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DATE=7/6/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-235055
TITLE=U-S/NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR (L ONLY)
BYLINE=GIL BUTLER
DATELINE=STATE DEPARTMENT
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO:  THE STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS NORTH KOREA HAS MAINTAINED THE 
FREEZE OF ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM, DESPITE COMPLAINTS FROM PYONGYANG 
THAT PROMISED FUEL OIL HAS NOT BEEN DELIVERED.  CORRESPONDENT GIL
BUTLER HAS MORE FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
TEXT:  A REPORT IN MONDAY'S "WASHINGTON POST" SAYS THE 1994 
AGREEMENT THAT HALTED NORTH KOREA'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM IS 
UNDER SEVERE STRAIN BECAUSE NOT ENOUGH MONEY HAS BEEN FOUND TO 
PAY FOR PROMISED CRUDE OIL.
UNDER THE AGREEMENT AN INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM CALLED 'KEDO', 
THE KOREAN PENINSULA ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION, WAS SET UP 
TO PROVIDE ONE-HALF-MILLION METRIC TONS OF FUEL OIL EACH YEAR 
UNTIL SAFER REPLACEMENT NUCLEAR REACTORS COME ON LINE.
SO FAR THIS YEAR, KEDO HAS SUPPLIED NORTH KOREA WITH 
152-THOUSAND-TONS AND ANOTHER 66-THOUSAND-TONS OF OIL IS TO BE 
DELIVERED THIS MONTH.  THAT STILL LEAVES MORE THAN 
280-THOUSAND-TONS TO MEET THE AGREEMENT.
AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT, SPOKESMAN JAMES RUBIN SAID THE 
ADMINISTRATION IS CONSULTING WITH CONGRESS ABOUT ADDITIONAL FUNDS
FOR KEDO, BUT HE SAID OTHER COUNTRIES SHOULD ALSO HELP.
                        /// RUBIN ACT ///
         WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT.  IT IS AN
         EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ONE.  WE ARE CONSULTING WITH 
         CONGRESS.  THE PRESIDENT WAS PREPARED TO INDICATE HIS 
         WILLINGNESS TO USE UNUSUAL AUTHORITIES (TO GET THE 
         FUNDS), AND WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO CONSULT WITH 
         CONGRESS TO MAKE AVAILABLE WHAT WE NEED.  BUT WE WOULD 
         BE LOOKING FOR SUPPORT FROM ALL THE COUNTRIES IN THE 
         WORLD THAT CARE ABOUT NON-PROLIFERATION; THAT DON'T WANT
         TO SEE US GO BACK TO THE SITUATION IN 1994 WHERE WE HAD 
         THE THREAT OF A NUCLEAR-ARMED NORTH KOREA POSING A 
         DANGER TO THE WORLD.
                         /// END ACT ///
THE NEWSPAPER REPORT SAID NORTH KOREA HAS RECENTLY BEGUN 
MAINTENANCE WORK ON ONE OF ITS CLOSED NUCLEAR FACILITIES.  BUT 
MR. RUBIN SAID NORTH KOREA IS BELIEVED TO BE IN FULL COMPLIANCE 
WITH ITS OBLIGATION TO FREEZE ITS NUCLEAR FACILITIES.   (SIGNED)
NEB/MGB/LTD/RAE
06-Jul-98 2:51 PM EDT (1851 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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