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[1. An excerpt from "the Operation Communization of S. Korea by Kim Dae-jung and the ChungJukHoe Heads of the National Intelligence Service" / 1. "김대중과 청죽회 국정원장들의 대남적화 공작" 에서의 발췌내용 , 저자 정담, 도서출판 청척모]

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대한민국 국정원의 정치정보 권리를 중국에 양도하다


Front cover
Front cover

Back cover
Back cover

Author Jeong Dam
Author Jeong Dam


Must Read Books which will shed the light & truth on the completely fabricated episodes of 518 Kwangju Upheaval (518 광주사태)
Must Read Books which will shed the light & truth on the completely fabricated episodes of 518 Kwangju Upheaval (518 광주사태)

앞장에서 전술한 내용들을 이해한다면, 김대중 정권의 2대 국정원장에 취임한 천용택이 중국에 가서 무엇을 했는지에 대하여 충분히 인지(認知)되었으리라 본다.

 

김대중은 일본과 “新한·일어업협정”을 끝내고 안기부가 중국에서 납치했던 최인수를 다시 돌려보내 사태가 수습되었다고 판단하였고, 공작 실패의 책임을 물어 청죽회(靑竹會) 출신 이종찬을 해임하고 그 후임에 같은 청죽회출신 천용택을 2대 국정원장에 임명했었다.

 

중국 정보부가 바로 ‘김대중이 이런 조치를 기다리고 있었다는 것’은 인지하지 못한 채 그렇게 진행했었다. 중국 정보부는 “북한 요원으로 암약했던 최인수가 갑자기 사라졌다가 다시 나타나서 한국 주민등록증을 갖고 한국인 행세하면서 달러를 물쓰듯 한다”는 사실을 정보요원들의 보고를 받고는 즉각 최인수를 체포해서 고문하기 시작했었던 것이다.



Chinese Intelligence Agency, p. 91
Chinese Intelligence Agency, p. 91

 

최인수는 자신의 경솔함을 후회하였지만 때는 이미 늦었고, 모든 사실을 중국 정부부에 진술하게 된다. 중국 정보부는 “드디어 한국을 손아귀에 넣을 수 있는 대어를 낚았다”며 만세를 부르고, 최인수의 행적을 보고했었던 정보부 요원들 전원을 진급시켜 주었던 것이다.

 

그후 최인수는 북한으로 즉각 압송해 버렸고, 북한에 도착한 최인수는 김정일의 특명으로 다시 고문을 받게 되었고 모든 것을 실토한 후에 처형되어 버렸다. 이런 사실을 까맣게 모르고 새 출발을 한다는 기분으로 천용택을 후임 국정원장에 임명해 놓았던 김대중은 절뚝거리는 두 다리를 뻗었던 것이다.

 

이 사건 전반에 대하여 당시 국정원 발표와 취재했던 기자들의 보도를 인용한다면, 얼마나 황당한 일이었는지 그리고 당시의 국정원의 수준이 어떠하였는지를 짐작할 수 있게 된다.



p. 92
p. 92

 

보도된 원문을 그대로 옮기면,

“김정일은 1999년 4월 연평해전을 일으키는 한편, 중국 정부에 강력하게 항의했다. 보위부의 반탐(대간첩 작전) 요원들을 중국으로 보내 한국 요원들을 제거하라고 지시하기도 했다. ‘이대로 뒀다간 큰일 나겠다’고 생각한 중국은 대북정보망의 핵심 거점이던 선양의 K 항공 지점(당시 부지점장이 국정원 요원이었다) 등을 급습해 한국 요원 30여 명과 이들에 맞서던 북한 보위부 반탐요원들을 함께 체포했다.

 

중국 공안당국은 한국 요원들에게 “그 동안의 활동 내역을 털어놓으면 보내주겠다”고 제안했고, 한국 정보당국은 요원들에게 자백하도록 지시했었다. 결국 요원들은 모두 무사히 귀국하였다. 이때 “대북 정보망은 와해(瓦解) 직전까지 갔었다”라고 엉터리 보도를 했었던 것이다.

