which
employs less than 300 workers. Only 8.5 percent of the
disputes occurred in large firms each of which has more
than 1,000 employees.
Workers in most work places engulfed by labor disputes
demanded pay raises and better working conditions.
Demand for higher pay was the major cause behind
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1,379 labor disputes or 62 percent of the total, while
workers at 342 worksites demanded better working con-
ditions.
Meanwhile, the labor unrest is expected to cool down
with the establishment of settlement procedures through
direct negotiations between labor and management.
A Labor Ministry official said that the labor disputes are
expected to ease in September with management taking
a positive attitude in settling the disputes while the
government remains firmly determined not to intervene
in the labor-management conflicts.
He said, however, that the possibility exists of interven-
tion in the labor movement by university students and
dissident organizations in September when the nation’s
colleges and universities begin the fall semester.
Since June 29, 216 companies have temporarily sus-
pended operations due to labor disputes. Of the total,
113 companies have resumed operations while opera-
tions are still halted at 103 industries.
Most companies which suspended operations were in
Pusan, Taegu and the two Kyongsang provinces. Of the
216 companies, 86 companies or 40 percent are located
in Pusan, Taegu and Kyongsang provinces, while 55
companies or 26 percent are in Kyonggi Province and
the western port of Inchon. 40 companies are in the
Chungchong Provinces while 35 companies are in
Kwangju city, South and North Cholla provinces and
Cheju and Kangwon provinces.
Daily Denounces Interference in Disputes
SK271324 Seoul SEOUL SINMUN in Korean
26 Aug 87 p 2
[Editorial: “What Are the Opposition Forces Pursu-
ing?”’]
[Text] With the active interference of opposition forces
prompted by the death of a worker, labor-management
disputes have been seriously deadlocked. The words
“opposition forces’ interference’’ have recently been
construed to be the “worst situation” in our society.
Forces that intervene in an acute social problem when-
ever it arises due to discord and disputes will ultimately
drive the situation to the worst stage.
We have seen many scenes in which they instigate the
students — even at the site where a student burned
himself to death — and they got excited over the death of
a student as if to amuse themselves. This time, they are
attempting to intervene in the funeral of the worker Yi
Sok-kyu. The method of stirring up workers to change
the burial site from where the family wants, while raving
about the democratic national funeral, is a repeat of what
was seen at the funeral of the late student Yi Han-yol.
Obviously, they are attempting to unite all the workers’
forces throughout the country by creating a more
extreme and more radical atmosphere. We have to doubt
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the nature of the “opposition forces” who act like a
professional group seeking the destruction of society.
What on earth do they want?
An arbitrator is needed in any dispute. In particular,
only when the arbitrator — who rushes into the site of
fierce labor disputes with firm resolution to deal with
violence that may be touched off by the excited masses
— appears, will a result that is beneficial to the workers,
not to mention to management, be achieved. At a time
when such a fair arbitrator is earnestly needed, the
opposition forces came out to the site of dispute and are
disturbing the solution of the dispute while maneuvering
to cause unrest and disorder through provocative meth-
ods. We have to doubt their true intention. When young
men, who may lose their reasoning and pursue illusion
because of youth’s hastiness are sacrificed, adults, if they
are discreet and prudent, should encourage them to
reasonably and wisely handle the case while consoling
them. This is the reason and wisdom of adults who have
discretion and experience.
However, some adults who should deservedly have such
reason rush to the site where young men are sacrificed as
if they awaited such an occasion and attempt to create
the cause of disturbance while babbling about the soul of
the deceased and so forth. We cannot but view that they
want to pursue political aims even by wrecking the basis
of our living.
From the outset, it was our misfortune that the opposi-
tion forces came to existence and that we had to suffer
from their burden. However, the will for democratiza-
tion was accepted and is now being put into practice. The
aim of democratization constitutes the common virtue
which should be welcomed unanimously by the opposi-
tion forces. To realize such common virtue, the opposi-
tion forces should also play the affirmative role as the
arbitrator. The people expect this.
The people are concerned and worried about the acts of
the opposition forces who only seek to overthrow the
government and are attempting to block the settlement
of labor-management disputes and aggravate the situa-
tion. They should realize that most people think their act
of reducing our society to an irrevocable misfortune
would never be tolerated.
Needless to say, the death of Yi Sok-kyu is regrettable.
However, we should closely watch with vigilance the
interference of the opposition forces who only caused
destruction wherever they intervened in the current
labor-management disputes, on which they are maneu-
vering to exert their influence. We should block with our
own strength the act of dangerous outside forces who are
attempting to shake the roots of our lives.
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DJP Considers Mid-February Elections
SK280123 Seoul THE KOREA TIMES in English
28 Aug 87 p 2
[Text] The Democratic Justice party is considering hold-
ing parliamentary elections around the middle of Febru-
ary next year, shortly before the transfer of government
scheduled for Feb. 25, it was learned yesterday.
DJP secretary general Chong Sok-mo told reporters that
he “personally” favors the general elections to be held
about two months after the presidential election. The
ruling party is inclined to hold the direct presidential
election around mid-December.
“The people are not accustomed to simultaneous presi-
dential and parliamentary elections,” he said, comment-
ing On a recent call by DJP lawmakers elected from Seoul
to hold the two big political events at the same time.
DJP president No Tae-u also showed reluctance to the
call Wednesday, when he was asked for his opinion.
The party has so far reserved revelation of its plan for
generai elections in order “not to side with a certain
faction of the main opposition Reunification Demo-
cratic Parity ”
RDP president Kim Yong-sam insists on the holding of
the general elections by early February, while advisor
Kim Tae-chung by May after the inauguration of the
next government. |
Chong said, “Our party has not yet formally decided on
the timing of the general elections. And the schedule is
subject to negotiations with opposition parties.”
He made it clear that there would be no serious problem
if the elections were held one or two weeks before the
power transition.
The secretary general hinted his party wished to main-
tain the current parliamentary election system under
which two candidates are elected from each constituency
with some modifications in the number of constituencies
with the population growth.
“We will generously accept opposition demands on other
issues, if any,” he said. ‘
The DJP plans to hold public hearings or seminars on
those matters, according to Chong.
The political timetable will be put on the agenda for the
first formal meeting between No and Kim Yong-sam on
Monday. When fixed, the timetable will be stipulated in
the supplementary provisions of the new constitution,
being drafted in bi-partisan talks.
Interparty Faction for Kim Tae-chung
SK272353 Seoul THE KOREA HERALD in English
28 Aug 87 p 1
[Text] Kim Tae-chung’s faction, the Minkwonhoe,
moved to nominate him as the opposition candidate for
the presidency, heralding a stepped-up struggle for the
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candidacy between Kim Tae-chung and Kim Yong-sam.
At a factional meeting, Reps. Yi Chung-chae and Yi
Yong-hui said yesterday it is inevitable to nominate Kim
for president, now with the election only three months
away.
It was the first time that Kim’s supporters publicly
mentioned fielding him as the opposition candidate of
the presidency.
Rep. Yi Chung-chae, chairman of the Minkwonhoe, said
at the factional meeting that ‘we will spearhead the
effort to have Kim as the opposition camp’s presidential
candidate.”
“For that purpose, we will unify the Minkwonhoe with
the Minhonyon,” said Yi, who is also vice president of
the opposition Reunification Democratic Party. The
Minhonyon is Kim’s extra-parliamentary organization.
Rep. Yi Yong-hui also said, “We will win the race for
nomination and also the presidential election, and will
see that Kim will assume the presidency.”
Kim’s faction is expected to officially announce its
decision to promote Kim as the opposition candidate
next Tuesday when Kim’s two major organizations hold
a ceremony of unity.
Further on Nominating Kim
SK280211 Seoul YONHAP in English 0155 GMT
28 Aug 87
[Text] Seoul, Aug. 28 (YONHAP) — The contest
between Kim Yong-sam and Kim Tae-chung, the two
top leaders of the opposition Reunification Democratic
Party (RDP), over who will become the opposition
party’s presidential candidate, has entered a new phase
as Kim Tae-chung’s supporters have moved bluntly to
nominate their leader as the opposition candidate.
Rep. Yi Chung-chae, president of the Minkwonhoe (Peo-
ple’s Rights Club), Kim Tae-chung’s faction inside the
party, Thursday said during an urgent meeting of the
club’s board of directors, it is now inevitable to nominate
Kim Tae-chung as a presidential candidate who is
admired universally by the people. The RDP vice pres-
ident insisted that the genuine democratization of the
country could be achieved only by selecting the right
leader.
Rep. Yi, while explaining the background of the faction’s
decision to unite with Minhonyon, a group of Kim
Tae-chung’s followers outside the party, said, the merger
of the two bodies is necessary for efficiently coordinating
our efforts to help kim Tae-chung become the presiden-
tial candidate both inside and outside the party.
It marks the first time that Kim Tae-chung’s supporters
have openly discussed selecting their leader as the RDP
presidential candidate. Kim Tae-chung attended the
meeting but made no comment.
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Kim Yong-sam’s intraparty camp did not hand out any
official comment on Minkwonhoe’s initiatives, but one
close aid to Kim Yong-sam said, it is not helpful for
selecting a single presidential candidate to argue publicly
about the candidacy issue at the very time the two Kims
are discussing the matter themselves.
Rep. Pak Yong-man, another RDP vice president and a
leader in Kim Yong-sam’s intraparty faction, called
upon Kim Tae-chung to keep his earlier promise to select
a single candidate through compromise. Leaders should
take full responsibility for what they have said.
Meanwhile, Kim Tae-chung was reported Friday as
having said that the RDP, the major opposition party,
would succeed in fielding a single presidential candidate.
He did not rule out, however, the possibility of selecting
the candidate through a vote showdown rather than by
mutual compromise.
Kim Tae-chung, a 1971 presidential candidate, said in
an interview with The Korea Times, an English daily in
Seoul, that the RDP has no choice but to nominate a
single candidate through fair and open competition if he
and Kim Yong-sam fail to reach a compromise.
The selection of the presidential candidate has been a
very delicate problem facing the party since the two
Kims keep presenting differing ideas on how and when
the single candidate should be decided.
While Kim Yong-sam, the RDP president, continues to
insist that the presidential candidate should be deter-
mined at an early date such as by early September, Kim
Tae-chung, the party’s permanent adviser. ontends that
the timing should not precede the sch. duled plebiscite
for constitutional amendment scheduled for later this
year.
Kim Yong-sam also insists that a vote showdown must
be avoided in selecting the candidate in order to prevent
voters from perceiving an unnecessary image of intra-
party discord. Meanwhile, Kim Tae-chung does not
reject a possible vote on the candidacy should efforts at
compromise fail.
_DJP To Agree To Drop Residency Clause
SK260011 Seoul THE KOREA TIMES in English
26 GMT Aug 87 p 1
{Text} The majority Democratic Justice Party has virtu-
ally agreed to remove the requirement of continuous
five-year domestic residence for presidential candidacy
thus enabling opposition leader Kim Tae-chung to run
for president.
In return, the major opposition Reunification Demo-
cratic Party promised to “positively”’ consider allowing
independents to seek the presidency in the upcoming
presidential election in an inter-party negotiation on
constitutional amendment yesterday.
so agreed to complete the inter-party
details of the amendment by the
ical apparatus before Friday and not
The rival p
negotiatio
eight-men
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to refer them to a meeting between the heads of the
Opposing parties.
Rep. Choe Yong-chol of the DJP and Rep. Pak Yong-
man of the RDP told reporters after the meeting that ““we
have decided to complete the negotiation on the consti-
tutional amendment by Aug. 28 in order not to give the
party presidents a burden in the matter.”
The two parties had earlicr agreed to refer issues left
unsettled by the inter-party negotiation panel by the
deadline to “summit” talk originally expected to be held
on next Monday.
Rep. Choe said, “‘Our party will give a clear-cut answer
to the opposition RDP by tomorrow on dropping the
clause which stipulates that presidential candidates
should have lived for five years continuously within the
country to be eligible for the presidency.”
RDP permanent advisor Kim Tae-chung, who returned
home on Feb. 8, 1985 from his two-year stay in the
United States, was to be bound by the restriction.
The delegates of the rival parties agreed on some other
major points in the new constitution.
DJP, RDP To Make ‘Package Compromise’
SK280117 Seoul THE KOREA TIMES in English
28 Aug 87 p 2
[Text] Constitutional negotiators of the Democratic Jus-
tice Party and the opposition Reunification Democratic
Party yesterday decided to make a “package compro-
mise” on nine issues in a final talk planned for today.
They had a behind-the-scene deal on a unified draft for
a new constitution last night.
If the eight delegates, four each from the two main
parties, fail to produce a compromise today, they will
extend the deadline by two days, said Rep. Pak Yong-
man.
Pak, the RDP-side spokesman in the high-level talk,
said, “It seems difficult for us to complete negotiations
by the deadline on the remaining issues, all concerned
with the core interests of both parties.”
“But we will do the utmost to finalize our month-long
talk on constitutional amendment successfully before a
dialogue between DJP president No Tae-u and our
president Kim Yong-sam, slated for Monday,” he said.
Rep. Choe Yong-chol, the DJP spokesman for the talk,
also viewed that they would not refer the remaining
issues to the No-Kim talk as the circumstances allow
them.
They ended the talk only after sounding out each party’s
stand on the issues.
The nine pending issues include the lowering of the
minimum suffrage age by one year to 19, the installation
of vice presidency, independence of the central bank and
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workers’ participation in business management and due
share of profits, all demanded by the RDP.
The opposition party yesterday virtually agreed to with-
draw its calls for the instailation of the vice presidency
and a four-year presidential tenure with reelection allow-
able just once.
In a joint meeting of Kim Yong-sam, advisor Kim
Tae-chung and four constitutional negotiators, however,
they could not make a conclusion on labor rights to
participate in business adininistration and have due
access to profits as well as the franchise age.
Government To Begin Probes of Radicals
SK280107 Seoul THE KOREA TIMES in English
28 Aug 87 p I
[Text] The government has decided to launch an exten-
sive mop-up Operation against radical leftists, judging
that their subversive activities have reached a perilous
point posing a grave menace to the foundation of the
nation.
The toughest ever action was decided on in a Cabinet
session, which was called yesterday mainly to discuss
measures against the leftist-leaning elements after their
alleged intervention in protracted labor disputes at
industrial workplaces.
All Cabinet members discussed in depth how the weeks-
long labor conflicts will influence the on-going democra-
tization Campaigns rising up in all sectors of society.
Chairing the session in the morning, Prime Minister
Kim Chong-yol told Cabinet members, “All ministries
must act together to cope with the mushrooming of
radical leftists disturbing the nation’s foundation.”
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The premier said he is concerned that the continuance of
such social unrest may result in a serious hitch to the
smooth implementation of the political schedule for
democratization.
“We are now standing at a grave crossroads determining
whether we can make another take-off in national devel-
opment through the success of democratization or
whether we retreat into the abyss of confusion,” Kim
noted.
