1 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case NO Doc No C05635969 Date 07 10 2017 CONFIDENTIAL - PTQ2548 PAGE 01 SEOUL 02053 01 OF 03 1710392 ACTION NODS-OO INFO SAS-OO 408DCI 171039333 PANEL ACTION ADDITIONAL 1710292 APR 00 INFORMATION RELEASED 1 4 FM AMEMBASSY SEOUL I I I TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7620 Class Authority DSCG 11-1 Dectassify on 04-16-2025 SECTION 01 OF 03 SEOUL OjCIassification Extended on 11 03 2014 NODIS DEPT FOR PICKERING - AMB SHERMAN AND EAP - ROTH PDAS DEMING AMB KARTMAN AND E O 12958 DECL AFTER KOREAN REUNIFICATION TAGS PREL PINR KS KN SUBJECT NSA HWANG LAYS OUT BROAD SUMMIT GOALS FOR CHARGE REFTEL SEOUL 2028 AND PREVIOUS CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE RICHARD A CHRISTENSON REASONS 1 5 B D 1 6 SUMMARY IN AN APRIL 17 MEETING ROK NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HWANG WON-TAK TOLD CHARGE THAT PRESIDENT KIM HAD GOALS FOR THE JUNE SUMMIT ESSENTIALLY BUILDING A SOLID FOUNDATION OF MUTUAL TRUST 1 4 8 BI PAGE 02 SEOUL 02053 01 OF 03 1710392 RELATED TO PEACE AND SECURITY ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA THE ROKG WOULD BI CONTACT THE NORTH ON APRIL 18 AND PROPOSE THAT THE FIRST ROUND OF PREPARATORY TALKS TAKE PLACE APRIL 22 IN PANMUNJOM 14 3 THE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR SAID THAT B1 A VISIT BY AMBASSADOR SHERMAN MIGHT BE MORE USEFUL IN MID- MAY WHEN THE ROK SOMETHING TO AND THAT TCOG MEETINGS MIGHT BE USEFUL IN THE RUNUP TO THE JAPAN-DPRK NORMALIZATION TALKS AND AFTER THE NORTH-SOUTH SUMMIT HWANG ALSO EXPRESSED ANGER AT A ROK PRESS ARTICLE SUGGESTING THAT THE US AND SOUTH KOREA WERE AT ODDS OVER SUMMIT PLANNING AND THE AGENDA END SUMMARY ROKG TO SUGGEST FIRST ROUND OF PREP TALKS UNCLASSIFIED US Department Of State Case NO Doc NO 005635969 Date 07 10 2017 UNCLASSIFIED US Department Of State Case NO 13201443304 DOC NO 305835909 Date 07 10 2017 2 68 NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HWANG CONFIRMEI TO CHARGE 14 8 THAT THE UNIFICATION MINISTRY WOULD CONTACT THE DPRK VIA A 1 4 0 COMMUNICATIONS LINK IN PANMUNJOM ON TUESDAY APRIL 18 AT 10 00 A M TO PROPOSE THAT THE TWO SIIES HOLD THEIR FIRST 3 1 ROUND OF SUMMIT PREPARATORY TALKS ON SATURDAY APRIL 22 AT IPANMUNJOM HWANG 1 4 0 CSHFICE-NTIAL PAGE 03 SEOUL 02053 01 OF 03 1710302 END NOTE-I MORE REALISTIC SUMMIT EXPECTATIONS B1 3 SI HWANG UNDERSCORED THAT WHILE KIM VIEWEI THE SUMMIT AS A EVENT THE PRESIIENT HAI LIMITED GOATS FOR THE MEETING WHICH HE HAD LAID OUT IN HIS PUILIC ADDRESS TO THE KOREAN PEOPLE APRIL 17 SEPTEL AND FSIS SUMMARY TRANSLATIONS WHILE THE SUMMIT ITSELF WOULD SERVE AS AN IMPORTANT CONFIDENCE-SUILIING MEASURE IT WAS TO BE AND EXPECT TO RESOLVE ALL THE PROILEMS ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA IN JUST ONE SESSION THIS FIRST MEETING WOULI CREATE AN OPENING FOR RECONCILIATION AND HOPEFULLY ATTAIN SOME ADIITIONAL INITIAL SUCCESSES