Letter by Romy Kerwin.
To The Right Honourable Kim Sung-hwan,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Sir,
A falsely declassified document is creating much anguish in the US, which
always had a very placid response to North Korea provocations.
I have always told you that the nuclear technology was more advanced than
believed and that North Korea was armed by Iran, which is the only country
ready to work with North Korea about nuclear technology.
North Korea has the power to install a miniaturized nuclear bomb on a
missile be it a Musudan or other and they want to show the world their new
found power even though it has remained untested.
I do not sleep well at night and yet I do not think that you are a direct
target for NK, America is.
Pyongyang wants to show the US that it is ready and willing to attack them
should they want to, so that they will be treated with more respect and can
barter more concessions from the US.
I cautiously predict that the next nuclear operation will be a test to
determine how sound their technology is.
Attacking South Korea would not prove much, attacking the US, which is
utterly unprepared to deal with such an attack seems a better goal.
The truth is that Washington has no idea about what to do with North Korea.
This what admitted by John Kerry
In a language that I prefer not to repeat. Essentially, he said that the US
had made big mistakes about North Korea.
I wonder how much you can rely on the US for your own protection. You are
like sitting ducks at the moment. I trust that America will protect you
after having deployed so many was maneuvers and an intimidating amount of
warfare. It is enough for the moment to shield you from NK terror but in
the future you may need to be more self reliant and to develop your own
channels of human intelligence in order to always know where NK is , in
terms of technological advancement.
An alliance between the States and China may intimidate North Korea. The
country remains a bit challenge because not enough is known about it.
Perhaps you know enough but the correct interpretations are lacking.
Each day that passes is nerve racking. I wonder how a country such as the
USA could have ” gotten it ” so wrong . They were overconfident and that is
a mistake.
I hope that the next showdown will be an exercise to prove the North nuclear
might and not a direct attack on any country. Such an exercise would be
scary but would yield important knowledge about the North’s development.
I believe that you have the means to abort any attempt to defuse a direct
attack but the problem will not go away. There will be more declarations of
war and border incidents.
You have not signed the armistice of 1953, the US did. Perhaps that is
something that can work in your favour.
In any case, remain calm. I will repeat the words of President Roosevelt II
by reminding you that the worst kind of fear is fear itself.
President Park is a fearless person who had to tackle many tragedies in her
life and she is a good and wise leader. She is not a person who will give
in to fear.
As a country, you should be prepared for anything, hoping that you will not
need these preparations. Each household should have all the necessities of
life for three days. It is like Japan’s on going preparations for an
earthquake.
I receive about 100 e-mails a day. I receive intelligence reports and have
to spend all day decoding them and writing bits and pieces of information on
a wall, until a picture begins to take shape.
I am with you in this ordeal as is the Korean population in Toronto. Life
is going on as normal in the Korean community. Nobody seems to be
irrationally afraid or fearful. They do not take this last bout of tension
seriously but we all think of you in South Korea and we are praying for you
in churches and homes.
I will send any news of importance as soon as I receive some.
Yours Very Respectfully,
