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1979 Oct 27 - 1986 Aug 21
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1971
South Korea (UK/South Korea relations; internal situation; death of President Park; election and resignation of President Choi Kya-hah; inauguration of President Chun Doo-hwan; visit of President Chun to UK and meeting with Prime Minister, 9 April 1986) (Part 1)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Jul 21
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 283
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79 Oct 27 Sa Major South Korea: No.10 minute to MT (death of President Park Chung Hee) [condolences] [declassified Jul 2016]
79 Nov 19 Mo Major South Korea: Acting President Choi Kyu Hah letter to MT (death of President Park Chung Hee) [acknowledgement of MT condolences] [declassified Jul 2016]
79 Dec 12 We Major South Korea: FCO minute: McLaren to Cortazzi ("Korea: attempted militart coup?") [reported attack on the home of the Minister of National Defence] [declassified Jul 2016]
79 Dec 17 Mo Major South Korea: MT letter to President Choi Kyu Hah (inauguration to the 10th Presidency) [congratulations] [declassified Jul 2016]
80 Jan 14 Mo Major South Korea: President Choi Kyu Hah letter to MT (inauguration to the 10th Presidency) [acknowledgement of MT congratulations] [declassified Jul 2016]
80 May 26 Mo Major South Korea: UKE Seoul telegram to FCO ("Internal security situation") [risk to British nationals from civil unrest in Kwangju area] [declassified Jul 2016]
80 Jun 29 Su Major South Korea: MT letter to President Choi Kyu Hah (Korea Electric Company contracts) [MT (reluctantly) makes plea for GEC to be awarded nuclear power station contracts] [declassified Jul 2016]
80 Aug 16 Sa Major South Korea: UKE Seoul telegram to FCO ("Resignation of President Choi") ["clears the way for Chun's election as President... even the American were taken by surprise... business circles... resigned relief.... politicians, academics and students... in considerable disarray"] [declassified Jul 2016]
80 Aug 26 Tu Major South Korea: Lord Carrington PS letter to No.10 ("Korea") [MT draft message of congratulations on election of General Chun Doo Hwan to the Presidency: "we may deplore the suppression of opposition but we should also recognise that most Koreans appear to accept the need for authoritarian leadership"] [declassified Jul 2016]
80 Aug 27 We Major South Korea: MT message to President Chun Doo Hwan ("Inauguration of President Chun") [congratulations] [declassified Jul 2016]
80 Sep 5 Fr Major South Korea: President Chun Doo Hwan letter to MT (election to the Eleventh Presidency of the Republic of Korea) [response to MT message of congratulations] [declassified Jul 2016]
80 Oct 8 We Major South Korea: President Chun Doo Hwan letter to MT (nuclear power stations) [response to MT letter re: GEC bid for turbines contract] [declassified Jul 2016]
80 Oct 14 Tu Major South Korea: President Chun Doo Hwan message to MT ("Nuclear power stations") [response to MT letter re: GEC bid for turbines contract] [declassified Jul 2016]
80 Oct 23 Th Major South Korea: Lord Carrington PS letter to No.10 ("Korea: nuclear power stations") [response to MT letter to President re: GEC bid for turbines contract] [declassified Jul 2016]
80 Nov 20 Th Major South Korea: Lord Carrington PS letter to No.10 ("Korea: Kim Dae Jung") [MT approves EU joint representation against death sentence of Opposition leader] [declassified Jul 2016]
81 Feb 27 Fr Major South Korea: MT letter to President Chun Doo Hwan (President's inauguration) [congratulations] [declassified Jul 2016]
81 Mar 7 Sa Major South Korea: President Chun Doo Hwan letter to MT (President's inauguration) [acknowledgement of MT letter of congratulations] [declassified Jul 2016]
81 Aug 13 Th Major South Korea: Gilmour PS letter to No.10 (Prime Minister Nam Duck Woo visit to UK) [draft note of welcome from MT] [declassified Jul 2016]
81 Sep 11 Fr Major South Korea: MT letter to Prime Minister Nam Duck-Woo (visit to UK) [MT intercedes on behalf of General Electric Company to help secure Seoul metro contract] [declassified Jul 2016]
82 May 17 Mo Major South Korea: MT letter to Lord Weinstock (Seoul metro extension contract) [General Electric Company secure contract. Biffen: "a major success for GEC in what has traditionally been a Japanese sphere of influence"] [declassified Jul 2016]