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3/0/KOD/T1443-63 PA PEAVES FOR WASHINGTON AMID ELECTION PREPARATIONS

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ASSASSINATION, JOHN KENNEDY

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Released pursuant to Executive Order 14176, DECLASS. OF RECORDS CONC. THE ASSASSINATIONS OF PRES. JFK, SEN.

REK, AND THE REV. DR. MLK, JR.

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PAK LEAVES FOR WASHINGTON AMID ELECTION PREPARATIONS

FR Seoul: [Foreign Ministry]

TO

Washington:

(A11 Mission Chiefs]

Msg NI:

25 Nov 63 0930Z

1. Chairman PAK CHO 'NG HUI arrived in the U.S. to attend

President KENNEDY's funeral ceremonies after leaving Kimpo air-

port at 1409 hours on 24 November. Prior to his departure Chair-

man PAK said, "Regardless of how busy I am, I have decided to go

and personally attend the funeral services, since it would be

better for me to represent the people and express their condol-

ences." Chairman PAK, who arrived in the U.S. for a five-day

period, was accompanied by a party of six. (SCNR Public Infor-

mation Officer LEE HU RAK, CIA Deputy Director SIN CHIK SU,

Foreign Ministry Protoçol Chief CHO 'NG TO SUN, Commander of the

Chairman's Guard PAK CHONG HO, the Chairman Protocol Secretary

CHO SANG HO and personal physician CHI HONG CH 'ANG) . [PAR]

said, "At the present while I am in the U.S., I have no plans to

meet

individually with any high ranking U.S. officials, including

President JOHNSON. I think that I will return immediately after

the funeral ceremonies. I have no plans to meet with important

figures in the Japanese Government while in Japan." (Kyo 'nghyang

Sinmum.

2. As for the Third Republic's National Assembly General

hours on 26 November 13,344,022 voters will exercise their right

to vote. 131 regional representatives and 44 nation-wide repre-

sentatives are to be elected. 12 political parties have placed a

total of 982 candidates for the judgment of the people--831

regional candidates and 151 national candidates. Whether or not

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we will have political stability will be decided by the results of

these elections. Through its election activities during the 30

days, the party in office, the Democtatic Republican Party, has

appeared for a guarantee of a stabilizing force in the future to

carry out its firm policies. The flood of opposition parties,

including the Civil Rule Party, opened a fierce struggle to block

the guarantee of a majority policy by the party in power under the

slogan "Check government dictatorship." In their general election

campaign they did not confront the [Democratic Republican Party]

policy and they began an attack which offered no counterproposals.

The Central Election Management Comitteechas made every prepara-

tion to manage this historic day's election cleanly and fairly.

When voting has been completed at the 7400 polling places through-

out the country it has been decided that the ballot counting will

begin immediately at the 196 vote counting stations. It is felt

that the results of the elections will be fully confirmed on the

afternoon of 27 November. (Seoul Sinmun)

3. According to what was learned from the Central Election

Management Committee on the afternoon of 25 November, the number

of voters in the 26 November National Assembly general elections

has confirmed as 13,344,022. The total number of absentee voters

was set at 373,701 persons. The nationalppopulation as of today

is 26,278,025. The number of voters represents 50.76 percent of

the population. (Seoul Sinmun)

4. On the morning of 25 November Prosecutor General CHO 'NG

CH'ANG UN told a press conference,

"It is extremely regrettable

that the disclosures of public officials' election violations in

such places as Mokp'o, Hamp'yo'ng, P'aju, and P'yo'ngt 'alk were

originated by a number of overly loyal officials who disregarded

the real meaning of the Government's pledge that the elections

would be unprecedentedly clean.

"He went on to say, "It is a

fact that the P'aju - Hamp'yong case had already taken shape and

the people knew everything; however, because the Mokp'o Police

Superintendent said that he alone had taken part in the Mokp'o

case, evidence on the Police Superintendent is now being collected

so that public action may be taken. This not expected to extend

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beyond the Police Superintendent. It is extremely regrettable that

the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Director of the Police Bureau

took the moral responsibility for this matter and resigned. I

hope that these cases will serve as a warning to overly loyal public

servants." (Seoul Sinmun)

5. KANG KI CH'O'N, the Chairman of the SCNR Legislation and

Justice Sub-Committee said on the morning of 26 November that steps

would be taken to lift restrictions on 266 persons including former

President SYNGHAM RHEE and former Prime Minister CHANG MYO 'N, who

had been constrained under political law. Chairman KANG said that

the SCNR Home Affairs Committee is now giving final consideration to

a list of persons. He said that in accordance with the instructions

of Chairman PAK these persons would be freed no later than

17 December. (Kyo 'nghyang Sinnun)

6. On the morning of 25 November Democratic Republican Party

spokesman SO' IN SO'K stated, "prior to election day the opposition

parties have been acting to disclose a plan for election violations

by public officials." The following are examples of this.

a.

With two documents drafted by KIM YO'NG SIK an Andong

City Hall official the Civil Rule Party is scheduled to make two

disclosures of election violations by public officials.

b. He said, "The Civil Rule Patty is planning to make

disclosures by two unidentified officials in addition to the above-

mentioned KIM YONG SIK." He maintained that it was evident that

most of the above facts were brought about by bribes and were uno

true. (Kyo nghyang Sinmun)

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