North Korea does not currently appear to be taking any military steps

in response to the deteriorating political situation in the South.

however. the events of 26 October and 12 December 1979 caught the North

by surprise. That is not true of the present situation. As me pointed

out in SNIE 42/14.2-79. 20 December 1979. and in an Alert Memorandum.

8 February 1980. the emergence of widespread civil disorder in the South

would prompt Pyongyang to consider forceful reunification of the peninsula.

If Washington were seen to be preoccupied with the situation in South

Asia and domestic issues. Pyongyang would probably be further emboldened

by a conclusion that the US capacity to resolve the situation in the

South or to defend South Korea was seriously weakened

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