A minuet with a missile.(United States and North Korea grapple over nuclear weapons)(Brief Article)

From: U.S. News & World Report | Date: August 9, 1999| Author: Strobel, Warren P.; Whitelaw, Kevin; Omestad, Thomas; Kaplan, David E. | Copyright information

When they visited North Korea in 1987, U.S. businessman William Zylka and retired Army hero Gen. Erle Cocke found themselves sleeping at the presidential guesthouse and plied with huge feasts. This was hospitality with a purpose. Zylka and Cocke were secret emissaries of William Casey, then the CIA director. When the visit ended, the North Koreans were talking of sending a gymnastics team to America and of starting to take the first steps toward drafting a peace treaty with the Uni...

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