DECLASSIFIED Authority 4mm 2 619 SECRET To STATE RC1 i SECRET SEOUL FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY HABIB FROM AMBASSADOR SNEIDER REFS A SEOUL 1089 B SEGUL 8923 RECENTLY RECEIVED SFECIAL INTELLIGENCE HATA WITH SUPPORTING CGMMERCIAL INDICATORS REPORTED IN REF A LEADS EMBASSY TO BELIEVE THAT ROE IS DETERMINED TO ADVANCE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE IN THE BIRECTIQN PROJECTED BY REF 3 MESSAGE 3 PARA THREE PROJECTIGN OF RQK INTEREST IN NUCLEAR FUEL REPRGGESSING HAS BEEN BUTRESSED BY DEVELGPMENTS FRGM SPECIAL INTELLIGENCE MESSAGES EMEASSY HAS TENTATIVELY THAT THE 30K GOVERNMENT HAS PURCHASED OR IS ABGUT T0 PURCHASE FROM VARIOUS FRENCH CONCERNS NUCLEAR MATERIALS REPROEESSING EQUIPMENT WHICH WILL PROVIDE THEM WITH A LABORATORY SIZED PLANT OF 22 CAPACITY WHILE THE SPECIFIC VALUE OF THESE VARIOUS DEALS IS ALSG VAGUE IT T9 BE AN EXPENDITURE OF BETWEEN $20 $39 MILLION AGREEMENTS FOR THE TRAINING 6F NUCLEAR TECHNICIANS AND FGR CERTAIN SERVICES ARE INBICATED ADDITIGRALLY THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT THE RGK HAS BEGUN TO LOOK T0 FRANCE AS A LONG SECRET DECLASSIFIED Authority mm 6 Q5191 2 RANGE SUPPLIER FGR BOTH ENRICHED URANIUM AND QTHER NUCLEAR WHILE THIS ANALYSIS IS F NECES-SITY NO MORE THAN READING 6F COLLECTED SPECIAL INTELLIGENCE SMTHING IS SNEI Em Drafting affieertkLawless Appreving AMB RSneider March 1975                     National Security Archive    Suite 701  Gelman Library  The George Washington University    2130 H Street  NW  Washington  D C  20037    Phone  202 994‐7000  Fax  202 994‐7005  nsarchiv@gwu edu