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This report argues that although the Korean War Armistice Agreement stopped the fighting in 1953, it has yet to be replaced by a permanent settlement. According to the author, the heightened prospect that North Korea will develop and eventually deploy nuclear weapons presents the US with policy alternatives that range from bad to worse. He proposes a peace settlement, including the formal cessation of hostilities and commencement of full diplomatic relations between the US and North Korea, recognition of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of both Koreas, and a renewed commitment by both Koreas to the terms of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.