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DATE=5/21/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-249663
TITLE=U-S / N. KOREA (L-ONLY)
BYLINE=KYLE KING
DATELINE=STATE DEPARTMENT 
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO:  U-S OFFICIALS SAY SPECIAL ENVOY WILLIAM PERRY WILL HOLD 
TALKS WITH JAPANESE AND SOUTH KOREAN OFFICIALS BOTH BEFORE AND 
AFTER HIS PLANNED VISIT TO NORTH KOREA NEXT WEEK.  FROM THE STATE
DEPARTMENT, V-O-A'S KYLE KING REPORTS.
TEXT:  MR. PERRY'S TRIP TO PYONGYANG IS PART OF AN ONGOING REVIEW
OF U-S POLICY TOWARD NORTH KOREA, WHICH HE HAS BEEN CONDUCTING 
FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS.
STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN JAMES RUBIN SAYS OFFICIALS ARE HOPING 
MR. PERRY WILL BE ABLE TO MEET WITH NORTH KOREAN PRESIDENT KIM 
JONG IL DURING THE VISIT.
                     /// FIRST RUBIN ACT ///
         WE DO EXPECT MEETINGS WITH A RANGE OF HIGH-LEVEL NORTH 
         KOREAN OFFICIALS, AND THESE WILL CONSTITUTE THE BULK OF 
         THE TEAM'S SCHEDULE IN PYONGYANG.  A MEETING WITH KIM 
         JONG IL WOULD, OF COURSE, BE DESIRABLE.
                         /// END ACT ///
THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTS (FRIDAY) THAT MR. PERRY WILL CARRY A 
PROPOSAL FOR A LIFTING OF THE 50-YEAR-OLD ECONOMIC EMBARGO 
AGAINST NORTH KOREA.  IN EXCHANGE, NORTH KOREA WOULD HAVE TO 
AGREE TO A NUMBER OF PROPOSALS, INCLUDING A PROMISE TO END ITS 
LONG-RANGE MISSILE PROGRAM.
STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN JAMES RUBIN SAYS MR. PERRY IS  NOT  
GOING TO NORTH KOREA TO NEGOTIATE.
                    /// SECOND RUBIN ACT ///
         WHAT DR. PERRY WILL BE DOING WILL BE EXPLORING THE VIEWS
         OF THE NORTH KOREAN LEADERSHIP ABOUT WHERE THEY WANT 
         THIS RELATIONSHIP TO GO, AND HE WILL  NOT  BE OFFERING 
         OR NEGOTIATING ANYTHING.
                         /// END ACT ///
U-S OFFICIALS SAY THEY WANT TO DETERMINE HOW SERIOUS THE 
SECRETIVE NORTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT IS ABOUT CHANGING ITS 
OFTEN-STRAINED RELATIONS WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD.
U-S OFFICIALS HAVE REPEATEDLY RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT NORTH KOREA'S
MISSILE PROGRAM AND THE PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF MR. PERRY'S VISIT CAME AS A TEAM OF U-S EXPERTS 
ARRIVED IN NORTH KOREA TO INSPECT AN SUSPICIOUS UNDERGROUND SITE 
-- ONE THAT SOME U-S ANALYSTS FEAR MIGHT BE A NUCLEAR PROCESSING 
PLANT.
OFFICIALS SAY MR. PERRY WILL HOLD TALKS WITH JAPANESE AND SOUTH 
KOREAN OFFICIALS IN JAPAN BEFORE HE VISITS PYONGYANG.  FOLLOWING 
HIS VISIT, HE WILL STOP IN SOUTH KOREA FOR TALKS WITH THE SAME 
OFFICIALS.   (SIGNED)
NEB/KBK/WTW
21-May-99 4:22 PM EDT (2022 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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