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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear John: </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You should contact the Billy Graham organization as
well....this religious types seem to have all the pull with North korean
contacts. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mrobinson</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=johnwarren@gmail.com href="mailto:johnwarren@gmail.com">John
Gorenfeld</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=Koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws
href="mailto:Koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws">Koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 17, 2005 1:07 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [KS] Reporter's question on
North Korea and Unification Church</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Dear Korean Studies mailing list,<BR><BR>I'm writing a story
for the American Prospect exploring relations between North Korea and
independent groups based in the United States.<BR><BR>Is there anyone out
there who might be able to assess claims by Reverend Moon's remarkable
Unification Church that the group operates as a back-channel for dialogue
between the U.S. and North Korea? (See excerpt below). <BR><BR>Is anyone on
the list familiar with this relationship, which goes back to about
1991?<BR><BR>This is from the church publication "Truth Is My Sword":<BR><A
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://www.tparents.org/Library/Unification/Books/Tims2/Tims2-a02.htm"
target=_blank>http://www.tparents.org/Library/Unification/Books/Tims2/Tims2-a02.htm
</A><BR><BR>"The result of the historical encounter between President Kim Il
Sung<BR>and Rev. Moon was expressed in a 10-point communique, one of which
was<BR>an agreement to have prime ministerial talks between North and
South<BR>Korea. This opened the door to a new era of relations between the
DPRK<BR>and South Korea. This occurred a few days after Rev. Moon's
departure<BR>from Pyongyang. Another area negotiated included North Korea's
desire<BR>for light-water nuclear reactors to replace their old ones
that<BR>created the so-called controversy of the DPRK nuclear weapons
program.<BR><BR>"In the following months and years, the Summit Council, under
the<BR>direction of Dr. Pak, has effectively used back-door diplomacy
to<BR>promote dialogue between the United States and the DPRK in order
to<BR>resolve this potential nuclear buildup in northeast Asia. The
Summit<BR>Council was responsible to nourish the process of
diplomatic<BR>rapprochement between Washington and Pyongyang. This led to the
final<BR>signing of the "Framework Agreement" on October 21, 1994, between
the<BR>United States and the DPRK that froze the
weapons-grade<BR>plutonium-producing reactors in exchange for light-water
reactors."<BR><BR>John<BR><BR><BR>-- <BR>John Gorenfeld<BR><A
href="http://www.gorenfeld.net">www.gorenfeld.net</A><BR>(415)
307-3898<BR>Fax: (815) 366-8165<BR>268 Bush St., #3416<BR>San Francisco,
CA 94104<BR><BR><BR>-- <BR>John Gorenfeld<BR><A
href="http://www.gorenfeld.net">www.gorenfeld.net</A><BR>(415)
307-3898<BR>Fax: (815) 366-8165<BR>268 Bush St., #3416<BR>San Francisco,
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