El UNCLASSIFIED PTQ3999 RELEASED IN FULL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 ORIGIN EAP-01 STATE INFO ACDA-08 DS-OO L-01 OIC-02 SS-OO G-OO LOG-OO DOEE-OO IO-OO OES-01 SSO-OO DRL-09 160543 ACDE-OO EUR-01 ADS-OO PA-OO T-OO 030R PT05Q28 271618Z CA-0 2 H-01 M-OO PM-OO USIE-OO CIAE-OO IMMC-01 NSAE-OO P-OO FMP-OO OASY-OO TEDE-OO NSCE-OO SCT-OO PMB-OO 160543 SOURCE KODAKC 270042 DRAFTED BY EAP NBOSHOVEN NB -- 08 26 97 647-6600 APPROVED BY EAP SOROTH EAP K MMINTON EAP J AARVIZU EAP PIMBS FBUCHHOLZ EAP CKARTMAN ------------------DE92CE 271618Z 38 o P 271614Z AUG 97 FM SECSTATE WASHDC TO AMEMBASSY MANILA IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY JAKARTA IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY SEOUL IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY TOKYO IMMEDIATE INFO AMEMBASSY SINGAPORE PRIORITY CON F IDE N T I A L STATE 160543 E O 12958 DECL 10 01 97 TAGS OTRA RP ID SN KS JA SUBJECT PROPOSED TRAVEL OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY ROTH CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 STATE 160543 271618Z UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY DONALD A JOHNSTON DATE CASE ID 08 AUG 2006 200503216 UNCLASSIFIED DODE-OO INR-OO OCS-03 SP-OO DSCC-OO UNCLASSIFIED I U CLASSIFIED BY NANCY BOSHOVEN ACTING SPECIAL ASSISTANT EAP REASON 1 5 D 2 C EAP ASSISTANT SECRETARY STANLEY ROTH PROPOSES TO TRAVEL TO MANILA JAKARTA SEOUL AND TOKYO DURING THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER 5-13 1997 HE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY SPECIAL ASSISTANT JIM FOSTER TENTATIVE ITINERARY FOLLOWS FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 5 0745 1997 DEPART WASHINGTON DULLES VIAUA 807 SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 6 1997 2030 ARRIVE MANILA TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 9 1997 0745 1030 DEPART MANILA VIA PHILIPPINE AIR 535 ARRIVE JAKARTA WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 10 1997 1905 2145 2250 DEPART JAKARTA VIA KLM 838 ARRIVE SINGAPORE DEPART SINGAPORE VIA KOREAN AIR 642 THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 11 1997 0635 ARRIVE SEOUL CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 FRIDAY 0955 1210 STATE 160543 SEPTEMBER 12 199 271618Z DEPART SEOUL VIA NW 86 ARRIVE TOKYO SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 13 199 1 20 1115 DEPART TOKYO VIA UA 890 ARRIVE LOS ANGELES UNCLASSIFIED 1400 2144 UNCLASSIFIED DEPART LOS ANGELES VIA UA 66 ARRIVE WASHINGTON DULLES 3 C FOR ALL POSTS WHILE MOST SENIOR OFFICIALS ALREADY KNOW HIM WELL ROTH WISHES TO MAKE -INTRODUCTORY CALLS IN HIS NEW CAPACITY AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY HE ALSO HOPES TO HAVE INTENSIVE DISCUSSIONS ON CAMBODIA IN ALL POSTS EXCEPT SEOUL IN SEOUL HE WANTS TO FOCUS ON THE FOUR-PARTY TALKS IN TOKYO ROTH LOOKS FORWARD TO EXCHANGING VIEWS ON A FULL RANGE OF ISSUES INCLUDING HOST NATION SUPPORT NORTH KOREA CHINA AND TRADE 4 C FOR JAKARTA IN ADDITION TO OFFICIAL CALLS ROTH WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH LONGTIME CSIS FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES- JUSAF WANANDI AND CLARA JUWONO PERHAPS IN CONJUNCTION WITH A SOCIAL EVENT IF SOME TIME CAN BE SQUEEZED IN WITH AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR JOHN MCCARTHY THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED 5 C FOR JAKARTA CONTINUED REGIONAL FLIGHT SCHEDULES OFFER VERY FEW OPTIONS TO GET FROM JAKARTA TO SEOUL RESULTING IN AN UNPALATABLE OVERNIGHT FLIGHT SEPTEMBER 10CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 04 STATE 160543 271618Z 11 THE ONLY APPARENT ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE TO DEPART JAKARTA EARLY SEPTEMB R 10 LEAVING ONLY A HALF DAY FOR JAKARTA IN THAT INTERVAL ROTH COULD DO A LUNCH HAVE AFTERNOON MEETINGS AND DO A DINNER WOULD THAT BE SUFFICIENT TIME TO DO WHAT ROTH SHOULD DO DURING HIS FIRST WOULD APPRECIATE POST'S GUIDANCE VISIT 6 C FOR SINGAPORE NOTE THAT ROTH AND FOSTER WOULD ONLY TRANSIT SINGAPORE THE NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER 10 BETWEEN JAKARTA AND SEOUL V C FOR ALL POSTS EXCEPT SINGAPORE IF PROPOSED DATES ARE CONVENIENT WOULD APPRECIATE ASSIGNMENT OF CONTROL OFFICERS AND SUGGESTIONS ON MEETINGS AT EACH STOP ALBRIGHT UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu