미국의 동백림사건 중재와 ‘반공의 연대’

Abstract

When the diplomatic conflict between South Korean and West German government began, American government tried to lean out the situation. They believed that this conflict is just a trouble between S. Korea and W. Germany, so it would be solved when the countries involved directly meet and negotiate. In the American ‘non-intervention principle’ also included an expression of complaint that Park Chunghee Regime arbitrarily dispatched KCIA agents to Europe and America and ‘kidnapped’ Koreans without preliminary notice or request for cooperation to W. German or American government. When the diplomatic conflict between South Korea and West Germany continued for long and became increasingly intense, American government consistently met the diplomats of S. Korea and W. Germany. The American ostensible principle was still ‘non-intervention’, and they led S. Korean and W. German government to resolve the conflict on their own. Nevertheless the conflict became worse after appellate trial on December 1968, and a sense of crisis was spreading that the diplomatic relations between S. Korea and W. Germany could be break off. Then American government actively intervened the situation and draw the resolution. Because of American mediation, the diplomatic conflict between S. Korean and W. German government got solved. When intervening the diplomatic conflict due to East-Berlin Incident, American government did not concern about the truth or human rights. They only focused on the recovery and maintenance of friendly relations between S. Korea and W. Germany. It meant to keep the ‘Solidarity of Anti-Communism’ firm and undamaged in the International Cold War System.