1893-1976
Eastern Europe
(372) documents
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East Asia
North America
1917- 1979
1917- 2002
November 8, 1979
William Gleysteen reports on Cyrus Vance's conversation with Park Tong-jin.
October 28, 1979
Ambassador Gleysteen says he does "not know whether the stunning events of October 26/27 were a well planned military coup" or something else.
May 21, 1980
Ambassador Gleysteen writes that the "massive insurrection in Kwangju is still out of control."
Donald Gregg proposes that the United States "work with the current Korean leadership" but "express a carefully calibrated degree of disapproval" of the Gwangju massacre.
August 31, 1978
Ambassadors Gleysteen and Miller discuss relations between North Korea and South Korea and the regional situation in Northeast Asia in 1978.
1979
The National Security Council outlines it views of tripartite talks involving North Korea, South Korea, and the United States.