Kim expressed fear that the possible joint struggle of
workers and radical leftists might place the country in an
uncontrollably serious situation, calling for combined
cooperative efforts by all sectors of society to safeguard
liberal democracy against both radicalism and leftism.
“Mindful of the seriousness of the current national
situation, those in leading classes from all sectors of
society, including journalistic, religious and academic
circles, should exert joint efforts against the subversive
activities of leftists,” Kim said emphatically.
Justice Minister Chong Hae-chang reported to the Cab-
inet session that about 60 persons are the subject of
prosecution probes for their alleged subversive activities,
mainly at industrial workplaces, since a joint police-
prosecution investigation team was set up on Aug. 20.
Chong went on to say that the joint investigation team
will be further reinforced in the days head to ferret out
leftists and harsher action will be taken against them.
In a separate report, Ho.ne Minister Chong Kwan-yong
said that leftist forces, in conjunction with dissident
groups, are scheming a “leftist revolution” through vio-
lence, riding in on the current democratization move-
ment.
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Paper Comments on Ne Win Party Speech
BK271515 Rangoon BOTATAUNG in Burmese
16 Aug 87 p 4
{Editorial: “The Party Chairman’s Instruction at the
Special Meeting”’]
[Text] “If we have had successes, we should not become
complacent about them. Instead, it would be better or
more beneficial to bring forth suggestions on how to
achieve greater successes or to improve upon these
successes. Even more important than this is the failure
and the shortcomings . . . It is essential that facts are
stated openly when discussing and reviewing these fail-
ures.”” That was the guidance given with a very keen
foresight by the chairman of the Burma Socialist Pro-
gram Party [BSPP]. He was summing up the attitude that
must be adopted by the persons in charge of the party
and the state organizations in his speech at a coordina-
tion meeting of the [party] Central Executive Committee
and party factions of the State Council and Central
Organs of Power at the People’s Assembly Conference
Hall on 10 August 1987.
The Lanzin Party will strive for the success of socialism
in the country and organize the entire working people
while remaining concerned with and interested in the
aspirations and sufferings of the working people and
their plight. It is firmly convinced that success can be
achieved only when the working people themselves par-
ticipate in the constructive tasks that utilize the progres-
sive and innovative power of the working people. The
very life force of the Lanzin Party in essence is in
persistently upholding the interests of the Socialist
Republic of the Union of Burma and the people. In
serving the interests of the people, the party will objec-
tively review its policies, programs, and performance
and make necessary changes that will be conducive to the
interests of the people. While strictly adhering to its
basic work style, “from the people to the people,” the
party will work to realize the aspirations of the people
within the framework of its guiding principles and poli-
cies that are laid down in accordance with the wishes and
the conditions of life of the people.
The party, while choosing the middle path in accordance
with its guiding ideology, the System of Correlation of
Man and His Environment, remains alert to ensure the
interests of the people are not affected. Keeping itself
informed of the laws of the process of soci7! changes, the
party strives to ensure the path chosen is oriented in the
right direction. At the same time, it also gives due
emphasis to maintaining intra-party unity and political
stability, and ensures that the momentum of the tasks
being carried out are unimpeded.
Such are the ways that the BSPP has followed in uphold-
ing the interests of the state and the peop’: / |\))sugh the
party has been doing that, it does not take iis programs to
be complete, instead it constantly reviews them to make
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them more and more complete in accordance with the
guiding ideology. This being the case, work carried out in
that direction must be based on complete facts. Only
then will the projected plans and the future tasks contain
few mistakes and will be in accordance with the condi-
tions of the state. It is therefore essential that the
organizations responsible present the complete truth
without hiding any facts about the political, economic,
and social conditions in the state. In the same way as the
traditional saying goes, ““know the cause of the pain, and
medicine will be available,” will it then be possible to
find and practice the means that would benefit the
people.
In sum, we believe that the advice given by the party
chairman to report the true conditions and to offer good
suggestions so that better progress could be made, will
serve as guidelines for the personages in charge of the
party and the state organizations to follow seriously.
Cambodia
Chea Soth Receives Soviet Delegation
BK260703 Phnom Penh SPK in French 0426 GMT
26 Aug 87
[Text] Phnom Penh, 26 Aug (SPK) — Chea Soth, mem-
ber of the Political Bureau of the KPRP Central Com-
mittee and vice chairman of the Council of Ministers, on
Tuesday received in Phnom Penh V.N. Kozlov, deputy
chief of the Soviet subcommission of the intergovern-
mental Soviet-Cambodian Commission for Economic,
Trade, and Technical-Scientific Cooperation, who is
visiting Cambodia.
On this occasion, Chea Soth highly appreciates the
efforts of the Soviet Union in extending the multifaceted
cooperation between Cambodia and the USSR, thus
greatly contributing to restoring and developing Cambo-
dia’s economy.
He also expressed his conviction that the solidarity and
multifaceted cooperation between the two countries,
particularly in the economic field, will further develop.
For his part, V.N. Kozlov pledged to do his best to
develop bilateral cooperation.
Cultural-Scientific Program With GDR
BK251228 Phnom Penh SPK in English 1114 GMT
25 Aug 87
[Text] Phnom Penh SPK August 25 — A programme on
cultural and scientific cooperation for 1987-1990
between the People’s Republic of Kampuchea and the
German Democratic Republic was concluded in Phnom
Penh Monday.
Signatories on Kampuchea side was Hem Samin, vice
minister of economic and cultural cooperation with
foreign countries, and on the GDR side Rolf Dach,GDR
ambassador to Kampuchea.
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Under the programme, both sides will exchange special-
ized workers in various fields. The GDR will also grant
70 scholarships to Kampuchea, including 60 for higher
education students and 10 for postgraduates.
News Conference on Reconciliation Policy
BK271400 PHNOM Penh SPK in English 1259 GMT
27 Aug 87
[Text] Phnom Penh SPK August 27 — A press confer-
ence was called here this afternoon by the Kampuchean
Foreign Ministry to make public the national reconcili-
ation policy issued also here today by the People’s
Republic of Kampuchea.
It was attended by Kampuchean and foreign reporters
from SPK (Kampuchea), TASS, Novosti and T.V. Soviet
(the Soviet Union), VNA, NDN (Japan), WDR (West
German Television) etc.
Also present were representatives from various interna-
tional organizations.
Addressing Kampuchean and foreign reporters and
guests, Foreign Minister Kong Korm recalled the great
victories recorded by the Kampuchean people over the
past eight years and denounced the U.S. imperialists, the
Chinese expansionists and the Thai ultra-rightists for
their treacherous schemes against Kampuchea’s rebirth.
He pointed to the PRK’s good will, saying:
“Together with the two fraternal countries of Vietnam
and Laos, the PRK has advanced many constructive and
reasonable initiatives which have enjoyed sympathy and
support from world public opinion. Also acclaimed by
the world opinion were the partial withdrawal since 1982
of Vietnamese Army volunteers from Kampuchea, as
agreed upon by Kampuchea and Vietnam which will be
completed by 1990, and the PRK’s declared readiness to
enter talks with opposition Khmer individuals or groups
to discuss the national reconciliation on the basis of the
elimination of Pol Pot and his close associates.
‘Most recently, that good will was demonstrated through
the uhanimous approval by the People’s Republic of
Kampuchea, the Laos People’s Democratic Republic
and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, of the agreements
reached in Ho Chi Minh City on July 29, 1987 between
Vietnam, representing the three Indochinese countries,
and Indonesia, representing the ASEAN countries.
These agreements were considered by public opinion the
first step towards negotiation on the settlement of the
Kampuchean issue and question of peace and stability in
Southeast Asia. Regretably, the ASEAN foreign minis-
ters at their informal meeting in Bangkok on August 16
adopted a communique which was contradictory to these
agreements.
“That communique also renewed the so-called eight-
point proposal already rejected by Kampuchea, Laos and
Vietnam as well as by public opinion as a plot to bring
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the Pol Pot clique back to Kampuchea. The PRK flatly
rejected the August 16 communique in Bangkok and
hold that the Indochina-ASEAN agreements must be
kept respected. Clearly, their communique has run
counter to the prevailing demand in Southeast Asia and
the world over for the elimination of the Pol Pot geno-
cidal clique in order to pave the way for a correct
solution to the Kampuchean issue.
“With its good will and its high sense of responsibility
toward the nation’s destiny and the Kampuchean peo-
ple’s aspiration to live in peace without the threat of the
Pol Potists, and to rebuild the country, the PRK has
issued this policy on national reconciliation.”
He expressed his firm belief that this policy would
receive “‘positive response”’ from the Kampuchean peo-
ple of all strata, and that it would “actively contribute to
finding a correct solution to the Kampuchean issue and
the question of peace and stability in Southeast Asia”’.
“We welcome all constructive ideas contributing to the
materialization of that policy,” Kong Korm said.
Answering the question raised by the UNHCR [UN
High Commissioner for Refugees] representative about
the family reunion for Kampuchean refugees and over-
seas [as received] Kong Korm said the PRK Government
has taken and would continue to take into consideration
all cases, and hopes for further cooperation with
UNHCR in this matter.
Regarding a question raised by Scadavy Mathly Rouh,
president of the General Union of Kampucheans in
France about the possible temporary or permanent
return to Kampuchea of Kampuchean overseas, he said
they would be welcomed for visit or permanent stay so as
to serve the country.
SRV Reconciliation Policy ‘Unacceptable’
BK280703 (Clandestine) Voice of the National Army of
Democratic Kampuchea in Cambodian 2315 GMT
27 Aug 87
[Station commentary: “The True Nature of the National
Reconciliation Policy of the Hanoi. Vietnamese Enemy
Aggressors’”’]
[Text] Since the beginning of 1987, the Hanoi Vietnam-
ese enemy aggressors and their Soviet master have been
babbling about their Cambodian national reconciliation
policy. What is the significance and true nature of this
policy bandied about by the Hanoi Vietnamese enemy
and his Soviet master?
People are well aware that the Hanoi Vietnamese and the
Soviets have always said they support a Cambodian
national reconciliation policy. They said Cambodians
should talk among themselves. They said their puppets,
Heng Samrin and Hun Sen, should hold talks with
various resistance forces. They also said this national
reconciliation can only proceed once this or that person
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or certain resistance forces have been eliminated, and so
on. All this means that this Hanoi-Soviet national rec-
onciliation policy could proceed only after all national
resistance forces, which have been fighting against the
Vietnamese aggressors for the past almost 9 years, have
been destroyed. This therefore means that Vietnam’s
national reconciliation policy is not a two-party, three-
party, or four-party affair; this policy does not need
many different forces or parties to be reconciled within
Cambodia society. This Vietnamese national reconcilia-
tion policy means only one thing: There are only Viet-
namese puppet forces propped up in Cambodia to serve
as a smoke screen to cover up Vietnam’s act of aggres-
sion in Cambodia and no other forces.
So, people clearly see that the true nature of the Hanoi
Vietnamese enemy aggressors’ national reconciliation
policy remains that of aggression, occupation, expan-
sion, and annexation of Cambodian territory and exter-
mination of the Cambodian race. Through this, people
realize that the Hanoi Vietnamese enemy aggressors dare
not let their puppet forces in Phnom Penh be reconciled
with other nationalist resistance forces because the Viet-
namese enemy clearly realizes and knows that their
puppets are detested by the Cambodian people and have
been discarded from Cambodian society for a long time.
Therefore, these puppets cannot make themselves equals
to others within the Cambodian society and nation. If
the Vietnamese enemy dares let their puppets, who are
just excrement, join other national and patriotic forces,
then these puppets would automatically sink with no
support from the people. This is the significance and true
nature of the Hanoi Vietnamese aggressors’ Cambodian
national reconciliation policy, which is unacceptable to
all the Cambodian people and people in peace- and
justice-loving countries the world over, because accept-
ing this deceitful national reconciliation policy of the
Hanoi Vietnamese enemy aggressors is tantamount to
accepting Vietnam’s act of aggression in Cambodia as a
fait accompli.
Khieu Samphan Greets Romanian Minister
BK250650 (Clandestine) Voice of Democratic
Kampuchea in Cambodian 2330 GMT 24 Aug 87
[20 August Message from CGDK Vice President Khieu
Samphan to Romanian Foreign Minister Ioan Totu]
{Text] Your Excellency: On the solemn occasion of the
Romanian national day, cn behalf of the Cambodian
people, the CGDK, and in my own name, I am especially
glad to send you and the Government of the Socialist
Republic of Romania warm congratulations. I would
also like to wish the Socialist Republic of Romania rapid
development in every field in national construction.
May the Romanian people enjoy glory and happiness.
I would like to take this opportunity to once again
express profound gratitude to you and the government of
the friendly Socialist Republic of Romania for your
sympathy with the just struggle of the Cambodian people
and the CGDK for national survival and liberation
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within the framework of an independent, unified, peace-
ful, neutral, and nonaligned Cambodia.
May the existing friendly relations and good cooperation
between our two countries and peace- and indepen-
dence-loving people further develop.
{Dated] Democratic Kampuchea, 20 August 1987
[Signed] Khieu Samphan, vice president of Democratic
Kampuchea in charge of foreign affairs
Laos
Radio Expresses Support for DPRK’s Proposal
BK271349 Vientiane Domestic Service in Lao
0530 GMT 20 Aug 87
[Feature article: “DPRK’s Correct Proposal Is in Con-
formance With Era of Antiwar Struggle for Peace And
Cooperation”’]
[Text] Korea has been divided into two nations by the
U.S. imperialists and their henchmen for many decades.
The division is a very brutal act that they have carried
Out in accordance with their colonialist doctrine. Since
1975, the U.S. imperialists have dominated South Korea
and have turned it into their neocolony and military base
— a base which has been expanded with each passing
day. As a result, the situation in the Far East has become
increasingly tense and complicated. Peace and stability
in this region have also been always threatened by the
holocaust of nuclear war.
In light of this threatening situation, the Workers Party
of Korea and the DPRK Government have always
advanced creative peace initiatives aimed at resolving
the Korean problem through negotiations in order to
reunify the Korean nation through peaceful means and
without any outside interference to turn the Korean
peninsula into a nuclear-free and peaceful region. But, it
is regrettable that Korea’s proposals have not been
answered in a positive manner. The U.S. imperialists
have even increased their weapons buildup while con-
tinuing to conduct provocations and making war prepa-
rations against the DPRK. At present, the U.S. imperi-
alists have had more than 40,000 troops and more than
1,000 nuclear bombs in South Korea. The presence of
the U.S. troops and military bases with nuclear bombs
are considered the basic obstacles to the peaceful and
democratic reunification of the Korean nation.
