COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST: A/S HILL TO SINGAPORE,

UNCLAS STATE 035440 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA SUBJECT: COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST: A/S HILL TO SINGAPORE, BEIJING APRIL 7-9 ¶1. Department requests country clearance for EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill and his delegation, listed in SIPDIS para 3, to travel to Singapore and Beijing from April 7-9 for consultations related to the Six-Party Talks. Department thanks post for all assistance. ¶2. FOR EMBASSY SINGAPORE: Please arrange accommodations, name a control officer, and provide administrative support as needed. Please arrange for airport meet and assist. Please provide cell phones. ¶3. FOR EMBASSY BEIJING: Department requests that Embassy Beijing name a control officer, provide administrative support, interpretation, and notetaking as needed. Please arrange for airport meet and assist, provide cell phones, and activate classified log-ons for delegation members. Please arrange accommodations in Beijing for Sung Kim for April 9. ¶4. Delegation Members and Itineraries: To Singapore, April 7 -------------- Amb. Christopher R. Hill Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs PPN: 900493956 Clearance: TS/SCI Arrives Singapore via Garuda Airlines GA 840 at 6:20 p.m.; departs April 9 at 12:15 a.m. via Air China CA 0970 Christopher Klein Special Assistant to A/S Hill PPN: 910051392 Clearance: TS/SCI Arrives Singapore via Garuda Airlines GA 840 at 6:20 p.m.; departs April 9 at 12:15 a.m. via Air China CA 0970 Sung Y. Kim Director, Office of Korean Affairs (EAP/K) PPN: 910048156 Clearance: TS/SCI Arrives Singapore via United Airlines UA 803 at 11:55 p.m.; departs April 9 at 12:15 a.m. via Air China CA 0970 Paul T. Haenle Director, Chinese Affairs, National Security Council PPN: 910014713 Clearance: TS/SCI Arrives Singapore via United Airlines UA 803 at 11:55 p.m.; departs April 9 at 12:15 a.m. via Air China CA 0970 Timothy Hefner DPRK Desk Officer (EAP/K),Notetaker PPN: 900439216 Clearance: TS/SCI Arrives Singapore via United Airlines UA 803 at 11:55 p.m.; departs April 9 at 7:15 a.m. via United Airlines UA 0804 Min-ji Kwon, Korean Interpreter Arrives from Seoul. Country clearance request and itinerary provided septel. To Beijing, April 9 -------------- Amb. Christopher R. Hill Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs PPN: 900493956 Clearance: TS/SCI Arrives Beijing via Air China CA 0970 at 6:20 a.m.; Departs for Washington, D.C. April 9 at 6:30 p.m. via United Airlines UA 898 Christopher Klein Special Assistant to A/S Hill PPN: 910051392 Clearance: TS/SCI Arrives Beijing via Air China CA 0970 at 6:20 a.m.; Departs for Washington, D.C. April 9 at 6:30 p.m. via United Airlines UA 898 Sung Y. Kim Director, Office of Korean Affairs (EAP/K) PPN: 910048156 Clearance: TS/SCI Arrives Beijing via Air China CA 0970 at 6:20 a.m.; departure TBD April 10 Paul T. Haenle Director, Chinese Affairs, National Security Council PPN: 910014713 Clearance: TS/SCI Arrives Beijing via Air China CA 0970 at 6:20 a.m.; Departs for Washington, D.C. April 9 at 6:30 p.m. via United Airlines UA 898 RICE