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                            THE WHITE HOUSE
                     Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release                                      June 18, 1994
		    STATEMENT BY THE PRESS SECRETARY
Preliminary reports from President Carter's visit to Pyongyang present
the possibility that the North Koreans may be prepared to make
commitments and take actions that would restore the basis for a third
round of U.S.-DPRK talks.  In this connection, we note his report of
North Korea's assurances that IAEA inspectors and IAEA monitoring
equipment would be kept in place.  We also note North Korea's desire
to replace its gas- graphite fuel cycle with more
proliferation-resistant light water technology, and its willingness to
return to full compliance with nuclear non-proliferation treaty and
IAEA safeguards, including special inspections, as part of an overall
settlement to this issue.
As we have said, we would be prepared to go to a third round if this
also means that North Korea is committed to freezing the major elements
of its nuclear program while new talks took place, that is, not
refueling the reactor or reprocessing the spent fuel it has just
removed, and permitting the IAEA to maintain the continuity of
safeguards.
We will soon discuss with President Carter the results of his trip.
We will then explore this matter through diplomatic channels.
If this meaning of the message is clearly confirmed through those
channels, and we hope it will be, we would be prepared to enter a third
round of talks to resolve the outstanding issues between North Korea
and the international community, including the issue of IAEA access to
sites that could clarify North Korean activities in 1989.
U.S. policy remains unchanged.  Following the June 3rd IAEA report to
the UN Security Council, it has been our position that North Korea must
act to restore the basis of the U.S.-DPRK dialogue before a third round
could be held.  Diplomatic confirmation of North Korea's readiness to
verifiably freeze its nuclear program during the talks would restore
such a basis.
Meanwhile, we are continuing to consult on a sanctions resolution at
the UN Security Council.
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