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To: Dayuhan who wrote (95497)	4/22/2003 3:15:06 AM
From: Bill Ulrich	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Whether it was "our" breakthrough w/ NK or w/ China may overstate the case. Japan is PRC's #1 trade partner and (arguably) tied with us as a #1 target. Other significant trading partners had a role, too. ASEAN had commissioned a 3-party delegation in March (now cancelled) to chat w/ NK and China. Surely SK, another significant trading partner, was discussing the situation w/ PRC. Perhaps even Taiwan. Any "breakthrough" was a combined effort, even if not jointly planned or communicated. "If you look at it as a breakthrough with NK, you would get that impression. I'm not sure that's what it was, though. In many ways it was more of a diplomatic breakthrough with China."