Butthegovernmentimmediatelyreaffirmeditsstancethatthelocalreferendumwasnotlegallybindingandwarnedopponentsnottohinderitfromconductingstateaffairs.(The Korea Herald)그러나정부는지역투표는법적효력이없다는입장을즉각재확인하고정부의정책사업수행을방해하지마라고 반대자들에게경고했다.
North KoreainsistedonalegallybindingnonaggressionpactfromtheUnited StatesduringtheAugusttalksbutitdroppedthedemand.(The Korea Herald)북한은 8월회담에서법적효력이있는미국의불가침협정을주장했으나미국은그요구를거절했다.