The Two Koreas_ A Contemporary History - Don Oberdorfer [257]
On the talks and meaningless agreement, National Unification Board, White Paper on South-North Dialogue, especially p. 119. On Park's views, Kim Seong Jin discussion, Nov 15, 1992.
Park Chung Hee: For my interview with Park, see Don Oberdorfer, "Korea: Progress and Danger," WP, June 29, 1975. The story of Park's office safe is from a senior Korean diplomat who learned of it from a close aide to Park. On Park and the Yosu rebellion, James Hausman telephone interviews, Apr. 26, 1995 and Sept. 23, 1995. See also Allan R. Millett, "Captain James H. Hausman and the Formation of the Korean Army, 1945-50," unpublished paper from the Mershon Center, Ohio State University, p. 30. The embassy cable about Park is published in "Investigation of Korean-American Relations," Appendices of the Report of the House Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on International Organizations, vol. 1 (Oct. 31, 1978), p. 64.
Military assessment of Park, USFK Hist. 1975, p. 47, confidential (declassified 1994). On Park's intelligence countermeasures, see No Chae Hyon, Office of the Secretary of the Blue House, vol. 2, (Joong-ang Ilbo, 1993), in Korean, p. 254. For the poll on Park's greatness, Chosun Ilbo, Mar. 5, 1995, in Korean. Park quote on "pilfered household," Frank Gibney, Korea s Quiet Revolution (Walker and Co., 1992), p. 50. On Park's plans and operations in the economic field, see the excellent book by Mark Clifford, Troubled Tiger (M.E. Sharpe, 1994), from which the quote from the first economic plan is taken. The same source is used for the ROK's Vietnam earnings (p. 57) and the Pohang steel mill (p. 67-75). Park as "orchestra conductor" quote, Michael Keon, Korean Phoenix (Prentice-Hall International, 1977), p. 79. The Kim quote on Park's economic choices is from Chung-yum Kim, Policymaking on the Front Lines (Washington, World Bank, 1994), p. 30.
On Park's honesty and modesty, Kim, Policymaking on the Front Lines, pp. 117-118, and an interview with Jim Kim, political writer for Joong-ang Rho and author of a book on Park, May 18, 1996. The Cho Soon quote is from his book The Dynamics of Korean Economic Development (Institute for International Economics, 1994), p. 180. The growth data are from Kihwan Kim and Danny M. Leipzinger, Korea: A Case of GovernmentLed Development (World Bank, 1993), p. 1. The income distribution data are from D. M. Leipziger, D. Dollar, A. F. Shorrocks, and S. Y. Song, The Distribution of Income and Wealth in Korea (World Bank, 1992), p. 7.
Washington Blinks at Parks Coup: On Habib and the yushin plan, Emb. cable, "ROKG Declaration of Martial Law and Plans for Fundamental Government Reform," Oct. 16, 1972, confidential (declassified 1996). On Habib's anger at lack of forewarning, Francis Underhill, telephone interview, July 29, 1996. Marshall Green quote, Green telephone interview, Aug. 13, 1996.
Habib's hands-off recommendation, Emb. cable, "Comment on Martial Law and Government Change in Korea," Oct. 16, 1972, secret (declassified 1996). Washington's reaction, DOS cable, Oct. 16, 1972, secret (declassified 1996). Habib's policy of disassociation, Emb. cable, "U.S. Response to Korean Constitutional Revision," Oct. 23, 1972, secret (declassified 1996). Washington's endorsement, DOS cable, "Ref Seoul 6119," Oct. 26, 1972, secret (declassified 1996). Nixon to Kim Jong Pil, Don Oberdorfer, "South Korean Abuses Tolerated," WP, May 19, 1976. The quote was supplied by Donald Ranard, then Korea country director, who obtained it from a White