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US CIA, DNI Officials Suggest Subtle Change on S. Korean Nuclear Armament Option 2016-11-03 11:42:00 Post No. 81755
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US CIA, DNI Officials Suggest Subtle Change on S. Korean Nuclear Armament Option
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2016-11-03 11:42:00
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Anchor: Some working-level U.S. intelligence officials are said to have made remarks that potentially suggest Washington's condoning of South Korea's possible nuclear armament. The comments came about a week after the U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper stirred controversy by saying that getting North Korea to denuclearize is probably "a lost cause."
Kim Bum-soo has more.
Report: Two South Korean lawmakers on Tuesday sat down with officials of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency(CIA) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence(DNI).
After the meeting in Washington, Saenuri Rep. Won Yoo-chul and Democratic Party Rep. Lee In-young told reporters that the U.S. officials noted their understanding of the growing call for nuclear armament in South Korea.
The lawmakers of the National Assembly's Intelligence Committee said the U.S. officials responded negatively to the nuclear armament option but also cited them as saying that it is South Korea that must ultimately decide on the matter, including the possible redeployment of the U.S.' strategic nuclear assets.
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The working-level officials' response came in the short wake of remarks by U.S. Director of National Intelligence(DNI) James Clapper.
[Sound bite: U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper]
"The notion of getting the North Koreans to denuclearize is probably a lost cause. That is their ticket to their survival."
"So the notion of giving up their nuclear capability, whatever it is, is a nonstarter with them ... The best we could probably hope for is some sort of a cap, but they're not going to do that just because we ask them. There's going to have to be some significant inducements."
If the North's current nuclear capability is officially recognized before putting a cap, it will no doubt lead to increased calls for the South's nuclear armament.
The State Department tried to put out the controversy triggered by Clapper's remarks, saying there is no change in the U.S.' policy aim for a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula.
But the U.S. intelligence officials made it clear that there is a subtle change on the thorny nuclear armament issue at a time of transition at the White House.
Kim Bum-soo, KBS World Radio News.
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