 

이런 국정원의 발표와 보도 내용에는 당연히 최인수 이야기와 천용택 원장의 중국 방문 이야기가 누락(漏落)되어 있다. 이런 사실만 보아도 천용택이 중국 정보부에 가서 무었을 주고 국정원 요원들을 데리고 왔는지, 최인수에 대한 비밀 보장을 받아왔었는지는 뻔한 것이고 그 당시 국정원 주변에서도 “정치정보 주권이 넘어갔다”는 이야기가 퍼져있었다. ([김대중과 청죽회 국정원장들의 대남적화 공작], 저자 정담, pp. 90-93, 도서출판 청척모)

 

 

Chapter 2 Cheon Yong-taek


Transferring the right to political intelligence from the National Intelligence Service of South Korea to China


If you understand the contents mentioned in the previous chapter, you will be fully aware of what Cheon Yong-taek, who became the second director of the National Intelligence Service under the Kim Dae-jung administration, did in China.


Kim Dae-jung ended the “New Korea-Japan Fisheries Agreement” with Japan and sent back Choi In-soo, who had been abducted in China by South Korean National Security agents, and deemed the situation to have been resolved. He dismissed Lee Jong-chan, a member of the Cheongchukhoe, for failing to carry out the (abduction) operation successfully, and appointed Cheon Yong-taek, also a member of the Cheongchukhoe, as the second director of the National Intelligence Service.


Kim Dae-jung proceeded without realizing that the Chinee Intelligence Service had been waiting for such a move. The Chinese intelligence agency received a report from its agents that “Choi In-soo, who had been working as a North Korean agent, suddenly disappeared and then reappeared, pretending to be a Korean citizen with a South Korean resident registration card and spending money like water.” The agency immediately arrested Choi and began torturing him.

Choi In-soo regretted his rashness, but it was already too late, and he had to state all the facts to the Chinese government.


The Chinese intelligence agency celebrated, saying, “We have finally caught a big fish that will allow us to get a hold of South Korea,” and promoted all the intelligence officers who reported Choi In-soo's whereabouts.


After that, Choi In-soo was immediately sent to North Korea, where he was tortured again by Kim Jong-il's special order. After confessing everything, he was executed. Kim Dae-jung, who had appointed Cheon Yong-taek as the new director of the National Intelligence Service, in fact stretched out his two limping legs, even though he was feeling like that he was having a clean new slate, not knowing that Cheon had been tortured to death.


If we look at the entire incident by quoting the NIS's announcement at the time and the reports of the journalists who covered the story, we can get a sense of how absurd the incident was and be able to gauze the (pitiful) level of the NIS at the time.


If we were to translate the original text as it was reported, it would read,

“Kim Jong-il strongly protested to the Chinese government while provoking the Yeonpyeong Island naval battle in April 1999. He even instructed the counter-espionage agents of the Ministry of Security to send agents to China to eliminate the South Korean agents. Thinking that “something big will happen if we leave it as it is,” China raided the K Air branch in Shenyang (the deputy branch manager at the time was an agent of the National Intelligence Service), which was the core base of the North Korean intelligence network, and arrested about 30 South Korean agents and the North Korean Ministry of State Security counter-espionage agents who were fighting against them.


Chinese public security authorities offered to release the South Korean agents if they confessed to their activities, and South Korean intelligence authorities instructed the agents to confess. In the end, all the agents returned home safely. At this time, they made a false report that “the South Korean intelligence network against the North Korea was on the verge of collapse.”


Naturally, the NIS's announcement and press release omitted the story of Choi In-soo and the story of Director Chun Yong-taek's visit to China. From these facts alone, it is clear that what Cheon Yong-taek had given to the Chinese Intelligence Agency when he went to them in order to safely bring back the NIS agents from their hands, and that he had received a guarantee of confidentiality regarding Choi In-soo. At the time, there were rumors around the NIS that “political intelligence sovereignty had been handed over (to the CCP).” ([The Communization Operation of Kim Dae-jung and the Cheongchukhoe Directors of NIS ], author Jeong Dam, pp. 90-93, Cheongchukmo Publishing)




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