In an effort to ease tension in the Korean peninsula and
to create a new hope for the peaceful reunification of the
nation in accordance with the aspirations of the entire
Korean people who desire to do away with the threat of
war and to live in peace on their unified land, on 23 July
1987 the DPRK Government issued a statement propos-
ing that military forces be reduced systematically and
extensively. It is clearly noted in the five-point proposal
that the north and the south must guarantee the mainte-
nance of military balance by gradually reducing weapons
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in three stages — from 1988 to 1991 — and that
beginning from 1992, the number of troops of each side
must be only 100,000. It is also proposed that the U.S.
side must also withdraw its troops systematically and
that when the number of troops of the north and the
south is reduced to 100,000 each, the United States must
withdraw all its military forces and nuclear weapons
from South Korea and must dismantle its military bases
in the Korean peninsula. Each side must also inform the
other and the world of these periodic steps it takes. The
U.S. side must also do the same. Afterward, the demili-
tarized zone betwe.. the north and the south must be
turned into a zone of peace. A group of observers from
various neutral countries must then be organized to be
stationed there to take active control in place.
To successfully do so, the DPRK Government has pro-
posed multilateral talks on disarmament between North
and South Korea and the United States in Geneva in
March 1988 with the participation of representatives
from Poland, CSSR, Switzerland, and Sweden as observ-
ers and as members of the Committee of Neutral Coun-
tries for observance of the cease-fire in Korea. To once
again reiterate its sincerity and to practically pave the
way for the arms reduction in the Korean peninsula, the
DPRK Government has decided to unilaterally reduce
its troops by 100,000 in late 1987.
This proposal is in conformance with the era — the era
of the struggle against war, in particular nuclear war, and
in Opposition to an arms race and for peace and cooper-
ation. The peace movements in Laos as well as the entire
Lao people fully support the DPRK Government’s pro-
posal and consider it as a reasonable and equitable
proposal. Therefore, if the United States and the South
Korean Administration wish to see the Korean people
enjoy peace and independently build their lives on their
own land free from foreign control, they must positively
respond to this proposal of the DPRK.
on Thai, Regional Situation
BK260500 Vientiane Domestic Service in Lao
0430 GMT 20 Aug 87
[Feature on talk between “Comrade Ka” and “Comrade
Han” — recorded}
[Excerpt] [Passage omitted] [Han] Now, comrade, let’s
talk about the situation in Indochina, meaning in Viet-
nam, Laos, and Cambodia. After our three Indochinese
countries achieved victory, and particularly after the
genocidal Pol Pot regime was completely overthrown in
Cambodia following the uprisings of the Cambodian
people which led to the establishment of the PRK on the
genuine path of socialism, the U.S. imperialists and the
international reactionaries, in collaboration with the
ultrarightist reactionaries in the Thai ruling circles, have
sought every possible means, military and political, to
oppose the revolutions of the three Incochinese coun-
tries.
[Ka] I see, comrade.
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{Han] In Laos, they have mobilized Thai troops to seize
our three villages, and recently they stationed troops in a
jungle on Lao territory. Moreover, comrade, certain
groups of Thai troops have collaborated with a Thai
company in encroaching on our forests and illegally
felling logs in the Kong Deuan and the Nam Ngeung-
pakman areas in Sayaboury Province. Regarding this, we
have warned them on many occasions, but they have
ignored our warnings. Moreover, they have even con-
dicted provocative and divisive acts under many differ-
eit forms against us. Their purpose is to seek ways to
engage in conflicts with Laos.
[Ka] Is that so, comrade?
|,.an] Yes, comrade. As for Cambodia, they have fos-
tered and assisted the Pol Pot clique and the Cambodian
reactionaries with the aim of having them return to
resisting the Cambodian revolution. They have then
cooked up the so-called Cambodian problem by always
making slanderous propaganda charging that Vietnam
has invaded and occupied Cambodia and that Vietnam
has encroached upon Thai territory.
[Ka] They always try to turn black into white and vice
versa. Is that right, comrade?
[Han] Yes, it is certainly right, comrade. It is they who
want to distort the facts about the situation in Cambo-
dia. They have not recognized the PRK government, but
instead recognize the Pol Pot-Sihanouk-Son Sann
regime.
[Ka] That’s funny.
[Han] They have stubbornly retained the seat of the
Democratic Kampuchea government in the United
Nations. This is not an appropriate act, comrade.
[Ka] Of course, not, comrade.
[Han] While making hundreds of slanderous charges
against others, the U.S. imperialists, as well as other
international reactionaries, have actually stepped up
their assistance to the Thai Army. For example, they
have given more warplanes, weapons, armored vehicles,
and tanks to the Thai army. Moreover, they now plan to
set up a war reserve stockpile in Thailand. At the same
time, they have organized joint military exercises
between the Thai and U.S. naval, army, and air forces.
[Ka] I see. The purpose of their deceitful propaganda
slandering other people is to cover up this scheme.
{Han] You are right, comrade.
[Ka] Well, comrade, this is like the old saying: the head
is hidden while the tail is left in the air, and when the tail
is covered, the head is laid open to view.
[Han] Absolutely right, comrade. And now [they] are
bringing into full play their psychological warfare.
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[Ka] Is that so, comrade?
[Han] Yes. Despite their military and political defeats,
they have refused to stop engaging in the war with us.
[Ka] Look, comrade, what is this psychological warfare?
Could you tell me about it?
{Han] All right, comrade. Psychological warfare is, by
nature, more subtle than any other type of war.
[Ka] ! see.
[Han] It is very vicious. It is aimed at attacking our weak
points whenever we lack vigilance. Those who maintain
what they call a free line of thinking and those who
maintain ambitions or who are not firm in their line of
thinking as well as those who are greedy and live a
playful life will be the targets of psychological warfare,
comrade.
[Ka] I see, comrade.
[Han] Psychological warfare is particularly aimed at the
contingent of cadres, soldiers, and youths in the army.
{Ka] I agree with you, comrade. First and foremost, they
want to sabotage the contingent of the army because
soldiers are considered the backbone of the party and the
strength of the nation. Don’t you think so, comrade?
{Han] You are completely right, comrade.
[Ka] If they successfully sabotage the army, it means they
have disarmed us.
[Han] What they are afraid [of] now are the arms in our
hands.
[Ka] If we lack vigilance, we will lose. It can be said that
by nature, psychological warfare is as sweet as sugar.
Money and gold as well as other necessary items are used
as its tools. But, we should not excessively care for these
things. Right, comrade?
{Han] Of course, comrade, we should not. [Ka] We
should correctly think of it this way: They are just buying
us off with poison and those who accept it will certainly
get poisoned.
{Han] That is right, comrade.
[Ka] Psychological warfare is actually mental warfare. It
is part of the war carried out by the imperialists and
serves the strategy of the imperialists’ war of aggression
which is aimed at ruling the world in accordance with
their neocolonialist schemes.
[Han] I see.
{Ka] In carrying out this psychological warfare, they
have resorted to deceitful propaganda to undermine the
spirit and correct line of thinking of our youths, soldiers,
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and cadres as well as fraternal people in general. Their
purpose is to make us surrender to them directly or
indirectly. But, corarade, ‘o achieve success in psycho-
logical warfare takes a long tume. No successes can be
expected in a short period.
[Han] Oh, I see, it needs a long time.
{Ka] Yes. Ir this type of warfare you have to cater to the
different tastes of different types of people.
[Han] Oh, that is the way they do it.
[Ka] Now, comrade, the main purpose of the imperialists
and the international reactionaries as well as their hench-
men in carrying out the psychological warfare in Laos at
present is to undermine the spirit of our army and people
to fight to defend the country, to maintain the new
system, and to build and develop the country. They will
then replace this spirit with a yielding spirit and a spirit
of having no attention to consolidating or building
forces, lacking vigilance, and maintaining no readiness
to fight or to fulfill any task. This is what they want us to
be. In addition, their purpose is to disrupt the solidarity
between the army and the people and the Laos-Vietnam-
Cambodia solidarity. They have carried out deceitful
propaganda distorting our party’s correct political policy
of peace to serve this purpose.
[Han] I now understand it more clearly. Now, comrade,
are the enemies continuing to carry out this psychologi-
cal warfare scheme?
[Ka] Certainly, comrade. They daily carry out this
scheme. Therefore, our cadres and soldiers as well as our
people should further heighten vigilance. First of all, we
must profoundly appreciate and firmly grasp the party’s
political line, enhance the confidence, and maintain a
firm stand on distinguishing friend from foe even more
clearly.
[Han] Yes, that is a very important issue, comrade.
[Ka] Yes. And in particular, we must strengthen the
solidarity among Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia. If we
fail to profoundly understand or to firmly grasp the line
and policies as well as views of the party in connection
with the present situation, we can be defeated by the
enemies.
[Han] You are right, comrade.
[Ka] This is because the enemies have always sought for
our weak points so that they can interfere.
[Han] That is true. It is therefore necessary for all units
to pay attention to further educating and training broth-
ers to enable them to appreciate the party’s line and
policies ever more profoundly. Right, comrade?
[Ka] Yes.
[Han] Actually, comrade, in the past, we have main-
tained profound vigilance against the schemes of the
enemies. Nevertheless, we want it to be even better.
Well, I think this issue is now clear.
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[Ka] Do you have anything else, comrade?
[Han] I think that is all.
[Ka] Well, if you have nothing else, when you return to
your unit you should try to further educate and train
fraternal soldiers to help them clearly understand the
enemy’s psychological warfare and encourage them to
heighten their vigilance.
[Han] Okay, comrade. I have to go now. Good-bye.
[Ka] Good-bye, comrade. We will see you again.
Philippines
Reportage on Coup Attempt by Rebel Troops
OW272315 Tokyo KYODO in English 2307 GMT
27 Aug 87
[Excerpts] Manila, Aug. 28 KYODO — Rebel troops
attacked the Malacanang Presidential Palace and the
government radio-television station early Friday in an
apparent coup attempt. Witnesses and radio news
reports said two truckloads of soldiers tried to storm the
broadcasting station but guards and soldiers in the
compound resisted.
The government radio, which was still broadcasting, said
rebel troops also tried to seize military helicopters in the
Air Force Headquarters in Villamor Air Base. It did not
say whether there was fighting in the suburban camp.
Hospitals reported at least four were killed, including a
rebel soldier and a Filipino photojournalist, and 30
injured in shooting near the palace in central Manila.
The government radio station said a foreign news pho-
tographer, Robert MacDonald, died when he was hit in
the head by sniper fire from inside the broadcast station
while taking pictures.
Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Fidel Ramos, speaking
over radio station DZRH, said President Corazon
Aquino was safe and the Armed Forces were in control of
the situation.
_ Ramos said “‘mutinous soldiers” tried to assault the
palace at around 1:00 a.m. but were repulsed by loyalist
troops. He said about 200 to 300 rebels came from
Nueva Ecija Province, 80 kilometers north of Manila.
The Armed Forces chief said the rebels were issuing
“propaganda” claiming to support “‘the combination of
Ramos and Senator (Juan Ponce) Enrile.”
Armed Forces spokesman Col. Honesto Isleta, speaking
over private radio station DZRH, said the rebels were
led by young military officers who were dissatisfied with
President Aquino’s counter-insurgency program and
military policies.
He said the rebels controlled a portion of Camp Agui-
naldo, the Armed Forces Headquarters in suburban
Quezon City. [passage omitted]
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Philippine Constabulary spokesman Lt. Col. Cris Mara-
lit said Col. Gregorio Honasan, Enrile’s former security
officer, is a leader of a rebel group of about 200 men at
the gates of Camp Aguinaldo, the Armed Forces Head-
quarters in suburban Quezon City.
Honasan is a leader of the Reform the Armed Forces
Movement (RAM) which opposed Marcos.
Vice Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Renato de Villa said over
radio that they were preparing a “counter-attack” and
controlled the entire Armed Forces.
He said fighting was limited to the area around the
palace in central Manila and in the broadcast station in
suburban Quezon City north of the capital.
Aquino announced the suspension of classes in Metro-
politan Manila and appealed for calm. Witnesses and
radio field reporters said the rebels wore Philippine flag
patches which were upside down, the red field of the flag
above the blue.
At least five other soldiers mutinies and rebellions have
been staged since Aquino took power but the attack on
the palace was the most serious, involving more rebel
troops and causing more injuries and deaths.
There were no loyalist troop reinforcements for the
beseiged government station as of 3:00 a.m., about an
hour after it was attacked. A Marine armoured personnel
carrier was seen approaching Nagtahan Bridge toward
the palace about a kilometer east of Malacanang but it
could not be immediately determined if it was part of a
government reinforcement.
The attack came two days after a nationwide transport
strike called to demand a rollback in fuel prices crippled
Manila and key cities around the country. Presidential
Executive Secretary Joker Arroyo said the timing could
indicate an alliance between rightists and leftists but
added that he was not sure. He said he did not want to
speculate on the identity of the mutineers.
Cabinet Meeting Called
HK272356 Manila Far East Broadcasting Company
in English 2345 GMT 27 Aug 87
[Text] President Aquino has called an emergency cabinet
meeting on the attempted coup and the situation nation-
wide. At this time, cabinet members are arriving at
Malacanang Palace, summoned by the president. Armed
Forces Chief of Staff General Fidel Ramos is also
expected to attend. Reports from Maiacanang said that
security at the palace has been tightened, with more
troops deployed around the area. The emergency cabinet
meeting is expected to begin any moment now, behind
closed doors.
Rebels in Camp Aguinaldo
HK280012 Hong Kong AFP in English 0003 GMT
28 Aug 87
[Excerpt] Manila, Aug 28 (AFP) — Rebel troops were
allowed Friday inside the main Armed Forces camp in
suburban Manila after failing to take the presidential
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palace and the government broadcasting complex, mili-
tary officials said.
Armed Forces spokesman Colonel Honesto Isleta said
they allowed 250 to 300 armed rebel troops led by
Colonel Gregorio Honasan inside the sprawling Camp
Aguinaldo to protect civilians outside the camp from any
gunbattle.
At least seven people have been killed and 70 others
injured, mostly civilians, in clashes outside the palace
and the broadcast complex, hospital officials said.
The rebels had earlier positioned themselves at the main
gate of the camp, which faces a heavily-populated resi-
dential area.
Col Isleta said at 7:30 am (2330 GMT), about six hours
after the attacks began, that the rebels were allowed
inside after talks with camp officials. [passage omitted]
Photographer, Others Killed
HK280040 Manila Far East Broadcasting Company
in Tagalog 0000 GMT 28 Aug 87
[Text] We have just gotten the latest update from the
field. At present, nine have died and scores have been
wounded. At Channel 4, a photographer working for an
Australian publication called Pacific Defense Reporter
has been killed. It is not known if he is Australian. There
is a confirmed report that Colonel Honasan and other
leaders of the mutiny are holed up right now at Camp
Aguinaldo, at one section where the enlisted men are.
