Party directive warns another nuclear test could lead to war and promises aid boost in exchange for testing ban
China’s Communist Party adopted a secret plan in September to bolster the North Korean government with increased aid and military support, including new missiles, if Pyongyang halts further nuclear tests, according to an internal party document.
The document, labeled “top secret” and dated Sept. 15—12 days after North Korea’s latest underground nuclear blast—outlines China’s plan for dealing with the North Korean nuclear issue. It states China will allow North Korea to keep its current arsenal of nuclear weapons, contrary to Beijing’s public stance that it seeks a denuclearized Korean peninsula.
Chinese leaders also agreed to offer new assurances that the North Korean government will not be allowed to collapse, and that Beijing plans to apply sanctions “symbolically” to avoid punishing the regime of leader Kim Jong Un under a recent U.N. resolution requiring a halt to oil and gas shipments into North Korea.
A copy of the four-page Chinese-language document was obtained by the Washington Free Beacon from a person who once had ties to the Chinese intelligence and security communities. An English translation can be found here.
CIA spokesmen had no immediate comment on the document that could not be independently verified.
A Chinese Embassy spokesman did not return emails seeking comment.
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Big @BillGertz scoop leading @FreeBeacon this morning Secret Document Reveals China Covertly Offering Missiles, Increased Aid to North Korea https://t.co/mZPp4jbiYB
— Matthew Continetti (@continetti) January 2, 2018
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