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North Korea: Terrorism List Removal?
Background
U.S.-North Korean Negotiations
Two Stages in Diplomacy over the Terrorism List. The issue of North
Korea's inclusion on the U.S. list of terrorism-supporting countries has arisen twice
in U.S.-North Korean diplomacy, but the two stages are recent: the first in 2000 and
the second in 2003-2004. Until 2000, the core element of U.S.-North Korean
diplomacy was the Agreed Framework, which Washington and Pyongyang signed in
October 1994. It dealt primarily with North Korea's nuclear program, but U.S.
obligations specified in the Agreed Framework included economic and diplomatic
measures. However, the issue of removal of North Korea from the U.S. terrorism list
was omitted from the Agreement. The issue appears not to have been a major object
of the negotiations in 1994.
In October 1999, the Clinton Administration unveiled the Perry Initiative toward
North Korea. Formulated under the direction of William Perry, former Secretary of
Defense, the Perry initiative primarily sought a new round of U.S.-North Korean
negotiations over North Korea's missile program. The Perry Initiative report of
October 1999 stated that if North Korea agreed to a "verifiable cessation" of its
missile program, the United States would provide a series of economic and
diplomatic benefits to North Korea leading to normalization of U.S.-North Korean
relations.1
The Clinton Administration sought an early visit of a high level North Korean
official to Washington to obtain substantive negotiations.2 North Korea, however,
began to demand several pre-conditions for a high level visit. Beginning in February
2000, one of these was removal of North Korea from the U.S. list of terrorism-
supporting countries. North Korea reportedly persisted in this demand well into the
summer of 2000 before finally relenting. The high level envoy visited Washington
in October 2000.
The terrorism list issue receded until 2003 when a new round of U.S.-North
Korean diplomacy ensued. This round was precipitated by the Bush Administration's
claim that North Korea admitted in October 2002 to U.S. diplomats that it was
operating a secret uranium enrichment program. The Administration declared the
'Review of United States Policy Toward North Korea. Report by Dr. William J. Perry,
Special Advisor to the President and the Secretary of State. October 12, 1999.
2 Pomfret, John. North Korea Threatens To Skip Talks. Washington Post. March 29, 2000.
p. A20.
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