Rebel Troops in Camp Crame
HK280054 Hong Kong Commercial Radio in English
0030 GMT 28 Aug 87
[Excerpt] Philippine Government troops claim to have
repulsed an attempt by renegade forces to overthrow
President Aquino, but at least two rebel groups are still
holding out. Mrs Aquino and her senior aides went on
the radio 4 hours after the coup bid started and said the
revolt had been crushed and that mopping up operations
were on. But our correspondent in Manila, Brian Allen,
when asked if the coup had: been foiled, said it was
definitely not over.
{Begin Allen recording] Definitely not; the plot has not
been crushed. Rumor has it now that rebel military
people are now inside of Camp Crame. It is being led by
the people who led the coup in January, the attempted
coup in January. They are still fighting in Manila, gunfire
is still going on. There are at least 10 civilians dead, 44
injured on both sides of the fence. We do not know how
many military people have been killed or injured,
because that’s all been behind the scenes, and we have
not been allowed to see it.
This time it is the bloodiest attempted coup ever, and
this time civilians have been killed in large numbers.
[end recording]
SOUTHEAST ASIA
Renegade troops are also occupying part of the Philip-
pine Air Force Headquarters building at the Villamor
Base. A sergeant refused further comment to newsmen.
The military said a group of rebels, led by Colonel
Gregorio Honasan, was entrenched inside one of the
gates of the capital’s Army camp. Sporadic gunfire
continued in the vicinity of the state-owned television
channel on the outskirts of Manila.
It is believed that Armed Forces chief Fidel Ramos has
offered to negotiate with the mutineers. President
Aquino herself said in her radio address that she is well,
and there is no cause for alarm. She was confident that
she would be able to resolve the crisis in a few hours.
Mrs Aquino has called an emergency cabinet meeting
later today. The rebels are understood to have comman-
deered two armored personnel carriers, a truck, and a
civilian bus. Mutineering troops are also reported to be
near the police headquarters. [passage omitted]
Regional Headquarters Seized
HK280111 Hong Kong AFP in English 0110 GMT
28 Aug 87
[Excerpt] Manila, Aug 28 (AFP) — Rebel troops Friday
seized control of the .:<gional military headquarters of
central Luzon and held its commanding general hostage,
the state-run Philippine News Agency (PNA) reported.
The report on the seizure of Camp Olivas in Pampanga
Province north of here, which President Corazon
Aquino was supposed to visit Friday morning, came
after security forces in Manila repulsed attempts by rebel
troops to seize the presidential palace and the govern-
ment broadcast complex in Manila overnight.
The rebels who seized the camp and took regional
commander Brigadier General Eduardo Taduran hos-
tage were led by Colonel Reynaldo Berroya and Major
Manuel Divina, former Pampanga provincial com-
mander and deputy commander respectively, PNA said.
Maj Divina is a known ringleader of troops loyal to
deposed President Ferdinand Marcos. He had been
involved in past attempts to topple Mrs Aquino. [passage
omitted]
Army Spokesman’s Statement
HK280247 Baguio City Mountain Province Broadcasting
Company in Tagalog 0215 GMT 28 Aug 87
[Text] We have Colonel Honesto Isleta, Armed Forces
spokesman:
[Begin Isleta recording] Colonel Gringo Honasan is
apparently in charge of one faction [words indistinct]
General Ramos [words indistinct] instructions to get
them dead or alive. This is why I would like to speak to
them. Camp Aguinaldo is surrounded. We will just kill
each other — actually them. We have no option but to
get them dead or alive but we don’t want to do this. We
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have still not given a time limit for this ultimatum. All
we want is that Honasan call us up here by telephone or
listen to the radio for a message from Gen Ramos. We
would like them to lay down their arms and go to GHQ
{general headquarters] where the other generals are. We
have communicated with General Ermita who is inside
GHQ. They have a plan of action, orders given by Gen
Ramos. So far there have been no untoward incidents
and we don’t want to have any.
We will not negotiate anymore. They just have to lay
down their arms because they have already violated the
law. They have entered the camp in violation of all the
articles of war.
We have had no confirmation about explosions at Villa-
mor Air Base. A radio station has said there has been an
explosion just a few moments ago but we have still
received no reports here on that. There is also a rumor
about the domestic airport being controlled by the
rebels, as well as the airport at Cagayan de Oro. We have
had no report from Major San Andres on that situation.
We want to alert all Armed Forces personnel that the
chain of command is still intact, with the Commander in
Chief President Aquino, General Ramos, and the secre-
tary of national defense.
There was an accidental firing at Villamor Air Base,
relayed in a call from Lieutenant Joe Rodriguez. Gen
Ramos has received this report. The report about sen-
tries hit by gunfire from rebel forces, choppers, [words
indistinct] and ready for battle. If these people are
prepared to battle against helicopters — those people
have no pilots to man the helicopters. Villamor Air Base
is under the control of General Sotelo. The troops are
surrounding all these camps and there will be bloodshed
if these rebels insist on fighting.
DZRC Legazpi City reports that the airport is sur-
rounded by troops who are flying the flag upside down.
We have received reports that some of those people are
flying red flags. And Gringo Honasan has been seen
urging soldiers in Camp Aguinaldo to turn the flag
upside down. We cannot say at this time if these are our
men or theirs.
Press Secretary Urges Calm
HK280315 Quezon City Radyo ng Bayan in Tagalog
0245 GMT 28 Aug 87
[Text] Here is Press Secretary Teddy Benigno:
[Begin recording] [Benigno] I just want to comment
{words indistinct] and ask people to remain calm. The
situation continues to be (?improving) and the govern-
ment [words indistinct] are steadily stabilizing the situ-
ation. However we would like to call upon the citizenry
to avoid the area in and around Camp Aguinaldo
because [words indistinct] a very sensitive area, and we
would like to try to [words indistinct]. We would like to
warn people in that area to stay out of that vicinity
{words indistinct].
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[Unidentified reporter] Mr Secretary, what about Colo-
nel Martellano’s threat to attack Channel 4 if it is not
turned over to them? This group is supported by almost
90 soldiers and an armored personnel carrier and some
of them have recoilless rifles. We are informing you of
this because we would like to request that soldiers be sent
here to protect us because we cannot be sure if Martel-
lano’s threat will be carried out. Just a few of us from
Radyo ng Bayan are left here, besides a few security
guards and soldiers. We would appreciate having some
more soldiers sent here.
[Benigno] [Words indistinct] asking Colonel Martellano
not to push through with his threat to attack Channel 4,
because in the final analysis [words indistinct]. We hope
they realize that what they are doing is [words indistinct}
of government, and that the overwhelming majority of
Filipinos and the overwhelming majority of the Armed
Forces support (?this government). So I would ask them
to [words indistinct] because, as I said, the (?unravelling)
of this situation is [words indistinct]. [end recording]
Broadcasting Complex Occupied
HK280302 Hong Kong AFP in English 0254 GMT
28 Aug 87° -
[Text] Manila, Aug 28 (AFP) — Rebel troops Friday
seized control of a broadcast compiex as a nearby state
television station went off the air for unknown reasons, a
staff member said.
The takeover of Broadcast City, which houses the tele-
vision stations Channel 9 and 13, came after the rebels
were repelled by security forces at a nearby official
broadcast complex, which houses Channels 2 and the
government's Channel 4.
The rebel-held stations have not yet started broadcasting.
Channel 4, the official state television station, suddenly
went off the air at about 0330 GMT. [as received] The
pro-government Channel 2 was still broadcasting when
news of the Broadcast City takeover came.
Broadcast City, taken over by the government last year,
was occupied by five truckloads of rebel troops who were
later joined by the former manager of the facility, a staff
member trapped inside told Agence France-Presse by
telephone.
The source said the manager was apparently preparing to
use the complex to broadcast rebel messages.
Baguio, Bicol Situation
HK280353{Editorial Report] Manila Far East Broadcast-
ing Company in Tagalog at 0250 GMT on 28 August
says that a Sikorsky helicopter carrying unidentified
soldiers landed near the general headquarters in Camp
Aguinaldo. Traffic in the area remains normal.
The announcer adds that a report from Baguio says the
situation there is “generally peaceful,” and that “the
Philippine Military Academy [PMA] gives full support
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to our Armed Forces and the government,” thus denying
earlier reports that PMA cadets have renounced their
pledge of allegiance to the government.
The announcer then gives an update on the situation:
Channel 13 is back, session going on in the Batasan
[National Assembly building], and an unconfirmed
report says that the “north expressway is now sealed off
by rebels with inverted flags on their uniforms.”
An unidentified correspondent from Legazpi, Bicol
Province, says soldiers sighted at the Legazpi Airport
‘are not rebel soldiers,” and that a provincial Integrated
National Police official identified as (Colonel Fisio)
claims the soldiers’ presence is “part of precautionary
measures.” When asked if the soldiers were wearing
inverted flags, the correspondent answers in the positive,
but reiterates that the soldiers “say the inverted flags
mean nothing.”” The announcer reminds her that the
inverted flag signifies war. At this point, the connection
with the Bicol correspondent is interrupted. At 0255
GMT, the announcer issues unconfirmed reports that
Camp Olivas in Pampanga has been taken over by
“soldiers wearing inverted flags.”
He then quotes a Reuter report about Colonel Gringo
Honasan’s statement asking people to pray for them and
reiterating that they are not pro-Marcos elements but
only seeking to “articulate the problems of the Armed
Forces.”
Ramos Statement
HK280424 Baguio City Mountain Province Broadcasting
Company in English 0345 GMT in 28 Aug 87
[Text] The Armed Forces of the Philippines’s [AFP]
Capital Regional Command has deployed forces along
major exits in Metro Manila to possibly arrest partici-
pants in the coup attempt. Unconfirmed reports this
morning said the rebel forces have already taken control
of the north expressway, Broadcast City and part of
Camp Aguinaldo.
Meantime, from Malacanang, Under Secretary Danny
Gozo read to newsmen some announcements pro-
nounced by General Fidel Ramos, the Armed Forces
chief of staff.
[Begin Gozo recording] To all radio stations, I would like
to read a memorandum that was sent a while ago by Gen
Fidel Ramos, the chief of staff, to all service commanders.
It says: To all service commanders regarding the
attempted coup by rebel forces numbering 800 led by
Colonel Gringo Honasan.
Maintain integrity of your units. Maintain law and order
in population centers, government and local officials,
and be prepared to protect the National Capital Region
and the general headquarters with combat troops. Do
not, repeat, do not, believe rebel propaganda being
broadcast by the rebels that the AFP has been taken over
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by them. The entire chain of command, from the com-
mander in chief to the chief of staff of the AFP, Gen
Ramos, from all service commanders to the defense
secretary, Rafael Ileto, and other cabinet members are all
on the job and coordinating with each other to maintain
control of the situation.
Gen Ramos and all service commanders in the National
Capital Region and commanders in the field are in
support of President Corazon C. Aquino and the govern-
ment. Report situation to GHQ [general headquarters]
[words indistinct] or PC-RECOM [Philippine Constab-
ulary-Regional Command] channel. Signed: General
Ramos.
The second statement I would like to read:
The government enjoins the public to stay calm and keep
their faith in our government and the Armed Forces. Our
Armed Forces, except for some mutinous elements,
remains steadfastly loyal to President Aquino’s govern-
ment and are in firm control of the situation. We are
appealing, however, to our civilian populace to stay
indoors and keep out of places where possible confron-
tations might occur to prevent unnecessary injuries to
civilians. Their continued presence may not only endan-
ger their lives but also impede the counteroperations by
government forces against the mutineers.
The chain of command of the Armed Forces is firmly
intact and continues the flow exchange of information
between the [words indistinct] quarters and [words
indistinct] units remain uninterrupted. Our command-
ers in the field have reaffirmed their loyalty to the
government and the commander in chief, and are in
control of the situation in their respective areas.
Both announcements are being issued by the government
in coordination with Gen Fidel Ramos as the GHQ. [end
recording]
Gunfire at Camp Aguinaldo
HK280405 Hong Kong AFP in English 0357 GMT
28 Aug 87
[Excerpt] Manila, Aug 28 (AFP) — Artillery and auto-
matic rifle fire broke out Friday at the main Armed
Forces camp here where rebel troops were holed up after
failing to seize the presidential palace.
An AFP correspondent on the scene said firing began
inside Camp Aguinaldo, where rebel and pro-govern-
ment troops held positions, at about 0335 GMT after
Armed Forces chief General Fidel Ramos — who was in
a nearby camp — ordered the rebels to surrender.
[passage omitted]
Firing at Camp Crame
HK280436 Baguio City Mountain Province Broadcasting
Company in English 0355 GMT 28 Aug 87
[Text] [Announcer] Our mobile unit No 5 is coming in:
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{Unidentified reporter] We are here at Scout Albano and
Panay Avenue. Crowds are running because the military
have been shooting — they have been carrying flags
which have been reversed, with the red color on top.
[Announcer] Mobile unit No 2 is coming in:
[Unidentified reporter] There is shooting going on
[sounds of shooting] and they have hit a coconut tree,
which has fallen down right by gate 2 [words indistinct].
There is shooting at Camp Crame [words indistinct]
(?aimed) at Camp Aguinaldo. We are here in the middle
of the island at EDSA [Epifanio de los Santos Avenue].
{sound of shooting] Those shots come from Aguinaldo
aimed at Crame. The bullets are whizzing on high.
[Announcer] We have a report from Bing Formento at
Mobil Unit 11 who is near Crame:
{[Formento] We are on Santolan Road [words indistinct]
the civilians on the road have been told to go home and
stay indoors. A 6x6 truck came along full of soldiers, who
sprayed bullets from their armalites at the civilians.
Seven persons have been hit. The fighting between the
two factions — the group under Colonel Gringo Hona-
san and the supporters of General Ramos and General
Renato de Villa — is going on. The former have said they
will take over Camp Crame, but all we can see at the
moment is bullets whizzing by. [ounds of shooting]
Meanwhile, the people are still massing here, massing as
though they were watching a show. So we are warning
people not to come to EDSA, or they may get hit by stray
bullets.
Air Base Reportedly Taken
HK280459 Baguio City Mountain Province Broadcasting
Company in Tagalog 0345 GMT 28 Aug 87
{Summary from poor reception] Soldiers wearing
inverted flags have been seen in Villamor Air Base and
are claiming that the said base has been taken over by
rebel forces.
Correspondent Bing Fomento reports shooting taking
place in Camp Aguinaldo between Ramos’ and Gringo
Honasan’s forces. He says that Ramos’ forces have so far
failed to enter the building occupied by Honasan.
Ramos Orders Assault
HK280504 Hong Kong AFP in English 0501 GMT
28 Aug 87
[Text] Aug 28 (AFP) — Armed Forces chief General
Fidel Ramos ordered an assault by police and Army
troops Friday on rebel troops holed up inside Armed
Forces Headquarters in Manila, eyewitnesses said.
Gen. Ramos ordered the attack on Camp Aguinaldo
from Camp Crame, the headquarters of the paramilitary
constabulary which is across the avenue.