IN THE AREAS OF ECONOMIC COOPERATION FAMILY REUNIONS AND NORTH-SOUTH INTERGOVERNMENTAL DIALOGUE THOSE WERE OBJECTIVESJV 1 4 3 1 4 0 UNCLASSIFIED US Department Of State NO 000 No 005035969 Date 07 10 2017 CONSULTATION SCHEDULES 5 KIM THE KIND WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT FROM PRESIDENT CLINTON AND SECRETARY ALBRIGHT HWANG NOTED AND HE ASKED THAT THOSE THANKS BE RELAYED TO PRESIDENT CLINTON CLOSE COORDINATION WITH THE US IN THE RUNUP TO THE SUMMIT WAS A KEY ROKG PRIORITY HWANG STATED AND COULD TAKE PLACE IN TWO WAYS MOST IMPORTANT WERE BILATERAL EXCHANGES LIKE OUR CW PTO1147 PAGE 01 SEOUL 02053 02 OF 03 1710392 ACTION NODS-00 INFO LOG-00 SAS-OO 4C8DD5 171039Z 38 171029Z APR 00 FM AMEMBASSY SEOUL TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7621 WA SECTION 02 OF 03 SEOUL 002053 DEPT FOR PICKERING - AMB SHERMAN AND EAP - ROTH PDAS DEMING AMB KARTMAN AND E O 12958 DECL AFTER KOREAN REUNIFICATION TAGS PREL PINR KS KN NSA HWANG LAYS OUT BROAD SUMMIT GOALS FOR CHARGE PRESENT THE OTHER WAS A TCOG TRILATERAL COORDINATING AND OVERSIGHT GROUP MEETING THE ROKG HAD TO A TCOG BEFORE THE SUMMIT 6 THE BEST THING WOULD BE TO HAVE A TCOG JUST BEFORE THE NEXT ROUND OF JAPAN-DPRK NORMALIZATION TALKS IN TOKYO OR HONOLULU HWANG MUSED SO THAT KEY SUMMIT ISSUES COULD BE DISCUSSED AS WELL THEN A SECOND TCOG COULD BE PAGE 02 SEOUL 02053 02 OF 03 171039Z HELD AFTER THE KIM-KIM SUMMIT TO BRIEF ON KEY RESULTS OF THE HISTORIC TALKS AMBASSADOR TRAVEL UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No 005635969 Date 07 10 2017 B1 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2014-13304 Doc No 005635969 Date 07 10 2017 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case NO DOC NO 005635969 Date 07 10 2017 7 S THE NATIONAL SECURITY AIVISOR THEN NOTED THAT HIS STAFF HAD TOLD HIM THAT AMBASSADOR SHERMAN WAS CONSIDERING A TRIP TO THE REGION IN THE NEAR FUTURE HE SUGGESTEI THAT A DATE IN MID-MAY MIGHT BE THE BEST TIMEFRAME FOR THE VISIT SINCE THE ROKG NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO GIVE AMBASSAIOR SHERMAN AT THIS POINT IT MIGHT BE BETTER TO MEET AFTER THE FIRST ROUND OF PRELIMINARY NORTH- SOUTH VICE-MINISTERIAL TALKS WHEN THE ROKG WOULD HAVE MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE ITINERARY AGENIA AND SO ON STILL THIS WAS SOMETHING BEST DISCUSSED WITH THE KEY MINISTRIES CONCERNED LIKE MOFAT AND THE UNIFICATION MINISTRY HWANG SAID CHARGE REINFORCED USG INTEREST IN A ROBUST CONSULTATION PROCESS BY NOTING THAT SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE PERRY PROCESS COORDINATION ON DPRK POLICY WAS BETTER THAN ANY TIME IN THE PAST AND THAT NOW MORE THAN EVER IT WOULD BE NATURAL FOR US TO IISCUSS KEY ISSUES CLOSELY AND CAREFULLY THE USG HAD A POSITIVE PROCESS IN MIND IN KEEPING WITH THE STRONGLY SUPPORTIVE STATEMENTS THAT HAD COME OUT OF WASHINGTON WHEN THE SUMMIT WAS FIRST ANNOUNCEI BROAI AGENDA ITEMS 1 4 8 8 G REGARIING THE AGENDA HWANG SAID THAT THE ROKG 31 PAGE 03 SEOUL 02053 02 OF 03 1710392 ENVISIONEII IITEMS -- RECONCILIATION ANI PEACE AND SECURITY ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA THE PRIMARY CONCERN WAS TO ELIMINATE THE CLIMATE OF FEAR WHICH 14 3 HAD PERMEATED THE PENINSULA FOR 50 YEARS BY ENIING THE MISTRUST AND LACK OF CONFIDENCE BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES B1 THIS WAS LINKED TO THE LAST SUMMIT GOAL NORTH-SOUTH DIALOGUE SINCE A CONSISTENT PERMANENT GOVERNMENT DIALOGUE MECHANISM WAS NECESSARY TO BUILD TRUST THIS WOULD BE ACHIEVEI BY IMPLEMENTING THE DIALOGUE MECHANISMS ENVISIONED UNDER THE 1992 BASIC ACCORDS UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case NO NO 305635969 Date 07 10 2017 d 0 10 29% 1 PRESIDENT MARCH 9 BERLIN DECLARATIO UPLED WITH THE LONG-TERM CONSISTENCY OF THE ENGAGEMENT POLICY HAD GIVEN THE DPRK LEADERSHIP THE CONFIDENCE TO REACH OUT TO SOUTH KOREA ANGER AT PRESS MISINFORMATION 11 HWANG CLOSED BY VOICING HIS WITH THE MUNHWA ILBO NEWSPAPER FOR PRINTING AN APRIL 17 ARTICLE SUGGESTING THAT THE ROK AND U S WERE AT ODDS OVER PREPARATIONS FOR THE NORTH-SOUTH SUMMIT SEPTEL HWANG SAID THAT THE FOREIGN MINISTRY HAD ISSUED AT HIS INSTRUCTION A PUBLIC CORRECTION OF THE PTO1148 PAGE 01 SEOUL 02053 03 OF 03 1710392 ACTION NODS-00 INFO 4CSDD7 1710392 38 01710292 APR 00 FM AMEMBASSY SEOUL TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7622 CWA SECTION 03 OF 03 SEOUL 002053 DEPT FOR PICKERING - AMB SHERMAN AND EAP - ROTH PDAS DEMING AMB KARTMAN AND DECL AFTER KOREAN REUNIFICATION TAGS PREL PINR KS KN SUBJECT NSA HWANG LAYS OUT BROAD SUMMIT GOALS FOR CHARGE IN THE ARTICLE HWANG SAID HE AGREED THAT SUCH ARTICLES LEFT A MISTAKEN IMPRESSION ABOUT U S -ROK COOPERATION ON NORTH KOREA POLICY HE WENT ON TO URGE THAT THE USG NOT TAKE SUCH REPORTS WARNING THAT THEY WERE LIKELY TO MULTIPLY IN THE RUNUP TO THE SUMMIT COMMENT UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2014-13304 Doc No 005635969 Date 07 10 2017 UNCLASSIFIED U S Departrhent of State Case No F-2014-13304 Doc No 005635969 Date 07 10 2017 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No 005635969 Date 07 10 2017 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No C05635969 Date 07 10 2017 12 MOST STRIKING IN COMMENTS TODAY WAS HIS EFFORT TO EXPECTATIONS FOR THE JUNE 12 14 CON-PW PAGE 02 SEOUL 02053 03 OF 03 1710392 SUMMIT IN PARTICULAR HE RETURNED SEVERAL TIMES TO THE IDEA THAT PRESIDENT KIM INTENDED THIS AS THE FIRST OF A LONG SERIES OF HIGH-LEVEL MEETINGS LEAVING IT TO HIS SUCCESSORS TO BRING TO FRUITION A GRAIUAL RESOLUTION OF THE LONG-STANIING TENSIONS ON THE PENINSULA AS A COROLLARY PRESIDENT KIM TO CREATE ARI-ATMOSPHERE OF MUTUAL TRUST IN WHICH MANY OF THE SECURITY CONCERNS WOULI BE MORE EASILY ANI NATURALLY RESOLVED CHRISTENSON END OF DOCUMENT 14 3 14 0 81 14 3 - 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