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Because he has no following either in the army or the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, the country’s only two power bases, it is uncertain whether Choi will long remain president. Under the nation’s constitution, Choi’s term as acting president can last only three months, during which a new chief executive must be elected by South Korea’s electoral college, the 2,583-member body that gave rubber-stamp approval to Park’s re-election bids in 1972 and 1978. Choi, 61, became prime minister — a post with little power in the strong presidential system designed by Park to perpetuate his rule — in 1975. He had served the previous four years as the special assistant to Park for foreign affairs. Before Park took over in a 1961 coup, Choi was an unknown English literature professor at Seoul National Uni versity. Under Park’s leadership, Choi maintained a low profile, always crediting Park with initiatives and deferring to the late president. His strong loyalty to Park, observers believe, insured his long association with Park. Choi has many American friends and is considered pro-American. Observers, who consider Choi a moderate, say he tried as prime minister to refrain from taking extreme actions that could affect the daily life of the general public. Choi reportedly took a dovish stand on how the government should respond to last week^s anti-Park riots in the southern coastal cities of Pusan and Masan. Choi is from Wonju in eastern South Korea and graduated from Tokyo Teachers’ College in 1941. He started his diplomatic career in 1951 when he joined the Foreign Ministry as the chief of the Foreign Trade Bureau, later serving as minister of the Korean Embassy in Tokyo, vice foreign minister and foreign minister. North Korea cautioned United Press International The shooting death of South Ko rean President Park Chunghee brought a stern warning of support from the United States and waves of sympathy from the nation’s Asian al lies, but Park’s Asian opponents withheld comment. The United States, whose com mitment to South Korea dates back to 1945 when its first troops landed there after the peninsula was di vided, bluntly warned communist North Korea not to “exploit” the tense situation of its southern neighbor. But American officials — who have criticized Park’s suppression of political freedom — did not eulogize the 62-year-old leader. Park was shot Friday night by the director of South Korea’s intelli gence agency. The American response con trasted with that of Taiwan, which today ordered all flags in the nation lowered to half staff for three days to mourn Park — the only Asian leader that recognized the Taipei govern ment. Taiwan’s leaders, including Pres ident Chiang Ching-kuo, Premier Sun Yun-suan and Foreign Minister Tsiang Yei-si, sent cables of condo lences to the South Korean govern ment and to Park’s daughter over the “loss of a great leader.” Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos offered his condolences to day, saying “Asia and the world have lost in this tragedy an able leader who did so much to bring stability and progress to this country and worked with other leaders to ease tensions and anxiety in Asia.’’ In Thailand, a spokesman for Prime Minister Kriangsak Choma- nan said Park was “a great man of Asia,” and Japan, which once fought for the right to control the entire peninsula, expressed “profound sadness” over his death. Japanese businessmen reacted calmly to Park’s death, but some predicted the South Korean economy — which Park built up during his 18-year rule — might de teriorate if there is prolonged insta bility in the country. Both North Korea and China — which backed the North in the 1950-53 Korean conflict — briefly reported Park’s death over official news outlets, but neither made comment on the incident. Park’s death came two days after the 27th anniversary of China’s entrance into the conflict — a day marked by official ceremonies and parties in Peking and North Korea’s capital Pyongyang. Saturday Nov. 10, 1979 2nd Floor MSC Session 1: Law “8 a. m.-noon” Session 2: Business “1 p.m.-4:30 p.m.” Registration Fee: single session $1.00 both sessions $1.50 Register in advance “221’ MSC” or at “228 MSC Nov. 10” Luncheon: $3.00 “extra” Register for luncheon by Noon Nov. 8 221 MSC For more info: 845-1914 * * * & * & & # 4* <3)? 3)? 3j? Of? ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ Park joins shah, Somoza U. S. loses third ally in year I United Press International WASHINGTON — Korean Pres ident Park Chunghee is the third foreign leader with longstanding special ties to the United States to be overthrown this year. The first to be ousted was Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, who left his native Iran in January after rul ing as monarch for 37 years. In July, Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza resigned and flew to the United States, ending his family’s 46-year reign. Park had been in power 18 years. All three men had received abun dant military aid from the United States and had close ties to succeed ing administrations. Each ran an openly authoritarian regime and tensions in their countries seethed for years before they were over thrown. The shah, who left Iran Jan. 16, was deposed by leftist and refigious forces, who accused him of torturing political opponents, reigning through force of a secret police cadre and letting economic corrup tion run rampant. Ayatollah Ruhol- lah Khomeini, a religious authorita rian, now runs the country. Although the shah had longstand ing ties with the United States, he was discouraged from settling in America as an exile because the ad ministration wanted to develop rela tions with the new government. He now lives in Mexico but currently is being treated for cancer in New York City. When it became clear that Presi dent Carter was not going to back the shah in his final weeks of power, some politicians questioned whether America’s allies could count on U.S. friendship. Others said the United States had ignored the shah’s dark side far too long. The sentiment on Somoza was more one-sided. Although the United States helped his father come to power in 1933, used Nicaragua as a base for staging the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961 and got Nicaraguan backing for intervention in the Dominican Re public in 1965, the friendship had cooled. Carter was especially critical of Somoza for human rights violations, and the State Department last Feb ruary cited “credible” reports that the dictator tortured and killed members of the Sandinista National Liberation Front even after open hostitilies had ceased. Three members of the junta visited Washington in September, seeking money. One of them said, “We know not everyone trusts us yet. but that is part of why we came to Washington — to show that we are a responsible government.” * * * * * * * * * A WITCH — WITHOUT A STITCH? MAYBE A MUMMY with a BIG TUMMY? PERHAPS COME AND FIND OUT — ZACHARIAS 4TH ANNUAL HALLOWEEN PARTY — PRIZES FOR: — BEST COSTUME — MOST ORIGINAL CARVED PUMPKIN — APPLES BOBBED OUT OF A VAT OF BEER WEDNESDAY OCT. 31st *★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★* 30 Af/NUTt FREE DELIMIT C ul rtlong (foiled I V. 846-7785 AGGIES! as ry D° U S Jewe “I’d been y- overweight most of my life. My friends don’t even recognize me now!! Rodney Wright Your old friend in. 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