He also announced that Marines were coming to his aid.
SOUTHEAST ASIA
Meanwhile, police began an assault on rebel troops holed
up in a hotel next to the state television complex at about
0430 GMT, eyewitnesses said.
A rebel armoured personnel carrier came out of the hotel
and proceeded to a gate of the compound, accompanied
by civilians flashing “V” hand signs associated with
former President Marcos, but it was cornered by govern-
ment troops, eyewitnesses said.
Two powerful explosions were heard after the assault
began.
Fighting broke out between rebel forces and government
troops at Camp Aguinaldo after officials had let the
rebels into the camp for talks.
Once inside the camp the rebels, who moved to the
Armed Forces Headquarters after a failed pre-dawn
attack on the presidential palace, refused to surrender.
Gen. Ramos said earlier that some 800 troops were
involved in the coup attempt.
The House of Representatives approved in a brief and
tense special session a resolution condemning the coup
attempt and calling on the Armed Forces to uphold
civilian supremacy.
A lot of seats were seen vacant in a broadcast of the
session on the independent Channel 7 station, which
said only 100 of the 190 members appeared.
Representative Lorna Verano Yap, wife of Presidential
military aide Colonel Edilberto Yap, was shown with an
assault rifle under her desk.
Government forces and rebel troops traded artillery and
automatic rifle fire across the eight-lane EDSA [Epifanio
de los Santos Avenue], site of the peaceful revolt that
installed Mrs Aquino in power 18 months ago, eyewit-
nesses said.
Reporters two blocks away felt the impact of the explo-
sions.
Two houses near Camp Aguinaldo were hit by artillery.
The casualties could not be immediately determined.
Hundreds of spectators watched the exchange of fire
near EDSA, scampering away when the gunshots came
too close.
Interview With Rebel Leader
BK280932 Melbourne Overseas Service in English
0803 GMT 28 Aug 87
[From “International Report”)
[Excerpt] And now to our main story — the attempted
military coup against the government of President
Aquino of the Philippines. And, as you have heard in the
news, fighting is continuing between troops loyal to
President Aquino and rebel forces.
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Early this morning, Corazon and John Mills spoke with
the coup leader, Colonel Gregorio Honasan, outside the
rebel stronghold at Camp Aguinaldo.
[Beginning recording] [Honasan] What has been happen-
ing is the younger officers of Armed Forces have been
forced again to assume a moral burden that is the full
responsibility of our seniors.
[Mills] What is the moral burden then?
{Honasan] The moral burden is the unification of our
people, [word indistinct] of justice, freedom, through
freedom. Not a freedom that is dictated by a group that
claims self-righteousness.
[Mills] Which group is that you are talking to?
{Honasan] A group above us, around us.
[Mills] The world is going to see this as another coup
attempt. Is that...
{Honasan, interrupting] No, this is not a military coup
attempt. This is not a military [words indistinct]. We are
fighting for the children, our children, and the children
of other Filipinos. [end recording] [passage omitted]
Rebels Broadcast TV Message
OW280526 Tokyo KYODO in English 0524 GMT
28 Aug 87
[Excerpt] Manila, Aug. 28 KYODO — Channel 13
repeatedly broadcast a pre-taped message by a leader of
the young officers revolt who was shown seated among a
dozen battle-fatigue-clad comrades who carried Israeli-
made Galil assault rifles.
THe rebel officer said they had “effective control” over
Camp Aguinaldo (the military general headquarters) and
Camp Villamor Air Force Base and “expect to have the
entire country under control by the end of the day.”
“This is not a loyalist, rightist or leftist move,” said the
officer, who did not identify himself. ‘‘We want to assure
you that this is not directed against the citizenry, rather,
we seek remedy to the vicious cycle of over-indulgence in
politics which now pervades our society.”
He said that the country did not have the “luxury of
time” and that “various threat groups,” an apparent
reference to communist insurgents and leftist organiza-
tions, “are practically knocking at our doors.”
“We have thus taken it upon ourselves, your servants
and your soldiers, to initiate the struggle for justice,
equality and freedom which our senior officers have
failed to do or simply refused to undertake.”
He added, “our political leadership has likewise failed
us.”” [passage omitted]
Airport To Close Overnight
HK280650 Hong Kong AFP in English 0647 GMT
28 Aug 87
[Text] Manila, Aug 28 (AFP) — The Manila Interna-
tional Airport (MIA) will be closed overnight for security
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reasons due to the military coup attempt, MIA general
manager Aurelio German announced Fiiday.
Government troops secured the suburban airport’s fuel
depot and other vital facilities following fighting
between rebels and security forces at the adjacent Camp
Villamor, the Air Force headquarters, eyewitnesses said.
Mr. German said the airport is to be closed from 6 p.m.
Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday (1000 GMT TO 2200 GMT
Friday).
KYODO Reporter on Situation
OW280715 Tokyo KYODO in English 0646 GMT
28 Aug 87
[Excerpts] Manila, Aug. 28 KYODO — Hundreds of
rebels troops staged an apparent coup attempt in the
Philippines Friday, seizing control of the government
television and radio station and of the military general
headquarters, Camp Aguinaldo. [passage omitted]
Soldiers loyal to Aquino attacked Camp Aguinaldo Fri-
day afternoon in a bid to wrest control from the rebels.
The attack was launched from Camp Crame, the Philip-
pine Constabulary headquarters, used by Armed Forces
Chief of Staff Gen. Fidel Ramos as his command center,
across the Epifanio de los Santos Avenue [EDSA] high-
way.
Ramos said loyalist troops had “‘little by little” taken
over areas previously held by rebels.
Reporters said they heard sporadic automatic fire and
explosions from grenade launchers on both sides of the
highway. They said it sounded as though soldiers were
firing their weapons over the eight-foot-high fences of
the two camps, separated by an eight-lane 32-meter wide
highway.
Kyodo News Service reporter Ibarra Mateo, who was at
the scene, said the ground shook with each loud explo-
sion and curious onlookers who ventured on the highway
fled when they heard continuous firing.
He said he was told by soldiers and policemen who
mingled with the crowd that the explosions were caused
by either cannons or bazookas but such weapons could
not be seen from where he was standing outside the two
camps.
He said a man identified as Roger Alimbuyog was hit in
the ear by either a bullet or a fragment of shrapnel while
in his house near the highway.
Civilians complained to reporters that they had been
injured in the crossfire and said they hoped the fighting
would end. They did not say which side they supported.
A crowd of about 1,500 civilians approached close to two
government soldiers near a corner gas station who were
taking stock of rebel positions inside Camp Aguinaldo,
but they scatiered at the sound of gunfire.
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The Philippine Constabulary command in the Central
Visayas region south of Manila threw its support behind
the rebels in Manila.
The decision came after a meeting attended by officers
from the Constabulary, police and other military units in
Cebu City, the Philippines’ second-biggest metropolitan
center, 550 kilometers southeast of Manila.
“The whole Visayas is with us and there shall be no
political interest and no political figure involved,” a
rebel officer who asked not to be identified told reporters
there. [passage omitted]
Situation Update
HK280743 Manila Far East Broadcasting Company
in English 0640 GMT 28 Aug 87
[Text] Here is a news summary of the whole situation:
The situation remains fluid and uncertain as rebel troops
remain in control of their strongholds of the various
camps they have occupied. This includes Camp Agui-
naldo, Villamor Airbase, and other areas. At news time
there is no development at Camp Aguinaldo. But AFP
[Armed Forces of the Philippines] Chief of Staff General
Fidel Ramos said they have launched attacks at the
southern sector of the camp occupied by the rebels. The
casualties so far are at least 29 dead and over 100 injured
since the mutiny broke out very early this morning. The
rebel officers including a certain Colonel Jose Reynaldo
said they have some 5,000 troops at their stronghold at
Camp Aguinaldo. Colonel Gregorio Honasan, the leader
of the coup, was reported seeking the ouster of General
Ramos. The rebels accused the military leadership of
being weak and vacillating against the communist rebels.
A rebel statement said the country is in danger of falling
by default into the hands of the communists. The rebels
claimed to have the support of many military units in
Luzon. General Ramos has moved his headquarters to
Camp Crame just opposite Camp Aguinaldo. He is
directing all operations against the rebels from there.
At Malacanang, President Aquino remains at the palace
and was reported safe. She held an emergency meeting
with her cabinet this morning but no details of the
meeting have been disclosed to the public.
Over at the Senate and the Lower House resolutions of
support for the President and the government were
passed. The House and Senate resolution condemned the
rebellion. The opposition senators Juan Ponce Enrile
and Joseph Estrada were absent when the Senate held a
special session. In a radio statement, Estrada said the
mutiny should awaken the government to the needs of
the people.
Over at Washington, President Reagan expressed pro-
found concern over the situation in the Philippines. He
announced continuing support for the Aquino govern-
ment. The US. President in an announcement released
by the U.S. Embassy in Manila condemned the rebellion.
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Exiled former President Marcos declared in Hawaii he is
not involved in the revolt by troops in the Philippines.
He also said he will not violate his promise not to get
involved in the attempts to destabilize the Aquino gov-
ernment.
At Channel 4, rebel troops entrenched at the nearby
Camelot Hotel have been [words indistinct] protecting
the television station until two this afternoon to give up.
The channel has ceased broadcasting.
Over at Villamor Airbase, the situation is also [word
indistinct] with the rebels reported still in control. Early
reports said they have taken Air Force Chief General
Sotelo hostage. This has not been confirmed but General
Sotelo has not made any statement. A report said gov-
ernment troops have attacked and fighting is going on.
Earlier General Ramos ordered his field commanders
and the chiefs of major services to carry out operations
to ensure security and maintain peace and order in their
respective areas.
In Bulacan, portions of the highway have been blockaded
by troops loyal to the government to prevent the
reported rebel reinforcements coming from the north.
A late development said the government Channel 4 TV
station has been recovered by government troops after
an assault shortly after twelve. noon.
Sources involved in watching Marcos said agents of the
U.S. FBI have warned airlines today that the ex-president
might try to leave Hawaii apparently bound for Manila.
The sources said the U.S. Justice Department official
visited Marcos and his wife Imelda to reconfirm they were
still in their guarded house and rented home at the
outskirts of Honolulu. U.S. and Philippine officials are
known to have kept a close watch on Mr Marcos since he
was prevented from flying to Manila last January.
Quezon City Mayor Simon said Metro Manila mayors
are holding emergency meetings on the rebellion and
assured that the government is taking all measures to
ensure the safety of the people in the metropolis. He said
all moves by the civil government are in coordination
with the military. Mayor Simon assured the people that
the situation is under control.
Government Station Retaken
OW280725 Tokyo KYODO in English 0713 GMT
28 Aug 87
[Text] Manila, Aug. 28 KYODO — Soldiers and police-
men loyal to President Corazon Aquino regained control
of the government television and radio station Friday
afternoon from rebel troops who held it for less than two
hours, Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Fidel Ramos
said.
One policeman was killed and another was wounded in
the assault, in which | 2 rebel troops surrendered, accord-
ing to a police officer at the scene.
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Policemen in military fatigue uniforms armed with auto-
matic rifles took part in the assault on the broadcast
facility which also houses the private radio-television
network ABS-CBN and the state-run Philippines News
Agency.
Metropolitan Manila Gov. Jejomar Binay, clad in a
bullet-proof vest, later led a contingent of 50 in entering
the station’s main gate in suburban Quezon.
Ramos said another television facility, Channel 13,
earlier occupied by some of the hundreds of rebels “will
be knocked off the air,” by government forces. He did
not elaborate on how and when. The station had been
airing a pre-taped appeal for popular support for the
rebels.
He said the Channel 7 television station, which was
occupied by rebels in a coup attempt in January, was
safe.
The Armed Forces chief said all roads into Manila from
the north had been blocked by loyalist troops in the
province of Bulacan.
The Philippine House of Representatives passed in a
unanimous vote a resolution condemning the rebel
attacks and expressing full support for the Armed Forces
under Ramos. It called on the people to rally behind the
president.
The rebels attacked the Malacanang presidential palace
at around | a.m. Friday, the same time that they
attacked the government television station, but were
repulsed by loyalist troops.
Ramos said 15 rebel troops surrendered during the first
assault to dislodge the renegade soldiers occupying
Camp Aguinaldo, the Armed Forces headquarters, at
about the same time as the government broadcasting
station was retaken.
He said six men on the government side were wounded
in the assault, including Col. Cesar Nazareno, deputy
commander of the Capital Regional Command.
Ramos said loyalist forces had retaken the enlisted men’s
village inside the camp, representing about half of the
camp area.
Two armored vehicles and a tow truck pulled apart a
chain that bound a gate of the camp, which faces the
temporary loyalist headquarters in Camp Crame across
the EDSA Highway.
Aquino Issues Statement
HK280752 Hong Kong AFP in English 0746 GMT
28 Aug 87
[Text] Manila, Aug 28 (AFP) — President Corazon
Aquino said her son was injured and three of his body-
guards killed during a pre-dawn attack on the presiden-
tial palace here Friday
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Mrs. Aquino, speaking in a hoarse and grave voice over
an independent television station, ordered government
forces to destroy rebel troops holed up at the Armed
Forces main camp here after failing to seize the palace.
“I order the chief of staff of the Armed Forces to
terminate this mutiny as soon as possible,” Mrs. Aquino
said in the live nationwide broadcast. ““There will be no
terms. I have nothing to say to these traitors.”
She said that government forces had begun using artil-
lery against the rebels and “the assault is to continue
until the rebellion is crushed.”
“We shall defeat and punish these traitors,” she said.
Mrs. Aquino said the rebels wanted to restore the rule of
her deposed predecessor Ferdinand Marcos.
She said most of the fatalities — 17 dead and more than
70 injured as of the latest count by Agence France-Presse
— were civilians, including government supporters who
were shot when they jeered the palace attackers.
‘“*Let me assure our people that government is firmly in
control of the situation,” she said, commending govern-
ment troops now moving against rebels.
“*T will not permit these people who lie to us to restore the
repression of the past dictator,” she said. “I know my
power comes from you my people.”
‘*Please remember this always: that if we are together we
can defeat these monsters. You know I am very optimis-
tic because I know that you and I will always be together
to protect our freedom.”
Further on Aquino Statement
HK280825 Manila Far East Broadcasting Company
in English 0725 GMT 28 Aug 87
[Statement issued by President Corazon Aquino at an
undisclosed location in Manila on 28 August —
recorded]
[Text] Last night rebel soldiers attacked Malacanang.
The Presidential Security Group, with tragic loss of lives,
decisively defeated them. The rebels then fled to Camp
Aguinaldo. Groups of rebels went on to try to seize
Channel 4. This attempt has likewise failed. As com-
mander in chief, I order the chief of staff of the Armed
Forces to terminate this mutiny as soon as possible.
There will be no terms. I have nothing to say to these
traitors. Before noon today I ordered an assault on the
rebels in Camp Aguinaldo. We have opened up with
artillery. The assault is to continue until the rebellion is
crushed. There will be no terms. The rebels say they
mean the people no harm but outside Malacanang this
morning they gunned down innocent civilians who had
cheered for our government. The majority both hurt or
killed by the rebels have been civilians.
Speaking as your president, let me assure our people that
the government is firmly in control of the situation. We
shall defeat and punish these traitors. The Armed Forces
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and police, true to their pledge of loyalty to flag, country,
and commander in chief, are at this very moment
moving to destroy this threat. I commend their bravery.
{Following passage in Tagalog] As your president I am
again calling on everyone, begging you not to forget our
difficulties and the lives that were lost in order to restore
our freedom and democracy.
These people are here again trying to defraud us claiming
to be caretakers of our freedom. According to them they
are doing this for our future and the future of our
children. But at 0200 this morning, my only son Noynoy
was shot and injured. Three of his companions were
killed and one is seriously hurt. I will not permit these
people who lie to us to return to the past dictator’s
repression. I know that my power comes from you, my
dear countrymen. Let us always remember that if we all
unite we can suppress these monsters. You know my
hopes are high because I know that you and I will unite
to guard our freedom. Thank you very much.
‘Fierce’ Fighting at Aguinaldo
HK280835 Manila Far East Broadcasting Company
in English 0815 GMT 28 Aug 87
[Text] Government troops have launched fierce attacks
at the stronghold of rebel forces inside Camp Aguinaldo.
Fighting is fierce and casualties are believed to be heavy.
General Ramos unleashed his troops after President
Aquino gave the go signal ordering General Ramos to
give no terms to the rebels.
Military Spokesman Comments
BK281745 Quezon City GMA TV 7 in English
0825 GMT 28 Aug 87
{Interview with Colonel Honesto Isleta, Armed Forces
spokesman, at Camp Crame with an _ unidentified
reporter in the Channel 7 studio — live]
[Text] [Reporter] Colonel Isleta, this is Jessica. I would
just like to know the situation right now in Camp Crame.
I believe that’s where you are right now.
{Isleta] Well, Camp Crame, Jessica, is the the command
post of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in connec-
tion with the recent coup attempt by the rebel troops
under Honasan. General Ramos and Secretary Illeto are
here right now with General de Villa, the vice chief of
staff and chief PC [Philippine Constabulary].
{Reporter] What is the situation there in Camp Agui-
naldo across the street from where you are, sir?
{Isleta] According to the latest report, Camp Aguinaldo
has been penetrated by our troops from Gate 2 and we
have practically reached the main building of Aguinaldo,
and right off there were 15 rebel troops who surrendered
to the task group commander, Colonel Renidado, of the
Philippine Army. And we also have four rebel troops
from behind D and D [not further clarfied] building who
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also surrendered to task group commander, to include
two officers, a Lieutenant Colonel Alfe and a Major
Lucas, both from the officers’ lineup of the rebel troop of
Honasan. And also right now a Marine battalion or
brigade, I believe, under Colonel Balbas has just entered
Aguinaldo to proceed to the south of Aguinaldo to take
over what is remaining of the rebel troops in Camp
Aguinaldo.
[Reporter] Could you see, sir, right now, who has the
upper hand in Camp Aguinaldo?
[Isleta] You know, it’s like a boxing bout wherein the
umpires cannot just give out the points, so let’s wait for
the final round and we'll tell you who has the upper
hand. But, obviously, you can see that we are pursuing
the initiative and that their troops are already giving up,
including officers, so you can deduce probably that the
Armed Forces of the Philippines, which is solid behind
the commander in chief, the president of the Philippines,
recognizes and has loyalty to the chain of command, has
the upper hand.
[Reporter] Where are those who surrendered right now?
{Isleta] I believe they are now with the task group’s
headquarters. I don’t know exactly where they are now.
To include those who have now given up, we have some
15 troops also from the GMA-4 [television Channel 4] .
... NO, no, no, no... from Channel 4... TV 4, who gave
up also when the forces of General Lim took over the
Channel 4. And then there were 70 troops who came
from (Batasan) who were supposed to reinforce Channel
9 in (Delpin) who also surrendered to the task group who
were protecting the area there.
[Reporter] What is the situation at Broadcast City?
[Isleta] Broadcast City right now is off the air because we
have dismantled their antenna at [name indistinct] and
we were supposed to do this by use of an aircraft, but
Mayor Simone and his men made a brave move to
dismantle the parabolic antenna by themselves.
[Reporter] Do you have men there in Broadcast City or
is there an exchange of fire between both parties right
now?
[Isleta] Well, right now there are no troops from us. I
believe there are some [word indistinct] around Chan-
nels 9 and 13 in Broadcast City.
[Reporter] We heard a while back from our reporter June
Botisa that they heard gunfire within the vicinity of
Camp Aguinaldo.
[Isleta] Well, we had several, not only a few gunfire
rounds. We had even recoillesss rifle fire and hand
grenade fire.
[Reporter] Is it still going on, sir?
[Isleta] There is sporadic fire as long as our troops are
moving up. And they meet with rebel forces, who put up
resistance, and definitely there is a fire, a firefight.
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[Reporter] Here is Jose Marivellas. I think he wants to
ask you some questions.
{Marivellas] The way I count the ones who have surren-
dered, it’s a little bit less than 100. If the original count
of the rebels is about 800, does it mean that about 700
are still there in Camp Aguinaldo?
[Isleta] No, the people who entered Camp Aguinaldo
numbered about 250 to 300 by our estimate this morn-
ing. I don’t think there were any additional troops. We
believe that these were the troops who came in from
Malacanang, who attacked Malacanang at 2 o’clock this
morning but failed to do it [to seize Malacanang], so they
proceeded to Camp Aguinaldo. You see, when we said
about 800 troops, this is about their entire total number
of troops that they have mustered with a very ambitious
objective of taking over the government.
{Marivellas}) Do you know whether Colonel Honasan
himself personally is there in Camp Aguinaldo?
[Isleta] We believe that he is in Camp Aguinaldo. He was
there up to about 2 or 3 o’clock this afternoon. I really
don’t know right now whether he’s there.
[Marivellas] Which particular area are they concentrated
in, the main building?
[Isleta] The southwest corner of Camp Aguinaldo, the
golf course area to include the . . . [changes thought] near
the [word indistinct].
{Marivellas] I assume that as you move up, then the
heavy weapons will have to stop and you’ll have to go
intoa...
[Isleta, interrupting] Oh, definitely, yes.
{Marivellas] Do you expect this to go on all evening?
[Isleta] We expect to finish it off before daylight because
it will be very, very difficult for them and for us if we
wait until [word indistinct]. That is why we’re appealing
to them to come to their senses and see the futility of
their efforts, that their cause is lost, that their people are
starting to surrender left and right, and that they really
won’t get anything out of this exercise.
{Marivellas] Colonel, one more question. What have
been the casualties so far since this morning, in Agui-
naldo and Crame?
[Isleta] I really don’t have any [word indistinct] figure,
although we know that there were about four enlisted
men in the Malacanang area this morning and about two
again here in Camp Aguinaldo and roughly about, |
believe, six civilians. I really don’t know the exact
number.
[Marivellas] By the way, was the evacuation of civilians
successful? Have there been no more civilians in the
fighting area?
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[Isleta] The civilian occupants of Camp Aguinaldo were
all evacuated this morning through Gate 4. I hope that
those who have been told to leave have left, because |
really don’t want any of them to get hurt.
{Marivellas} And then we have Secretary Ileto, General
Ramos, and General de Villa right there in Camp
Crame?
{Isleta] Right, General Padilla and General Sotelo are
both in [words indistinct] with the rest of our air force
assets. All our helicopters, the Hueys, are in Fort Bona-
facio parade grounds; the Tora Toras are in Sangley
Point, the F-5’s are in (Basa), and they are all under
control of the Philippine Air Force chain of command.
{Marivellas} So as things presently stand, it is only in
Camp Aguinaldo and only these 250 soldiers who are
still continuing this rebellion?
{Isleta] Right.
{Marivellas}] Well, Colonel, we are on Domsat, we are
being heard over, all over the country. Would you like to
end this with an appeal or some statement?
[Isleta] Well, yes. I thank you very much and I would like
to address all our people all over the country who are
listening to me that we would like to assure the people
that the Armed Forces of the Philippines is one solid
organization behind the government and the Constitu-
tion and we observe and are loyal to the chain of
command headed by the commander in chief, President
Aquino, and of course, Secretary Ileto, who is secretary
of defense, and the chief of staff, General Ramos,
together with the four major services’ commanders. All
the original commanders have been contacted by Gen-
eral Ramos personally or by his staff and have reported
that their troops and equipment are all under central
control and are accounted for, and have given their
support and loyalty. And, of course, the only [words
indistinct] where we have a problem is the regional
command, where we know that General Taduran is in
the upper floor of his headquarters. Although he is not
held hostage, some rebel troops are surrounding his
camp.
{Marivellas] Well, thank you very much, Colonel Isleta.
Kindly convey to everyone there our prayers that this
long night and long day might finally end.
[Isleta] We need all the support of our people behind
General Ramos and the chain of command.
[Marivellas] Thank you.
{Isleta] Thank you very much.
Rebel Bombardment Ordered
OW280855 Tokyo KYODO in English 0850 GMT
28 Aug 87
[Text] Manila, Aug. 28 KYODO — President Corazon
Aquino said she had ordered loyalist forces to bombard
Camp Aguinaldo, the Armed Forces headquarters, which
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was occupied Friday afternoon by renegade troops
attempting to overthrow the government.
““As commander in chief I order the chief of staff . . . to
terminate this mutiny as soon as possible. There will be
no terms. I have nothing to say to these traitors,” Aquino
said in a nationwide radio and television broadcast from
the Malacanang presidential palace.
“We shall defeat and punish these traitors,” she said.
The renegade troops, estimated to be in the hundreds,
are led by Col. Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan, the former
military security chief of opposition Senator Juan Ponce
Enrile.
The rebels aired an appeal for popular support over
Channel 13 Television station which they occupied
during simultaneous dawn attacks on the palace and the
government radio-television facility.
On the verge of tears, the 54-year-old president related
how her only son, Benigno ““Noynoy” III, was injured by
rebel gunfire and three presidential guards died in repel-
ling the rebel attack.
A presidential palace source said Aquino’s son was hit in
the neck and was taken to a suburban hospital but was
not in serious condition.
In her address, broadcast nationwide at 3:44 p.m.,
Aquino said, ““The rebels say they mean the people no
harm but outside Malacanang this morning they gunned
down innocent civilians who had cheered for our gov-
ernment.”
Speaking in the national language Aquino described the
renegades as “liars” and “deceivers”’ who promised to
secure freedom and the future for Filipino children while
injuring innocent civilians.
“I cannot allow these people . . . to restore their violent
ways under the ousted dictator,” she said refering to
Ferdinand Marcos, who was toppled in a civilian-backed
military revolt that swept her to power in February 1986.
Minutes after her nationwide address, loyalist troops
opened up with sustained automatic rifle fire at rebel
positions inside Camp Aquinaldo.
Two rebel soldiers from inside the camp on Edsa Bou-
levard north of Manila crossed over to government
positions in Camp Crame just across the highway.
Victorious government forces who regained the govern-
ment television station from the rebels led by Metropol-
itan Manila Governor Jejomar Binay and Manila Police
Chief Brig. Gen. Alfredo Lim appeared on the air in a
program broadcast from the station, surrounded by
uniformed and plainclothes policemen.
One policeman was killed and another was wounded in
the assault. Twelve rebel troops surrendered, a police
officer at the scene said.
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Victorious government forces who regained the govern-
ment television station from the rebels led by Metropol-
itan Manila Governor Jejomar Binay and Manila Police
Chief Brig. Gen. Alfredo Lim appeared on the air in a
program broadcast from the station, surrounded by
uniformed and plainclothes policemen.
One policeman was killed and another was wounded in
the assault. Twelve rebel troops surrendered, a police
officer at the scene said.
Planes Hit Camp Aguinaldo
OW280955 Tokyo KYODO in English 0953 GMT
28 Aug 87
[Text] Manila, Aug. 28 KYODO — Military planes fired
rockets at rebel troop positions inside Camp Aguinaldo,
the Armed Forces headquarters, in an assault ordered by
President Corazon Aquino Friday following an
attempted coup.
Two T-38 “Tora-Tora” planes circled once over the
camp in suburban Quezon City and then returned and
each fired two rockets.
Minutes earlier, two V-150 chemite tanks crash through
the camp gates followed by 20 government soldiers in a
hail of automatic fire from the rebels.
More than 7,000 onlookers cheered and scampered for
safety during the heavy exchange of fire between the
rebels and loyalist troops.
At least one civilian was injured by fire from an apparent
sniper in the rebel-occupied camp. No other injuries
were immediately reported.
Aquino said she had ordered Armed Forces Chief of
Staff Gen. Fidel Ramos to “terminate this mutiny” and
added that she will give ‘“‘no terms” to “these traitors.”
The renegade troops, estimated to be in the hundreds,
are led by Col. Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan, former
military security chief of opposition Senator Juan Ponce
Enrile.
The rebels held hostage Gen. Eduardo Taduran, the
regional military commander of Central Luzon, in the
regional headquarters at Camp Olivas in San Fernando,
Pampanga, 80 kilometers north of Manila.
The rebels raised an inverted Philippine flag in front of
the camp’s administrative building. They were reported
led by Col. Reynaldo Beroya and Maj. Manuel Divina.
Rebel soldiers in the central Philippine city of Cebu, the
country’s second major metropolitan center 530 kilome-
ters southeast of Manila, occupied the city hall and the
provincial capitol where they raised the Philippine flag
with the red field above the blue, the signal of rebel
control.
Ramos said that loyalist forces have regained full control
over Villamor Air Base, the Air Force headquarters in
the southern suburb of Pasay which the rebels entered at
noon.
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The rebels had occupied the ground floor of the Air
Force headquarters building but the planes and helicop-
ters were all controlled by the loyalists, he said.
Ramos said nearby Manila International Airport was
also under control by the Security Command of the
Philippine Air Force, loyal to the government.
Negros Oriental Provincial Commander Col. Samuel
Tomas joined the rebel forces in the central Philippines
and told the rebel headquarters in Cebu that he had
Governor Herminio Teves, the chairman of the Mayor’s
League, who was not identified, and various members of
the media under his custody in Dumaguete, the capital.
Radio reports said loyalist helicopter gunships fired at
the Camelot Hotel near the government television sta-
tion where an undetermined number of rebels have
holed-up.
Colonel in Camp Crame Cited
HK281017 Manila Far East Broadcasting Company
in Tagalog 0915 GMT 28 Aug 87
[Text] Here is a phone call from Colonel (Marawit) in
Camp Crame.
