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### Viewing cable 09SEOUL1400, INTER-KOREAN RED CROSS TALKS ON FAMILY

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09SEOUL1400 | 2009-09-01 09:09 | 2010-11-29 21:09 | CONFIDENTIAL | Embassy Seoul
Appears in these articles: http://www.spiegel.de/

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    INFO RUCNKOR/KOREA COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
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    RHMFISS/COMUSKOREA J5 SEOUL KOR PRIORITY
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    C O N F I D E N T I A L SEOUL 001400

    SIPDIS

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/01/2019
    TAGS: PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON KN KS
    SUBJECT: INTER-KOREAN RED CROSS TALKS ON FAMILY
    REUNIFICATION

    Classified By: POL M/C James L. Wayman. Reasons 1.4(b/d)

    ¶1. (C) SUMMARY: The North Korean delegation to the August
    26-28 inter-Korean Red Cross talks showed up armed with
    instructions from Kim Jong-il (KJI) to agree immediately to
    family reunions by Chusok (Korean Thanksgiving, October 2-3),
    but was not prepared to negotiate additional reunions.
    Ministry of Unification (MOU) xxxxx that,
    angling for food assistance, the DPRK delegation asked
    whether the ROKG brought a "gift," the ROKG responded that
    such aid would be premature. In a separate meeting, an MOU
    official described the mechanics of the family reunion
    process, noting that the DPRK gathered its participants in
    Pyongyang for a month of fattening up and indoctrination
    prior to the family reunification. END SUMMARY.

    --------------------------------------------- ------------
    KJI: Green Light for Chusok Deadline, but Nothing Beyond
    --------------------------------------------- ------------

    ¶2. (C) xxxxx, who
    recently returned xxxxx
    xxxxx at Mount Kumgang. xxxxx, a seasoned MOU officer
    who participated in previous negotiations with the DPRK, said
    he was surprised that DPRK head delegate Choi Sung-ik was
    unusually cooperative during this round of talks. Choi,
    infamous throughout the ROKG for his gruff demeanor and tough
    tactics, came to the table emphasizing he was authorized by
    Kim Jong-il (KJI) to "meet the Chusok deadline." The North
    Korean delegation, however, was not authorized by KJI to
    discuss anything beyond October.

    ---------------------------
    DPRK Asks About Food "Gift"
    ---------------------------

    ¶3. (C) According xxxxx, the DPRK delegation inquired whether
    the South Korean delegation had brought a "gift," hinting
    that they were expecting food aid. The ROK delegation
    responded that it was "premature" for such an arrangement.
    xxxxx noted that this was a big change, pointing out that
    during the past 16 rounds of Red Cross negotiations, the ROKG
    always asked for the family reunions and rewarded the DPRK
    with rice and fertilizer aid. This time, however, the
    reunion suggestion came from the DPRK and the ROKG did not,
    and has no plans to, offer food aid.

    ---------------------------------------------
    Atmospherics: Food Shipped in from Pyongyang
    ---------------------------------------------

    ¶4. (C) Addressing atmospherics during the talks, xxxxx said the
    two sides came to an impasse when the DPRK delegation pushed
    hard for the resumption of Mount Kumgang tours. They argued
    that KJI had given his oral guarantee that ROK citizens would
    be safe and "nothing could be more secure" than KJI's word.
    The ROK delegation pushed back, asking for a written
    guarantee. The impasse was broken when the ROK side inquired
    whether the resumption of Kumgang tours was a prerequisite
    for the Chusok family reunions; the DPRK delegation said no.
    (xxxxx added that he suspects some kind of amendment to
    the 2004 security agreement for Mt. Kumkang tours will be
    reached in the near future as a compromise. End note.)

    ¶5. (C) xxxxx, both delegations took turns hosting
    dinner for the two nights they spent at Mount Kumgang. He
    said the hotel and kitchen personnel were hired "in a hurry"
    from nearby villages and food was shipped in from Pyongyang.
    xxxxx noted that the ROK delegation was charged USD 50 per
    person for hosting its 70-person banquet, a price that in
    fact covered the tab for the banquet hosted by the DPRK
    delegation the previous evening.

    ------------
    Carrot Time?
    ------------

    ¶6. (C) xxxxx related that following the Red Cross talks, the
    ROKG has been reviewing what, if any, "carrots" should be
    offered to the DPRK for its string of conciliatory gestures.
    According xxxxx, senior MOU officials recognize that North
    Korea's goodwill is cyclical, but also want to acknowledge
    that DPRK has done "all that it could do, except for
    denuclearization," during the past few weeks. xxxxx said that
    the ROKG was carefully observing developments in U.S.-DPRK
    relations and emphasized that Seoul would come up with a

    position "not too far" from Washington's position.

    --------------------------------------------- -
    Potemkin: Fattening Up the Reliable Relatives
    --------------------------------------------- -

    ¶7. (C) xxxxx walked us through the mechanics of what comes next
    in the family reunion process. xxxxx explained that the two
    Koreas exchanged a list of 200 names each on September 1; the
    ROKG picked its families by lottery, the DPRK by political
    reliability. xxxxx explained that each government would then
    search for relatives of those on the lists. In the past, he
    said, about half of the participating ROK families received
    confirmation from the DPRK that their relatives were alive
    and were then able to hold unifications. The rest of the ROK
    families received death confirmations or the ambiguous word
    "unconfirmed."

    ¶8. (C) xxxxx asserted that once the DPRK identifies
    politically reliable family members to participate in the
    upcoming reunions, they will be transported to Pyongyang and
    then "fattened up" with regular meals and vitamins to mask
    the extent of food shortages and chronic malnutrition in the
    north. The "lucky" DPRK reunion participants will also be
    provided with new clothing -- suits for men and traditional
    Korean "hanbok" for women -- for the televised event. In our
    earlier meeting, xxxxx had commented that MOU gives "pocket
    and travel money" to ROK participants which they then pass on
    to their North Korean relatives. xxxxx sighed that the
    majority of the MOU cash is usually pocketed by North Korean
    officials, who also force the North Korean participants to
    return their new clothes.
    Tokola

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