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06TOKYO2728
2006-05-18 04:32:00
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Embassy Tokyo
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MEDIA REACTION NORTH KOREA - TOKYO
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UNCLAS TOKYO 002728
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR I/RF, PA/PR/FPC/W, IIP/G/EA, EAP/PD, R/MR,
EAP/J, EAP/P, PM;
USTR FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE;
TREASURY FOR OASIA/IMI;
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA;
CP BUTLER OKINAWA FOR AREA FIELD OFFICE;
PACOM HONOLULU FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ADVISOR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION NORTH KOREA - TOKYO
LEAD STORIES: Thursday morning's Mainichi and Sankei
front-paged PM Koizumi's talks with visiting UN Secretary
General Annan Wednesday in Tokyo. Koizumi responded
positively to Annan's request that the ASDF transport UN
personnel and supplies in Iraq.
UNCLAS TOKYO 002728
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR I/RF, PA/PR/FPC/W, IIP/G/EA, EAP/PD, R/MR,
EAP/J, EAP/P, PM;
USTR FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE;
TREASURY FOR OASIA/IMI;
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA;
CP BUTLER OKINAWA FOR AREA FIELD OFFICE;
PACOM HONOLULU FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ADVISOR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION NORTH KOREA - TOKYO
LEAD STORIES: Thursday morning's Mainichi and Sankei
front-paged PM Koizumi's talks with visiting UN Secretary
General Annan Wednesday in Tokyo. Koizumi responded
positively to Annan's request that the ASDF transport UN
personnel and supplies in Iraq.
1. "US Not Pinning Hopes on Kim Dae Jung's June Visit to
Pyongyang" Washington correspondent Sakamoto of the top-
circulation, moderate Yomiuri commented (5/18): "The USG
plans to watch former South Korean President Kim Dae
Jung's visit to Pyongyang in June carefully to see
whether it will lead to North Korea's return to the six-
party talks. The US, which has recently stepped up
measures to crack down on the North's illicit activities
and human rights abuses, is unlikely to alter its hard-
line policy even if Pyongyang adopts a more conciliatory
line on the occasion of Kim Dae Jung's visit.... Although
Assistant Secretary of State Hill, who heads the US
delegation to the six-party talks, plans to visit Seoul
at the end of May to lay the groundwork for their
resumption, the Bush administration is focusing on
pressure and is still skeptical about the Roh
government's policy toward the DPRK....
2. "There is little likelihood that the US will pin much
hope on the visit to Pyongyang by Kim Dae Jung, the
creator of the Sunshine Policy. Chief US negotiator Hill
has emphatically said: 'If North Korea is ready to
return, we would like to resume the talks as early as
tomorrow.' But the US continues to call on the North to
return to the talks unconditionally. Even if the talks
resume, the US will not offer North Korea much in return,
such as economic assistance or normalization, until the
DPRK takes steps to end its nuclear programs.... In
announcing the restoration of full diplomatic relations
with Libya, which the US also delisted as a state sponsor
of terrorism, Secretary of State Rice urged North Korea
to follow a similar course. The 'Libya model' is premised
on Pyongyang first abandoning its nuclear programs."
DONOVAN
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR I/RF, PA/PR/FPC/W, IIP/G/EA, EAP/PD, R/MR,
EAP/J, EAP/P, PM;
USTR FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE;
TREASURY FOR OASIA/IMI;
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA;
CP BUTLER OKINAWA FOR AREA FIELD OFFICE;
PACOM HONOLULU FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ADVISOR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION NORTH KOREA - TOKYO
LEAD STORIES: Thursday morning's Mainichi and Sankei
front-paged PM Koizumi's talks with visiting UN Secretary
General Annan Wednesday in Tokyo. Koizumi responded
positively to Annan's request that the ASDF transport UN
personnel and supplies in Iraq.
1. "US Not Pinning Hopes on Kim Dae Jung's June Visit to
Pyongyang" Washington correspondent Sakamoto of the top-
circulation, moderate Yomiuri commented (5/18): "The USG
plans to watch former South Korean President Kim Dae
Jung's visit to Pyongyang in June carefully to see
whether it will lead to North Korea's return to the six-
party talks. The US, which has recently stepped up
measures to crack down on the North's illicit activities
and human rights abuses, is unlikely to alter its hard-
line policy even if Pyongyang adopts a more conciliatory
line on the occasion of Kim Dae Jung's visit.... Although
Assistant Secretary of State Hill, who heads the US
delegation to the six-party talks, plans to visit Seoul
at the end of May to lay the groundwork for their
resumption, the Bush administration is focusing on
pressure and is still skeptical about the Roh
government's policy toward the DPRK....
2. "There is little likelihood that the US will pin much
hope on the visit to Pyongyang by Kim Dae Jung, the
creator of the Sunshine Policy. Chief US negotiator Hill
has emphatically said: 'If North Korea is ready to
return, we would like to resume the talks as early as
tomorrow.' But the US continues to call on the North to
return to the talks unconditionally. Even if the talks
resume, the US will not offer North Korea much in return,
such as economic assistance or normalization, until the
DPRK takes steps to end its nuclear programs.... In
announcing the restoration of full diplomatic relations
with Libya, which the US also delisted as a state sponsor
of terrorism, Secretary of State Rice urged North Korea
to follow a similar course. The 'Libya model' is premised
on Pyongyang first abandoning its nuclear programs."
DONOVAN