BOX 2, FILE 3 (1980)
July 1980 – These documents describe back-and-forth communication between the US Embassy in Seoul and the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs about MOFA’s refusal to transmit to the Blue House a letter signed by 32 members of the US Congress.
The key US official in Washington involved was Michael Armacost of the State Department. The file also includes details of the upcoming trial of Kim Dae Jung and summaries of US-ROK economic and trade discussions.
The documents can be viewed below in PDF format:
Department Protests ROK Refusal to Accept Congressional Letter | July 1, 1980
Protest re: ROK Refusal to Accept Congressional Letter | July 2, 1980
Responses to Wolff Subcommittee | July 11, 1980
Weekly Status Report: Korea | August 8, 1980
The Kim Dae Jung Sentence | September 30, 1980
