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Cover of reporter Bob Woodward’s new book ‘Rage’ (Photo = Yonhap News)
In 2017, the anecdote that the United States revised ‘Operational Plan 5027’, which included the possibility of using 80 nuclear weapons with North Korea’s regime change in mind, is becoming a hot topic. This was included in the new book Rage, based on 18 interviews with US President Donald Trump by legendary American reporter Bob Woodward.
The Blue House admitted that the security situation on the Korean Peninsula was dire at the time, but denied that the possibility of using nuclear weapons was included in the wartime war plan of the allied forces of the ROK and the United States, ‘Jakgye 5027’.
A key member of the Blue House met with reporters on the 14th and mentioned President Moon Jae-in’s comments on August 15, 2017, saying: “The use of nuclear weapons was not in our operational plan and the use of force on the Korean peninsula is impossible without our consent. ”
Earlier in the book, Woodward argued, “The Omaha Strategic Command has carefully reviewed and studied the US countermeasures against North Korea’s 5027 regime change plan, that is, an attack capable of using 80 nuclear weapons.”
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However, contrary to Woodward’s insistence, the Blue House explained that the possibility of using nuclear weapons was not included in the war plan of the allied forces of the Republic of Korea and the United States, the so-called ‘work-gye’ .
However, the Blue House admitted that the security situation at the time was dire. This official explained that “it is difficult to confirm the concrete internal history of the White House, but it was a known fact that the situation was serious at that time,” he said. “It was when the word ‘surgical coup’ appeared publicly in foreign media.”
In addition, he recalled the fact that President Moon introduced the Berlin Initiative on July 6 of that year, and in a congratulatory speech on August 15, he seriously declared the position of ‘there is no war on the Korean peninsula. ‘: “There is no war again.”
President Moon proclaimed in his congratulatory comment on 8.15am: “Only the ROK determines military action on the Korean peninsula, and no one can decide military action without the consent of the ROK. The government will risk everything and stop war”. In a keynote speech at the UN General Assembly in September, the Blue House explained that it made it clear that it did not want North Korea to collapse and sent the invitation to the PyeongChang Winter Olympics to the world, and that it has there have been numerous diplomatic efforts since then.
President Moon Jae-in, (right) President of the United States Trump, (left) Chairman of the North Korean State Council, Kim Jong-un (Photo = Captured by the Central Chosun News Agency)
Such diplomatic efforts by the Moon Jae-in administration piled up, and North Korea played a role as a bridge of peace between North and North, as North Korea announced its intention to participate in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.
In fact, the PyeongChang Olympics led to the dispatch of a high-ranking North Korean visitor to South Korea and the dispatch of a special envoy by Chief Eui-yong Jeong, and the following year, the first inter-Korean summit on April 27. 2018, the Korea-United States summit on May 20 and the second inter-Korean summit on May 26 on the Korean peninsula. The peace process has advanced.
A Blue House official said: “These efforts lead to the Singapore-North Korea Summit, and our government has turned the war crisis into a phase of peace, not simply to overcome it.”
At the same time, Kim Young-hee, who became a deceased person, quoted the words of Otto Bismarck: ‘It is the responsibility of the politician to run away as soon as the god passes through the story and grab the hem and move on with it.’ . She featured an article written at the time, saying, “The triangular dialogue between the two Koreas continues.”
This official emphasized: “It is a stalemate right now, but peace on the Korean Peninsula is the spirit of the times, and the government will not stop trying the peace process on the Korean Peninsula, and I will tell you that God he won’t let them go. ”