[Reporter] Colonel, this is Fred Magbanua from Far East
Broadcasting Company DZAS, DZFE. We are heard in
our regional stations in the provinces. We are on the air
now, Colonel, and we want to know the latest news over
there.
[Colonel (Marawit)] So far everything is going smoothly .
inside Camp Crame and everything is under control.
Over at General Headquarters [GHQ] mopping up oper-
ations are going on, led by combined Marine and PC-
INP [Philippine Constabulary-Integrated National
Police] troopers. Our latest report is that a group of GHQ
defenders under Commodore (Marcelo) has already cap-
tured 50 rebels. [Words indistinct] a group of 40 rebel
soldiers has also surrendered. We continue with our
Operations and we are expecting to clear up everything
shortly.
[Reporter] Colonel, could you confirm the report that a
building has been on fire near Gate 2 in Santolan Road.
[Colonel (Marawit)] Our report is that the GHQ building
was on fire and it is already under control.
[Reporter] Colonel, I understand there is fighting going
on near Gate 2 at the moment.
[Colonel (Marawit)] That is part of the clearing opera-
tions of troops loyal to the government. They are linking
up with other troops to clear the area.
[Reporter] Colonel, what about the situation in the
Camelot Hotel near Channel 4?
[Colonel (Marawit)] Channels 2 and 4 are completely
cleared. In fact the two stations have resumed broadcast-
ing.
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[Reporter] We heard that there are still many rebels
inside the Camelot Hotel.
{Colonel (Marawit)] If some are still holed up inside, our
responding troops have surely cleared up the area.
[Reporter] Colonel, how about Broadcast City Channels
9 and 13. What is the latest?
[Colonel (Marawit)] A while ago about 70 rebels surren-
dered in the Channel 13 area. General Ramos also
ordered troops to clear the area.
[Reporter] Colonel, do you have anything to say to our
citizens. [Colonel (Marawit)] I call on them to remain
calm and to stay away from the area, particularly those
who are near the areas of encounter. In doing so they
keep away from danger.
Overview of Situation
HK281018 Hong Kong AFP in English 1007 GMT
28 Aug 87
{By Roberto Coloma]
[Text] Manila, Aug 28 (AFP) — Government troops
recaptured military headquarters and a television station
here Friday after bitter fighting with rebel soldiers who
mounted a pre-dawn coup bid against President Corazon
Aquino.
Two bombers fired rockets at Camp Aguinaldo, which
houses the military headquarters, at about 0930 GMT,
as marines and army troops backed by tanks pushed
through the gates, eyewitnesses said.
More than 200 rebel troops responded to the bombing by
tying white cloth around their rifles indicating they were
about to surrender, they added.
Mrs. Aquino was unhurt in a bloody pre-dawn attack on
the presidential palace which marked the beginning of
the mutiny, but said in a live television broadcast that
her son was injured and three of his bodyguards killed.
She ordered the Army to crush the traitors and said the
government was in control.
Officials and hospital spokesmen said that at least 17
people had been killed and more than 100 wounded in
fighting in the capital.
As the sound of shelling and gunfire rattled across the
capital, Manila ground to a halt and streets were desert-
ed. Banks and businesses closed early, and nervous
housewives went on a buying spree at supermarkets.
The rebels still controlled part of Camp Aguinaldo,
where the armed forces headquarters is located, along
with a northern military regional headquarters and the
provincial capital of Cebu, a major island south of
Manila, sources said.
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They had also seized a provincial airport and said they
had taken control of the Philippines Military Academy.
Manila’s International Airport would be closed form
6 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday (1000 to 2200 GMT
Friday) for security reasons, general manager Aurelio
German said.
Government troops had earlier secured the suburban
airport’s fuel depot and other vital facilities following
fighting betwten rebels and security forces at the adja-
cent Camp Villamor, the Air Force headquarters, eye-
witnesses said.
About 800 rebels were involved in the coup attempt,
according to Armed Forces Chief General Fidel Ramos,
although eyewitnesses put the number at up to 2,000 in
Manila alone.
It was the fourth and most serious attempt to topple Mrs.
Aquino since she came to power in a virtually bloodless
revolution in February 1986 that sent former president
Ferdinand Marcos into Hawaiian exile.
Mrs. Aquino was not in the presidential palace but in her
residence nearby when the coup bid began with an attack
on the presidential palace by about 200 rebels, who were
repulsed. But she said her son was injured.
Presidential spokesman Teodoro Benigno said her only
son, Benigno, 26, had suffered a bullet wound in the neck
but was not in danger.
Mrs. Aquino announced an order on nationwide televi-
sion for loyal forces to destroy the rebels holed up at
Camp Aguinaldo.
“I order the chief of staff. . . to terminate this mutiny as
soon as possible . . . There will be no terms. I have
nothing to say to these traitor,” she said.
“The assault is to continue until the rebellion is
crushed,” she added.
Minutes later, marines and army troops backed by
armoured personnel carriers and tanks pushed into
Camp Aguinaldo amid a heavy exchange of gunfire with
rebels positioned in buildings inside.
Earlier, Armed Forces spokesman Colonel Honesto
Isleta said government troops had recaptured the Armed
Forces general headquarters building inside Camp Agui-
naldo and found two rebels bodies. Fifteen rebels sur-
rendered, he said.
An Agence France-Presse correspondent said thousands
of bystanders watched the Camp Aguinaldo battle
between rebels and government forces led by Gen.
Ramos, based across an avenue at Camp Crame.
The crowd scampered when the main assault began, with
the two sides trading artillery and rifle fire across the
normally busy eight-lane avenue, which was also a focal
point of the anti-Marcos revolt.
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Two houses were hit by shells, eyewitnesses said.
Hospital spokesmen said 15 people had been killed in
clashes near the presidential palace and the state televi-
sion complex, which was retaken by government forces
after it was briefly held and knocked off the air by rebels.
The fatalities included at least five presidential guards,
and two journalists, a Filipino and an Australian, offi-
cials said.
In an earlier attack on the government station Channel 4,
12 rebels troops surrendered after security forces won
the station. The pro-Aquino forces later assaulted a
nearby hotel where some rebels who held the station
sought refuge.
Col. Isleta appealed over the radio to 39-year-old coup
leader Qolonel Gregorio Honasan, a former aide of
right-wing opposition Leader Senator Juan Ponce Enrile,
to give up his attempt “so there will be no more killing.”
Col. Honasan was a founder of the Reform the Armed
Forces Movement (RAM) which played a crucial role in
the revolt against Mr. Marcos, but has since been impli-
cated in several of the coup attempts against Mrs.
Aquino.
Military officers loyal to Mr. Marcos joined the coup
attempt, seizing Camp Olivas, headquarters of the Cen-
tral Luzon region, officials said.
The regional police commander of Cebu, Brigadier Gen-
eral Edgardo Abenina, declared support for the rebels
and seized the island’s provincial capitol, they added.
The rebels claimed to have taken control of the Philip-
pine Military Academy in the northern city of Baguio,
but the regional military commander warned the instruc-
tors and cadets there not to leave camp.
Some 250 rebels also seized control of an airport in
Legazpi City in the Bocol region of southeastern Luzon
and were awaiting a C-130 transport plane to take them
to Manila, a rebel spokesman said.
A military spokesman said the rebels numbered about 70.
Mr. Marcos denied any role in the coup attempt from his
exile home in Hawaii, but said that he would accept the
presidency again if the coup leaders offered it and
Washington waived an injunction barring him from
leaving Hawaii.
Thailand
Sitthi Reports on Visit to PRC, DPRK
BK271535 Bangkok Voice of Free Asia in Thai
1030 GMT 27 Aug 87
[News briefing given by Air Chief Marshal Sitthi Sawet-
sila, Thai foreign minister, to newsman upon returning
from visit to the PRC and DPRK on 25 August; held at
Don Muang Airport — recorded]
[Text] On the political side of my visit to China, I met
with several Chinese leaders and this morning I met with
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Chairman Deng Xiaoping in Beidaihe — a special Chi-
nese plane took me there. I talked with him for 40
minutes on two subjects. On the Cambodian issue,
China reiterated its previous stand. Deng praised our 16
August meeting and said China did not wish to gain
anything from Cambodia and will continue to help that
country to become an independent, neutral, and sover-
eign nonaligned state. It wanted only one person, Prince
Sihanouk, a (7leader) of the new Cambodian govern-
ment. China will continue to respect any constructive
role of Prince Sihanouk.
On the coming 13th CPC Congress in October, Deng
said there will be no change in the open-door policy for
foreign trade and modernization will continue. Because
Thailand is a close friend of China, he informed me of
some of the changes to take place but I cannot divulge
them here. I can only say briefly that he said some old
senior Officials will leave their posts and will be replaced
by younger people.
On my meeting with Zhao Ziyang, you probably already
know that I was accompanied by many Thai business-
men during the meeting. Zhao also talked about the
party congress and invited our prime minister to visit
because it has been some time since his last visit. I told
him I will convey the invitation to the prime minister.
I met with Wu Xuegian two times — 3 hours the first
time and another 2 hours on my way back from the
DPRK. We discussed the international situation, includ-
ing the Cambodian problem because China is especially
interested in it. To sum up, Wu strongly supported
ASEAN actions, particularly the joint statement of the
informal meeting of ASEAN foreign ministers on 16
August. He said he respected Prince Sihanouk’s decision
and saw the prince as the most suitable person to become
the new Cambodian leader after political settlement of
the Cambodian problem.
I also met with Vice Premier Tian Jiyun in the presence
of the entire Thai private sector delegation. The whole
list of goods on which we have reached agreement was
read out during the meeting.
That is all about China. Regarding my visit to the
DPRK, I was received by President Kim Il-song in
(Haiyangsang). A helicopter took me there. He said he
placed great importance on expansion of Thai-DPRK
relations and on the three-point policy of creating peace
and friendship and implementation of independent pol-
icies. The DPRK emphasizes independent action in
economic and other fields. The president assured me
that the DPRK has no desire to wage aggression against
any country but wants to use its resources mainly for
economic development. He said North Korea has
reduced the size of its military forces.
I held talks with Foreign Minister Kim Yong-nam. The
content of the talks was similar to my talks with the
DPRK president. I invited the DPRK foreign minister to
pay an official visit to Thailand.
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In sum, both China and North Korea gave me and my
delegation a warm and fitting welcome, and I take this
opportunity to thank the two governments.
On my meeting with Prince Sihanouk, I related to him
ASEAN’s actions toward a settlement of the Cambodian
problem, starting with my visit to Moscow up to the joint
statement of the ASEAN foreign ministers meeting on 16
August. Regarding the 16 August meeting, I explained
that ASEAN wanted all countries which are its friends to
properly understand its stance to prevent the support for
the ASEAN resolution in the United Nations from
decreasing. Prince Sihanouk said he closely followed all
developments. He informed me of his plan to visit
Beijing during 29 August-2 September as president of the
CGDK. He will then go to the United Nations, France,
Romania, Yugoslavia, and return to celebrate his 65th
birthday in Pyongyang on the 3lst. He plans to visit
Cambodian refugees in Thailand some time between
May and August next year. I said the Thai Government
is always ready to welcome him.
He then related to me his intention to seek a beginning
for a dialogue aimed at politcal settlement of the Cam-
bodian problem. I can not divulge any details to you
here. Prince Sihanouk assured me that his attempts will
not jeopardize ASEAN’s stand and he will closely coor-
dinate his future actions with Thailand and ASEAN.
Gen Chawalit Discusses Upcoming USSR Trip
BK280415 Bangkok THE NATION in English
28 Aug 87 p 3
[Text] Army Commander-in-Chief Gen Chawalit Yong-
chaiyut said yesterday he is ready to discuss any issue the
Soviet side will raise when he visits the Soviet Union in
October.
He told reporters that officials of the two countries are
working on his itinerary.
Gen Chawalit yesterday received outgoing Soviet
Ambassador Valentin Kasatkin, who called on him to
bid farewell. During the meeting, Gen Chawalit said he
did not have any specific issue to raise with the Soviet
Union, he said.
“I told the ambassador that I see my trip there as a
goodwill visit to strengthen the friendship and deepen
mutual understanding between leaders of the two coun-
tries. So, I would not bring up any serious issues during
talks with them,” he said.
He said that Moscow was already aware of the Thai
positions on a wide range of matters.
But he added he would not mind discussing any issue
that the Soviet hosts would raise during his trip.
Ambassador Kasatkin was posted in Bangkok in 1984
and is due to return to Moscow on August 31. He had
earlier called on Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda to
bid him farewell.
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Later in the evening, Gen Chawalit went to the premier’s
Si Sao residence to report on the outcome of his trip to
the United States. Gen Prem flew back from Songkhla in
the afternoon after having celebrated his birthday in his
home province.
Gen Chawalit visited the United States during August
18-25.
His aides said that the army chief also presented a
birthday gift he brought from the United States to the
premier during their meeting yesterday. They refused to
elaborate.
The army chief, meanwhile, said the ambitious project to
turn the Northeast into a greenbelt will still be carried
out though there are now floods in the region.
Spokesman on Possible Nakasone Visit
OW271133 Toky’ KYODO in English 1114 GMT
27 Aug 87
[Text] Bangkok, Aug. 27 KYODO — Talks are under
way between Thailand and Japan on Japanese Prime
Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone’s visit to Thailand this
autumn on the occasion of the centennial of the estab-
lishing of official relations between the two countries, a
Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman said Thursday.
The spokesman’s comment was taken as indicating the
high possibility of Nakasone’s visit here. If materialized,
this would be his first visit here after he made an official
visit to ASEAN countries in May 1983.
Thailand and Japan celebrate the centennial on Septem-
ber 26 and Thai Crown Prince Maha Wachiralongkon is
to arrive in Tokyo September 23 for an official visit.
Nakasone’s visit to Bangkok, if materialized, would be
for September 25-27, including his attendance at a
celebrative reception in a Bangkok hotel scheduled for
September 26, according to diplomatic sources here. His
schedule in Bangkok may include a meeting with King
Phumiphon Adunyadet and a conference with Prime
Minister Gen Prem Tinsulanon, the sources said.
SRV Troops Hamper Chong Bok Construction
BK280459 Bangkok THE NATION in English
28 Aug 87 p 3
[Text] Vietnamese artillery gunners have been shelling
the Chong Bok border pass to hamper the construction
of two water reservoirs in the sensitive area, Army
Commander-in-Chief Gen Chawalit Yongchaiyut said
yesterday.
The two-year project to build natural barriers to deter
Vietnamese incursions through the border pass in Ubon
Ratchathani was launched recently.
The border terrain was earlier this year the scene of
many battles between Thai and Vietnamese firmly
entrenched on the Thai side of the frontier.
SOUTHEAST ASIA
Despite the shelling, the army is determined to complete
the construction work as soon as possible, he said.
The project calls for the construction of Huai Chanla and
Huai Phlansua-Huai Luang dams to submerge the area
and deter Vietnamese intruders from crossing into the
Thai territory. A budget of 12 million baht had been
earmarked for the plan in the first phase.
