We know that the initiative to conduct a telephone conversation came from the American side: it was Austin who made the call. Remarkably, the specific details of how Austin justified the US actions are not known. At the same time, it is reported that the ministers of the two countries agreed that the interaction between Washington and Seoul is at an unprecedented level and the parties will continue to contribute to its strengthening.
Earlier it became known that the United States was listening in on the conversations of South Korean officials. This was reported by The New York Times, citing secret Pentagon information leaked on social media.
It turned out that the Americans were spying on high-ranking representatives of the South Korean authorities, finding out information about the latter’s doubts about the supply of American artillery shells. In particular, the United States listened to the conversations of former Foreign Secretary Lee Moon-hee and former National Security Adviser Kim Song Han: in one of these conversations, the former told the second that the South Korean government “was mired in fears that the United States would not be the end user” of the munitions. Seoul is known to have demanded from the Americans that the munitions received be used only by the United States and not transferred to a third party.
A leaked Pentagon report on social media says the secret data was obtained through electronic intelligence. Therefore, summarizes the New York Times, “the United States was spying on one of its main allies in Asia”.
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