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SUBJECT:

RemainingFirmonNorthKorea

 

is

clearfromNorthKorea sactionsover

the

weekendthatKimlong

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istakingaseries.blackmail

us

intonegotiationswithhim.

Our

best

response

to

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thisstrategyis

to

remaincalmand

firm

We

should

continuetodenyKimJongDthekind·

o

attention

hecraves

and

hasbecome

accustomed

to

receiving

in

response

to

provocative

behavior

We

needtotrainKimlong

II

to

understandthatblackmailtacticsthatworkedwith

theprevious

administrationwillnolonger

work

We

shouldstronglyencourage

the

IAEA

to

respondforthrightlyto

North

Korea slatestviolation

o

itsSafeguardsAgreement.

The

lAEA

shouldcallaspade.a

spade and

take

the

necessarysteps

to

refer

the

violation

to

the

UnitedNationsSecurity

CouncilandGeneral

Assembly

in

keepingwith

its

charter.Puttingthismatterbefore

the

Security

 

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Council--oreventhreateningto--willconfronttheChineseandRussianswiththeThereisnoreasonforustoshyawayfrom

 

consideration;onthecontrary.

OSC

1.4(

cl

)

Theargumentthatsomemembers

of

thepreviousadministrationaremaking--that

North

Korea

is··resorting

to

provocations

because

we

refuseto

negotiate--has

it

backwards.

Gettingustothetableis

the

trophythatPyongyangseeks;forustogrant

it

in

response

to

thelatestnuclearprovocationswouldonlyreinforcePyongyang sweakhand

and

provethat

bad

behaviorpays.

As

theAgreedFrameworkshows,suchanegotiationproduces

bad

agreements.

At

thesametime,

we

needtomovequicklytofleshoutthe tailoredcontainment policythePresidentapprovedattheNSCmeetingonNovember

13.

Partlybecausewehave

not

yetdefinedtheelements

of

this

approach,

we

are,

forthemoment,cedingtheinitiative

to

theNorthKoreans.

We

needtoclarify

our

basicprinciplesandstrategy.

Our

approachshouldfocuson

pressures

we

canbringtobear.Examples

of

suchpressures

are:

•a

UNSC

resolutionprohibitingNorthKoreanmissileexports(whichwouldstrengthenourhandinthenextuYemeni

SCUD

case);•cutting

off

fundsNorthKoreareceivesfromabroad,suchfromastheChosenSoreninJapan;

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