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Tokyo, Japan - 14 January 2011 1. Wide of US Defence Secretary Robert Gates walking to podium at Keio University 2. Wide of students in the auditorium 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Robert Gates, US Defence Secretary: "This is an area where, over the last several years, we have seen some signs of, I guess I would call it a disconnect, between the military and the civilian leadership. We think that the civilian leadership was not aware of the aggressive approach by Chinese ships to the US navy ship, Impeccable, two or three years ago. We think that, our information is that, the civilian leadership may not have known about the anti-satellite test that was conducted about three years ago, and as I indicated yesterday there were pretty clear indications that they were unaware of the flight test of the F-35, of the J-20 rather." 4. Wide of auditorium, people asking questions 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Robert Gates, US Defence Secretary: "The character and priorities of the North Korean regime sadly have not changed. North Korea's ability to launch another conventional ground invasion is much degraded from even a decade ago, but in other respects it has grown more lethal and more destabilising. Today, it is North Korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons and the proliferation of nuclear know-how and ballistic missile equipment that have focused our attention, developments that threaten not only the peninsula, but the Pacific Rim and international stability as well." 6. Wide of students applauding Gates 7. Gates leaving auditorium Seoul, South Korea - 14 January 2011 8. Mid of Gates and his delegation arriving at South Korean Defence Ministry 9. Mid of Gates greeting South Korean officials, then walking into ministry 10. Wide of South Korean peace activists holding anti-US rally in front of Defence Ministry 11. Close of activist holding placard with Gates' photo 12. Mid of activist speaking to protesters on microphone 13. Mid of activists chanting 14. Close of signs reading (English) "Abandon Strategic Patience" and (in Korean) "Throw Away Failed Pressuring Policy and Start Dialogues" 15. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Yoo Young-jae, South Korean peace activist: "The US is still pressuring North Korea and, furthermore, it is talking about a military strike against the North. We are doubtful about whether the situation might be able to progress smoothly to any dialogue holding conditions." 16. Mid of rally STORYLINE: New international disarmament talks with North Korea are possible only if the North backs off recent aggression against South Korea and demonstrates it is willing to bargain in good faith, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday. Gates said diplomacy is worthwhile, starting with direct talks between the North and South. South Korea has rejected new talks for now, reflecting intense anger and impatience over North Korean attacks. Gates attached no conditions to possible new discussions between the North and South beyond an end to attacks like two in the past year blamed for killing about 50 South Koreans. Gates made a brief stop in Seoul for crisis talks on North Korea to close a week of military discussions in Asia clouded by the threat of new war on the Korean peninsula. South Korean Defence Minister Kim Kwan-jin told Gates that his country feels under attack. South Korea sees recent North Korean aggression as the worst since the close of the Korean War six decades ago. The United States fears that the risk of war is rising between US ally South Korea and the heavily militarised and increasingly unpredictable regime in North Korea, which the Pentagon also considers a looming threat to the mainland United States. Gates said. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/cedbf230bee8eeb86262eb5795f1b6d1 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork