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Cable, State 230688 to Amembassy Seoul, Subject: The Secretary’s October 24 Meeting with DPRK FM Paek Nam Sun, December 5, 2000

UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case NO DOC NO 006592985 Date 07 05 2018 RELEASE IN FULL PTQ2560 PAGE 01 STATE 230688 0519082 ORIGIN INFO LOG-00 SAS-OO 230688 SOURCE KODAKA 005135 DRAFTED BY DPRK 2000 10-24 RPT -- 11 APPROVED BY EAP CKARTMAN 0519092 138 0519052 DEC 00 ZFF4 FM SECSTATE WASHDC TO AMEMBASSY SEOUL PRIORITY AMEMBASSY TOKYO PRIORITY WSTATE 230688 449-948 E O 12958 DECL AFTER KOREAN UNIFICATION TAGS PREL PGOV KS KN SUBJECT THE OCTOBER 24 MEETING WITH DPRK FM PAEK NAM SUN - CLASSIFIED BY DEPUTY EXECUTIVE SECRETARY CAROL z PEREZ FOR REASONS 1 5 B AND D 1 U OCTOBER 24 2000 PYONGYANG DPRK 2 U PARTICIPANTS CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 STATE 230688 0519082 U S THE SECRETARY COUNSELOR WENDY SHERMAN EAP ASSISTANT SECRETARY STANLEY ROTH DRL ASSISTANT SECRETARY HAROLD KOH PA ASSISTANT SECRETARY RICHARD BOUCHER CHIEF OF STAFF ELAINE SHOCAS AMBASSADOR CHARLES KARTMAN NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR JACK PRITCHARD PRINCIPAL DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE JAMES BODNER ASSISTANT TO CJCS ADMIRAL WALTER DORAN EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SECRETARY ALEJANDRO WOLFF EAP SENIOR ADVISOR PHILIP YUN NOTETAKER REVIEW AUTHORITY Marvin Russell Senior Reviewer UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No M-2014-13564 Doc No C06592985 Date 07 05 2018 UNCLASSIFIED  U S   Department of State  Case No  M­2014­13564  Doc  No  C06592985  Date  07 05 2018  DPRK   FOREIGN MINISTER PAEK  FIRST VICE MINISTER KANG SOK JU  VICE MINISTER KIM GYE GWAN  DIRECTOR GENERAL HAN SONG­RYOL  AMBASSADOR  LI GUN  SUMMARY  CONFIDENTIAL  PAGE 03  STATE  230688  051908Z  3   C   Ir AN OCTOBER 24 MEETING WITH DPRK FOREIGN MINISTER  PAEK NAM SUN  THE SECRETARY IDENTIFIED COUNTER­TERRORISM   NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING  COUNTERFEITING  NON­PROLIFERATION   HUMAN RIGHTS  REFUGEES  AND HUMANITARIAN FOOD ASSISTANCE  AS ITEMS THAT SHOULD BE DISCUSSED  IN THE COURSE OF  NORMALIZING RELATIONS  BETWEEN THE U S  AND THE DPRK  PAEK  NOTED THE HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY  TO  NORMALIZE RELATIONS  HE  STATED THAT THE DPRK WAS  NOT ONLY OPPOSED  TO  NUCLEAR  TESTING BUT ALSO FAVORED THE COMPLETE ABOLITION OF ALL  NUCLEAR  WEAPONS  ON HUMAN RIGHTS  HE SAID THAT THE DPRK  WAS PREPARED TO GIVE SOME THOUGHT  TO THE ISSUE AND ADDED  THAT ANY STANDARD HAD TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE HISTORY AND  CUSTOMS OF INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES  END SUMMARY   GRATITUDE FOR USG FOOD PLEDGE  4  terOPRK  FOREIGN MINISTER PAEK NAM SUN OPENED THE  MEETING BY CONGRATULATING THE SECRETARY ON HER MEETING  WITH CHAIRMAN KIM JONG IL  PAEK SAID HE WAS PLEASED TO  LEARN ABOUT THE U S  PLEDGE  TO SUPPLY 100 000 METRIC TONS  OF ADDITIONAL FOOD ASSISTANCE   DPRK REVIEW OF ENGAGEMENT  OONFI DE ITIAb PAGE 04  STATE  230688  051908Z  5 ­feTPAEK RAISED THE ISSUE OF THE HISTORIC FIRST  MEETING  BETWEEN U S  AND DPRK FOREIGN  MINISTERS  IN JULY IN  BANGKOK AND NOTED THAT THERE  THE SECRETARY HAD EMPHASIZED  ENDING  THE HOSTILE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES   SINCE THEN  PAEK RECALLED  KIM JONG  IL HAD MADE THE  COURAGEOUS DECISION  TO SEND HIS SPECIAL ENVOY  VICE  MARSHAL JO MYONG ROK   TO  DELIVER A LETTER AND AN  INVITATION TO PRESIDENT CLINTON  KIM HAD THEN AGREED  TO  THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO PREPARE FOR A POSSIBLE  PRESIDENTIAL TRIP  DURING WHICH KIM WOULD  MAKE FIRM  DECISIONS  TO ADDRESS ISSUES OF CONCERN TO THE U S   UNCLASSIFIED  U S   Department of State  Case  No  M­2014­13564  Doc  No  C06592985  Date  07 05 2018  C m Umbma mg o 0 03 5 20 Ebo EkammA 000 20 0 0 o ombogm 20rC0_20 0Cr0 rm 0 0250002 wmr d020 _2 0m Um 0m 20 mmOCm Jx 02 20mm 2 m2_zmc_u 20 _2 mm0_02 E00520 Antu mx 020 3 mm_ _0 m 0mm_u_u m00 _ m0 00039020 20 WCFU 00C2 _ m_mm 2 0520 m20_20 IOm lm mmr j02mr 004 0CFO 0 320 2 3 0 m 5200 50 _u 020 20 $03 mmw m0 m 0000 O_u OOCEU Im 020 Name _u mX mmO E m0 0mmom wm0 _u 0m om omgmomN _ Imi Emmjz0 0 I_m _ 0m_0 20 m m0 53 m lm mmomm m 2 000 32 0m20 2 Zom EN j02 Om mm 020m WES 09523 rm m_ 00000220r mom 4mm gum A Xm 30 20 Om momm_02 0mm mm0 mmZUmm nu er 0Cm_20 _lIm2 mmomm m w 0m mm00w0m0 22 ICmAdm mom Imr _20 umo m C m -0002 E00520 02 mtmg om O_u mmr j02m 3 m m_A_m _2 02920202 ImEumU 0320 2mm _u 020 20 mIm 00mm 2 2m Omx 01m 020 mIm 1rm mm0 w Imm gmmj20m 00 53 1 52 020 1 20 20 _ m0 2030520 C m 0002 m mwulwfm mwu mxmm 2 m _mm0 003m OT 000 20 Imm 3mmd20 3mg momm_02 222 0400 LC _2 2 mmomm xmim 0 2 Emmj20m 52 C020 mIm m _mm0 Emcmm 0_u 20 m 2 r mmC2_Ozm mom Xomm 2- mm5 2m Aim m _2 20 3 Xomm 400000 03 823$ _u 0m om omgmomN m $4 2m mmOWmA m U mx 0_mocmm mm mm r Emma mIm C m 028532 9a 055 20 000 20 0m UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No M-2014-13564 Doc No 008592985 Date 07 05 2018 SAID THE OCTOBER 6 JOINT STATEMENT ON TERRORISM HAD BEEN WELL RECEIVED AND THE US LOOKED FORWARD TO PROGRESS ON RESOLVING THE STATUS OF THE JAPANESE RED ARMY HIJACKERS RESOLVING THE ISSUE WOULD BE A MEANINGFUL ANDA DRAMATIC STEP FORWARD NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING SECRETARY TOLD PAEK THAT THE CONGRESS AND OTHERS HAD NOTED THAT NORTH KOREAN NATIONALS WERE INVOLVED IN NARCOTICS THE US HOPED TO WORK WITH THE DPRK ON THIS ISSUE ANY APPEARANCE THAT THE DPRK CONDONED NARCO-TRAFFICKING WOULD BE HARMFUL TO IMPROVING RELATIONS CTBT 11 4QTHE SECRETARY URGED THE DPRK TO SIGN AND RATIFY THE COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY CTBT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE PAEK RESPONDED THAT CHAIRMAN KIM WAS ENGAGED IN WW PAGE 07 STATE 230688 0519082 DISCUSSIONS WITH THE SECRETARY ON MISSILES THE ROLE OF US FORCES IN KOREA AND THE OPENING OF LIAISON THEREFORE THESE TOPICS SHOULD BE DISCUSSED BETWEEN THE CHAIRMAN AND THE SECRETARY WITHOUT ANY INTERFERENCE FROM PAEK AS FOR CTBT PAEK SAID THAT THE DPRK WAS OPPOSED TO NUCLEAR TESTING INDEED HE SAID AS EXPLAINED TO THE US ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE DPRK SOUGHT THE DESTRUCTION OF ALL NUCLEAR WEAPONS PRODUCED SO FAR 12768 THE SECRETARY NOTED THAT THERE HAD BEEN INSTANCES OF COUNTERFEITING BY NORTH KOREAN NATIONALS INCLUDING DIPLOMATS THE US WAS PREPARED TO WORK WITH THE DPRK IN CRACKING DOWN ON SUCH ACTIVITIES PAEK SAID THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DPRK HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH COUNTERFEITING AND IF THERE WERE PERPETRATORS THEY WOULD BE PUNISHED ACCORDING TO DPRK LAW A MEMBER OF THE UNITED NATIONS THE U S WORKED TO UPHOLD AND PROMOTE THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANTS THE SECRETARY PAGE 08 STATE 230688 0519082 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No C08592985 Date 07 05 2018 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No Doc No 006592985 Date 07 05 2018 TOLD PAEK THAT THE U S LOOKED FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE DPRK AS IT BEGAN ADDRESSING HUMAN RIGHTS AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM SHE EXPRESSED HOPE THAT THE ANNUAL U S HUMAN RIGHTS AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORTS COULD REFLECT IMPROVED CONDITIONS IN THIS VEIN SHE SAID SHE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT REPORTS THAT BORDER-CROSSERS RETURNING FROM CHINA HAD BEEN PUNISHED AND ASKED THAT THE DPRK CONSIDER ACCEDING TO THE 1951 PROTOCOL RELATING TO THE STATUS OF REFUGEES SHE RAISED THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE TWO GOVERNMENTS COULD INITIATE A BILATERAL HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE OF THE KIND THE U S HAS BEGUN WITH OTHER COUNTRIES SAID THE DPRK HAD EXPLAINED ITS POSITION IN A PRIOR DIALOGUE WITH THE U S HE SAID THAT HUMAN RIGHTS CRITERIA SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE HISTORY AND CUSTOMS OF INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES AS TO WHAT SPECIFIC STANDARD SHOULD BE APPLIED HE AGREED THE DPRK WOULD GIVE THE MATTER SOME THOUGHT HUMANITARIAN FOOD ASSISTANCE TO FOOD ASSISTANCE THE SECRETARY NOTED HER VISIT TO THE RANGNANG SCHOOL GAVE HER AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE POSITIVE EFFECT OF WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME WFP ASSISTANCE ON CHILDREN THIS WAS THE REASON THE U S HAD GON-FI-BENTIAIT PAGE 09 STATE 230688 0519082 DECIDED TO GIVE 100 000 TONS OF FOOD THROUGH THE WFP FOR URGENT NEEDS SHE SAID IT WAS CRITICAL THAT THE DPRK SATISFACTORILY CONCLUDE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE WF ON THE 2001 PROGRAM IF THE U S IS TO PROVIDE FOOD AID TO THE DPRK IN THE FUTURE 16 EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION FOR THE HOSPITALITY THE U S HAD EXTENDED TO VICE MARSHAL JO AND SAID THAT THE VISIT WAS AN EVENT OF THE GREATEST IMPORTANCE TO CHANGING U S -DPRK RELATIONS HE SAID HE WAS CONVINCED THAT MANY FAVORABLE THINGS WOULD HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE ALBRIGHT It It END OF DOCUMENT gt gt UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No Doc No 006592985 Date 07 05 2018 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