UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No 005635999 Date 07 10 2017 PTQ4948 PAGE 01 SEOUL 03037 01 OF 02 0909112 ACTION SS-OO INFO LOG-00 SAS-00 --60F537 0909112 38 0 0908582 JUN 00 FM AMEMBASSY SEOUL TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8971 INFO AMEMBASSY BEIJING IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY TOKYO IMMEDIATE PANEL ACTION ADDITIONAL AMEMBASSY MOSCOW IMMEDIATE RELEASED NSC WASHDC IMMEDIATE STAFF IMMEDIATE COMUSKOREA SEOUL IMMEDIATE SECTION 01 OF 02 SEOUL 003037 Classification Extended on 09 21 2016 Class SECRET Authority DSCG 11-1 Declassify on 06-08-2025 DECAPTIONED SPECAT DEPT FOR PICKERING - AMB SHERMAN NP - EINHORN EAP - ROTH PDAS DEMING AMB KARTMAN AND DEPT PLS PASS NSC FOR LIEBERTHAL E O 12958 DECL AFTER KOREAN REUNIFICATION TAGS PREL MARR MNUC PINR KS KN SUBJECT ON THE EVE OF THE INTER-KOREAN SUMMIT PAGE 02 SEOUL 03037 01 OF 02 0909112 REF SEOUL 2380 NOTAL CLASSIFIED BY THE AMBASSADOR REASONS 1 5 B D 1 STON THE EVE OF THE JUNE 12-14 INTER-KOREAN SUMMIT SOUTH KOREAN PUBLIC EXPECTATIONS ARE HIGHER THAN THE KIM DAE JUNG ADMINISTRATION WOULD LIKE BUT MANAGEABLE EXPECTATIONS HAVE BEEN LIFTED BY THE DRAMATIC INTERNATIONAL OF NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG IL IN BEIJING EMBRACING CHINESE LEADERS AND APPEARING CONFIDENT IN HIS OWN ABILITY TO MANAGE AFFAIRS OF STATE INCLUDING THE SUMMIT AND KDJ HIMSELF KDJ FOR HIS PART REMAINS CONFIDENT AS WELL THEREBY SETTING THE STAGE FOR ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS THAT COULD BE VERY BROAD IN THEIR SCOPE EVEN IF POLITICAL AND GEOPOLITICAL CONSTRAINTS ON BOTH LEADERS LIMIT THE POSSIBLE OUTCOMES 2 STAS NOTED REFTEL THE INTER-KOREAN SUMMIT PROCESS REPRESENTS A POSSIBLE MAJOR PARADIGM SHIFT IN THE COORDINATED ENGAGEMENT BY THE ROK THE US AND JAPAN OF UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No C05635999 Date 07 10 2017 UNCLASSIFIED US Department Of State Case NO DOC NO 005635098 ate 07 10 2017 NORTH KOREA WITH PRIMARY LEADERSHIP OF THE NORTH KOREAN - I ENGAGEMENT IN ROK HANDS 1 4m 81 THE NORTH-SOUTH KOREAN ATMOWRFU IN-DEPTH DIALOGUE -- INCLUING ON REDUCING NORTH CONVENTIONAL AND WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION THREAT -- AS CONFIDENCE IS BUILT 3 POLITICALLY AT HOME BY CONSERVATIVES AND AWARE OF THE NUCLEAR AND MISSILE CONCERNS OF THE US PAGE 03 SEOUL 03037 0 1 OF 02 0909112 AND THE ROK KDJ AND HIS CHIEF LIEUTENANTS HAVE SOUGHT WITH SOME SUCCESS TO COUNTER AMONG THE SOUTH KOREAN PUBLIC ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY NEAR- TERM OF THE KOREA PROBLEM OR EVEN SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS ON ISSUES CLOSE TO THE SOUTH KOREAN PUBLIC SUCH AS REJOINING SEPARATE FAMILIES THEY HAVE EMPHASIZED THAT THIS FIRST SUMMIT MEETING IS IMPORTANT IN OF ITSELF EVEN IF LITTLE SUBSTANTIVE PROGRESS COUL BE MADE 5 JONG EMERGENCE ON THE INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STAGE IN BEIJING HAS LE TO SOME POPULAR REVISION ABOUT HIS CHARACTER TO BE SURE MANY PARTICULARLY CONSERVATIVE SOUTH KOREANS REGARD HIM AS THE DEVIL INCARNATE BUT HE IS 8 I 14m PAGE 04 SEOUL 03037 01 OF 02 0909112 ALSO BEING PORTRAYED PROBABLY AT THEI AS SOMEONE WITH WHOM A CONFIENT KDJ AN A STRONG MN DEAL THE SEEMINGLY EASY MANNER WITH WHICH KIM JONG IL ENGAGED CHINESE LEADERS HAS PERSUADED MANY KOREANS THAT KIM IS NOT AT LEAST NOW THE DISSIPATED EGENERATE DELICIOUSLY AND MALICIOUSLY PAINTED FOR YEARS IN THE MEIA THE PROSPECT THAT SOME GENUINE NEGOTIATION MIGHT TAKE PLACE HAS LED TO A MOOD OF GREATER 31 UNCLASSIFIE US Department Of State Case NO F-2014n13304 DOC NO 005635999 Date UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No 005635999 Date 07 10 2017 OPTIMISM IN THE SOUTH THAT SOME BREAKTHROUGH IS POSSIBLE MOREOVER THAT THE TWO LEADERS CAN MEET AS THE PRIMARY DETERMINERS OF THE DESTINY IS A THEME OF POWERFUL RESONANCE HERE 6 ISLONE EFFECT OF THIS PHENOMENON HAS BEEN A SHARP SECRET- SECR-E-F PTQ4950 PAGE 01 SEOUL 03037 02 OF 02 0909112 ACTION SS-OO INFO LOG-00 --60F53C 0909112 38 0 0908582 JUN 00 FM AMEMBASSY SEOUL TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8972 INFO AMEMBASSY BEIJING IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY TOKYO IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY MOSCOW IMMEDIATE NSC WASHDC IMMEDIATE JOINT STAFF IMMEDIATE COMUSKOREA SEOUL IMMEDIATE SECTION 02 OF 02 SEOUL 003037 SPECAT DEPT FOR PICKERING - 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