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THE YEAR THAT HAS JUST PASSED HAS BEEN ONE OF SIGNIFICANCE FOR BRITAIN AS FAR AS KOREA IS CONCERNED, FOR IT MARKS THE CELEBRATION OF ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS. IN NOVEMBER 1883, SIR HARRY PARKES, THEN BRITISH MINISTER IN PEKING, SIGNED A TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP, WHICH REPLACED A TREATY SIGNED IN 1882, BUT WHICH WAS NEVER RATIFIED. PARKES'S TREATY WAS RATIFIED IN APRIL 1884. THUS 1983 HAS BEEN THE CENTENARY YEAR OF ANGLO-KOREAN RELATIONS. THE YEAR HAS BEEN MARKED IN NUMEROUS WAYS, BOTH IN BRITAIN AND KOREA. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL HIGH-LEVEL EXCHANGES AT LEVELS, AND MORE ARE SCHEDULED.

CRITICS AND DEFENDENS OF AMERICAN POLICY IN KOREA HAVE IGNORED CHANGES IN KOREAN POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT THAT DIFFERENTIATE THE CHOICES OPEN TO THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. THE THEORY ADVANCED HERE IS THAT IN ORDER TO CHART AN APPROPRIATE AMERICAN COURSE IT IS NECESSARY TO AGREE ON THE FACTS OF THE SITUATION AND TO RECOGNIZE HOW OUT-OF-DATE OUR IMAGES HAVE BECOME.