Gen Chawalit admitted yesterday that there were still
remnants of Vietnamese intruders operating from the
Thai soil.
“We are negotiating with their commanders for their
pull-out from the Thai territory,” he said.
He added that the Vietnamese combatants were proba-
bly acting without the knowledge of their commanders.
The army chief vowed that Thai troops would not allow
them to stay on or hamper the construction work. “We
will certainly retaliate,” he added.
However, he said that the overall security situation there
was under control of the Thai defence forces. The
Second Army Region backed by the special warfare force
has launched operations to flush out the Vietnamese
intruders.
Commenting on security in the South, Gen Chawalit
said the army would have to keep up military pressure on
remnants of the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) for
they have so far refused to negotiate with the authorities
on their surrender.
The Fourth Army Region has tried to avoid using
military means to put an end to the insurgency, accord-
ing to the army chief.
He said he had not received any report about a CPM
attack on an army helicopter.
Vietnam
Foreign Ministry Statement on ASEAN Meeting
BK281135 Hanoi International Service in English
1000 GMT 28 Aug 87
[Text] With the concurrence of the Ministries for For-
eign Affairs of the PRK and the LPDR, the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of the SRV issues the following state-
ment:
During his visit to Vietnam from 27-29 July 1987 on
behalf of the ASEAN countries, the Indonesian foreign
minister, Dr Mokhtar Kusumaatmaja, held talks with his
Vietnamese counterpart, Mr Nguyen Co Thach, on
behalf of the three Indochinese countries. The two sides
reached important agreements recorded in_ the
29 July 1987 Vietnam-Indonesia joint press release. As
clearly stated in the latter, on the idea of cocktail party
from Indonesia, an understanding was reached with an
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informal meeting of the two sides of Kampuchea be held
on the basis of equal footing without preconditions and
with no political label, to which, at the later stage.
Indonesia will invite other concerned countries, includ-
ing Vietnam, to participate.
A communication agreed upon by the Ministries of
Foreign Affairs of Vietnam, Kampuchea, and Laos was
(then extended) to the Indonesian side on
15 August 1987 with a view to informing Foreign Min-
ister Mokhtar Kusumaatmaja that the PRK and the
LPDR fully agree with the Vietnam-Indonesia 29 July
1987 agreements [and] that the three Indochinese coun-
tries will do their utmost to implement these agreements.
World as well as regional public opinions, including
those within ASEAN itself, have given a high appraisal
of the Vietnam-Indonesia agreement which is viewed as
an initial step in the process of solving the questions of
Southeast Asia and of Kampuchea.
It is regrettable that the informal meeting of the ASEAN
foreign ministers in Bangkok on 16 August 1987 sought
to alter the substance of the agreement between Vietnam
and Indonesia. The 16 August 1987 joint press release of
the Bangkok meeting tried to turn the dialogue between
the two Kampuchean sides into one between the Kam-
puchean party and Vietnam. It insists on the eight-point
proposal of the so-called Coalition Government of Dem-
ocratic Kampuchea as a basis for negotiations. This joint
press release’s purpose is to reimpose that old outdated
stand which has long been resolutely rejected by Viet-
nam and the other Indochinese countries, a stand which
has so far been impeding and bringing to the deadlock
the search for a political solution to the Kampuchean
problem and has been criticized by international opin-
ion.
General public opinion, including in some ASEAN coun-
tries, considers this a perfidious design. It is very upset
by the ASEAN’s move and is concerned that the
16 August 1987 joint press release of the Bangkok
meeting might biock the path opened by the 29 July 1987
Vietnam-Indonesia joint press release in the search for a
solution to the Kampuchean problem and to the ques-
tion of peace and stability in Southeast Asia.
The SRV, the PRK, and the LPDR resolutely reject the
content of the Bangkok communique of 16 August 1987.
The three countries affirm that the agreement reached on
29 July 1987 in Ho Chi Minh City between Indonesia
and Vietnam representing the ASEAN and Indochinese
countries respectively is one between the two groups of
countries. There cannot be different, (?arbitrary) inter-
pretation for the sake of anyone’s expediency. It is
incumbent upon both the Indochinese and the ASEAN
countries to respect the spirit and letter of the
29 July 1987 communique. The ASEAN countries are
duty-bound to honor these agreements recorded in the
latter communique.
No single country is to be allowed to break these agree-
ments. Should this happen, it will be impossible to give
credibility to any future agreements.
SOUTHEAST ASIA
After a year of exploration and dialogue, this is the first
time the two groups of ASEAN and Indochinese coun-
tries have overcome complex difficulties to reach the
29 July 1987 agreements in Ho Chi Minh City. If the
ASEAN countries really want a peaceful settlement of
the Kampuchean problem and all the problems concern-
ing peace and stability in Southeast Asia, this is an
opportunity to achieve, and the two groups of countries
in Southeast Asia have the obligation to keep the com-
mitments made on 29 July 1987.
The Indochinese countries highly value the role of Indo-
nesia — the largest country in Southeast Asia. A repre-
sentative of the ASEAN countries and as the proponent
of the initiative of a cocktail party, Indonesia, together
with Vietnam, as the representative of the Indochinese
countries, has arrived at the 29 July 1987 agreements
between the ASEAN and Indochinese groups of coun-
tries. Out of her high resonsibility and noble obligations,
Indonesia, together with the other ASEAN countries, has
the duty to implement these agreements.
For their own part, the three Indochinese countries stand
ready to cooperate with the ASEAN countries in mate-
rializing these agreements. The three Indochinese coun-
tries welcome any contributions along this direction
from other countries in the international community for
the sake of peace and stability in Southeast Asia.
CPV Delegation Pays 10-Day Visit to USSR
OW221654 Hanoi VNA in English 1453 GMT
22 Aug 87
[Text] Hanoi VNA August 22 — A delegation of the
Commission for Organization of the Communist Party
of Vietnam Central Committee led by its deputy head
Nguyen Manh Can has visited the Soviet Union.
During its 10-day stay there, the delegation familiarized
itself with the Soviet party’s policy on organization work
and the process of restructuration currently underway in
the Soviet Union. The Vietnamese party officials had
working sessions with their Soviet colleagues in the
Georgian Soviet Republic and in Moscow oblast.
Health Ministry Views Dengue ‘Epidemic’
BK271105 Hanoi Domestic Service in Vietnamese
2300 GMT 24 Aug 87
[Text] According to the Public Health Ministry, this
year, hemorrhagic fever has developed into an epidemic
in accordance with its |-in-every-4-year cycle, 1975-79
and 1983-87.
Some 22 provinces and municipalities are affected by
this disease with tens of thousands of people being
stricken and many fatalities reported. The Ministry of
Public Health is intensively urging the localities to send
cadres, facilities, and medicines to the affected areas to
promptly check the epidemic and protect the people’s
health.
In the southern provinces, hemorrhagic fever has devel-
oped at a fast pace into an epidemic in Minh Hai, Dong
Nai, An Giang, Ben Tre, Song Be, and Tien Giang
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Provinces and Ho Chi Minh City. According to the Ho
Chi Minh City Institute for Sanitation and Epidemics
Conirol the vector causing this year’s dengue hemor-
rhagic tever is designated as Type I. It is anticipated that
the epidemic will continue to develop during the rainy
season in proportion to the growth of the disease-carry-
ing mosquito Aedes Aegypti.
In the northern provinces, the disease is developing into
a major epidemic in Ha Nam Ninh, Thai Binh, and Ha
Bac Provinces and Hanoi Municipality. People affected
by hemorrhagic fever have been reported in 60 percent
of villages in Thai Binh Province. 13,000 people in Ha
Nam Ninh Province have been stricken with the disease
and there have been many fatalities.
The Public Health Ministry is working with the Central
Institute for Sanitation and Epidemics Control and the
Ho Chi Minh City Institute for Sanitation and Epidem-
ics Control to send cadres to the various localities to
inspect the development of mosquitoes and organize
disease prevention and treatment for the people. Thai
Binh Province has spent more than 3 million dong on
insecticide sprays and treatment. The Ho Chi Minh City
Institute for Sanitation and Epidemics Control has pro-
vided chemicals and sprayers for Kien Giang and Minh
Hai Provinces to help local medical organs cope with the
problem.
SOUTHEAST ASIA
Along with promptly supplying various localities with
medicine and insecticide sprays, the Public Health Min-
istry has instructed local medical personnel to submit
statistics and reports on the development of the disease
and various hospitals to stand ready for admission and
intensive care of patients.
Lang Son Province Promotes Industrial Crops
OW270901 Hanoi VNA in English
0722 GMT 27 Aug 87
[Text] Hanoi VNA August 27 — More than 2,400 ha of
land have been put under tung oil, anise and other
industrial crops for export in the northern border prov-
ince of Lang Son.
The province has 630,000 ha of forest and forest land. In
order to boost forestry it has issued a number of incen-
tive policies especially in growing industrial crops,
breeding cattle and forest protection.
Nearly 6,800 ha of land have been allotted to Army
units, schools, cooperatives and families, for manage-
ment and production. The province carried out a policy
of exchanging food grains for industrial crops and for-
estry products aimed at stabilizing the livelihood of
planters. |
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Australia
U.S. Beef Import Ban Lift Welcomed
BK281020 Melbourne Overseas Service in English
0430 GMT 28 Aug 87
[Text] The United States Agriculture Depariiient has
cleared the way for the resumption of normal beef trade
with Australia. The department has lifted bans against
about one-third of the latest consignment of Australian
beef that had been banned because of fears over pesticide
levels. (Martin Gilam) reports from New York:
[Begin (Gilam) recording] The American Department of
Agriculture says that all meat processed after 25 May
when tough Australian measures were introduced will be
allowed into the United States. As for the meat processed
before 25 May which had been subject to a total ban until
today about 40 percent of that meat will be eligible for
entry immediately. This meat comes from 24 meat
plants designated as safe. Meat from another 41 plants
considered less safe will also be eligible for entry, but
subject to extra stringent testing. [End recording]
The central primary industry minister, Mr Kerin, has
welcomed the United States decision. He said he was
extremely pleased because Australia had always main-
tained that the standards of its beef were as high as
anywhere in the world.
Japan has also this week found higher-than-acceptable
levels of pesticides in supplies of Australian beef and is
tightening testing procedures.
Fiji
France Offers Funds for Naval Base
BK270700 Hong Kong AFP in English 0626 GMT
27 Aug 87
[Text] Suva, Aug 27 (AFP) — France has offered Fiji
about 10 million U.S. dollars to help set up a new naval
base near Suva, a newspaper reported here Thursday.
The Fiji Sun said the offer was made by French minister
of state for the South Pacific, Gaston Flosse, during a
two-day visit to Fiji last week.
With French Ambassador Daniel Dupont out of the
country Thursday, other embassy officials declined to
comment on the story.
French Consul Bernard Bulard’s only remark was that
the embassy did not keep records of Mr Flosse’s visit.
But the Sun said sources present at Mr Flosse’s talks
confirmed the French offer to provide funds for a new
naval base at Uduya Point, five kilometres (three miles)
from the Fijian capital.
During his visit Mr Flosse had talks with Governor-
General Ratu, Sir Penaia Ganilau, Colonel Sitiveni
Rabuka who led the May 14 military coup and a former
prime minister, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara who is in
charge of foreign affairs in the interim Fiji government.
AUSTRALASIA 38
“Paris is said to be prepared to pour 13 million Fijian
dollars (about 10 million U.S.) into the project,” the Sun
reported.
“The Paris administration may be sympathetic because
of Fiji's commitment to continue (United Nations)
peace-keeping duties in the Middle East.”
Mr Flosse, currently visiting the Federated States of
Micronesia, decorated a Fijian soldier with a French
military honour during his stay in Suva.
The soldier had helped rescue wounded French peace-
keeping troops in Lebanon last year.
The commander of Fiji’s naval division, David Lane,
Thursday said he would welcome offers of assistance to
build a new base.
He said Fiji’s current base had several drawbacks includ-
ing insufficient berthing and fuel facilities and inade-
quate power and fresh water supplies.
Cmdr Lane also confirmed that Fiji had purchased two
naval patrol boats from the United States and wanted to
buy two more if funds became available.
“We now need fast patrol boats to react to reports of
strange ships in our waters,” he said, adding that main-
taining a close surveillance of Fiji’s 1.13 million square
kilometres exclusive economic zone had become chal-
lenging since the coup.
The United States has suspended aid to Fiji since the
coup and the U.S. Embassy here said Thursday it had
nothing to do“ with the arrangements on the sale or
financing of the boats.”
New Zealand
Lange Criticizes France for Oppression
BK271234 Hong Kong AFP in English 1156 GMT
27 Aug 87
[Text] Wellington, Aug 27 (AFP) — New Zealand Prime
Minister David Lange accused France Thursday of “‘in-
sensitive oppression” of the indigenous Kanak people in
its South Pacific territory of New Caledonia.
Mr Lange’s comments followed criticism from French
Prime Minister Jacques Chirac of calls by New Zealand
and Australia for France to abandon its September 13
referendum on independence in New Caledonia.
Mr. Chirac accused Australia and New Zealand of
hypocrisy and said white settlers in the two countries had
oppressed the respective aboriginal and Maori indige-
nous races.
Mr. Lange said in a statement that Mr. Chirac’s com-
ments were designed “‘for the French internal political
market.”
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“The world knows of French insensitive oppression of
the Kanak people in New Caledonia,” he said.
Mr. Lange said if Mr. Chirac had been responsible for
clubbing Kanak demonstrators “he too would be trying
to find a target to deflect the blame.”
Mr. Lange’s comments related to television footage
which showed French riot control police hitting and
kicking Kanak protesters who staged a sit-in demonstra-
tion in Noumea last weekend.
The French police action has brought protests from both
the New Zealand and Australian Governments which
have called on France to call off the referendum.
(In Canaberra, there was still no official government
comment late Thursday on Mr. Chirac’s outburst against
Australia and New Zealand.)
AUSTRALASIA
Lange’s Labor Party Wins One More Seat
BK270640 Hong Kong AFP in English 0629 GMT
27 Aug 87
[Text] Wellington, Aug 27 (AFP) — New Zealand’s
Labour government increased its parliamentary majority
to 19 Thursday when the opposition National Party lost
a marginal seat in a final election vote count.
In a surprise result opposition front bench finance
spokesman Michael Cox lost his mainly urban Mana-
watu seat to Labour’s Dave Robinson, the first time
labour have held the seat for 49 years.
Labour took two other former National seats while
holding all of its own marginal electorates in the August
15 elections.
Observers said the final results showed an even stronger
vote of confidence in Labour’s sweeping economic
reforms in New Zealand than the election night victory
indicated.
They ¢aid former blue ribbon National-held urban seats
in main centres had all been reduced to near marginal
status because of the desertion of business support from
National to Labour.
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