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Approved for Release: 2020/08/11 C02000172 TOP SECRET South Korea: The Chang Myon government is concerned over increasing public opinion that favors some direct contact with North Korea. Some leaders of the conservative opposition, at a loss for issues to differentiate their party from the administration, are advocating exchanges with the Communist North--a line Pyongyang has belabored with repeated offers of economic assistance. A small but vocal minority of intellectuals and students advocates neutralization of all Korea as a possible solution to the South's chronic economic problems. Seoul may be forced to propose social and economic exchanges of a sort unacceptable to the North to combat continued Pyongyang propaganda designed to stimulate dissatisfaction among the South Koreans. (Page 8) OK ## III. THE WEST West Germany: Officials of the West German Foreign Ministry favor only a partial lifting of last September's Allied restrictions on travel of East Germans to NATO countries until further assessment can determine whether East German controls over West German access to East Berlin will be eased. Major Chang in last sentence Following reinstatement of the interzonal trade agreement on 29 December, Bonn officials consider East German actions "not yet satisfactory." West Berlin Mayor Brandt is reportedly optimistic, however, that the East Germans will further ease their stand. While French officials in Bonn have urged Paris to accept the West German position, the British representatives have instructions to press for immediate relaxation of Allied controls in order to allow an East German trade mission to come to London by mid-January, but have reported German views without comment. Belgium: US Embassy officials in Brussels expect the Belgian strikes, now in the fourth week, to be broken within the next two weeks. Meanwhile, there is a growing danger of violence and sabotage, particularly in the Walloon area of southern Belgium. Socialist party and labor union leaders are OK 11 Jan 61 DAILY BRIEF iii TOP SECRET Approved for Release: 2020/08/11 C02000172

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