CIAO DATE: 10/05

Trip Report DRAFT v. G1 - DPRK, PRC, ROK

Executive Summary

This report describes meetings and events that took place in the DPRK (Pyongyang), the PRC (Beijing), and the ROK (Seoul) from June 25th through July 4th, 2005. The report focuses on my meetings in the DPRK, including discussions with...

Kim Gae Gwan, Vice Foreign Minister (5.5 hrs)
Kim Myung Gil, Deputy Dir. General of the American Depart. (3.3 hrs)
Kim Yong-dae, Vice Chair of Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (1 hr.)
Gen. Ri Chan Bok, Korean People's Army, Rep. to the Panmunjum (1 hr.)
Ri Hak Gwon, Vice Chair, Korea Comm. for the Promotion of Intl. Trade (1 hr.)

My Foreign Ministry guides were Mr. Hyon and Mr. Hwang.

All of the meetings focused on a small number of issues: Kim Jong Il's meeting with the South Korean Unification Minister, the nuclear issue, the 6 Party Talks (6PT), US-DPRK relations, and DPRK-PRC relations.

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