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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (107170)	7/22/2003 4:36:09 PM
From: GST	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

Nadine, my point is that China knows we would welcome a collapse, and that is the last thing in the world they want. China and the U.S. have different interests on North Korea. Whatever they say in public, China will do all in its power to prop up North Korea. North Korea does not need the US to exist -- but they do need China, and so China has leverage. We cannot use China's leverage unless they believe we are not so stupid that we will force North Korea to collapse which would go directly against their interests. Talks that include China could be very successful, but only if the "ham hands" of the Bush Administration are left to stew among themselves in Washington while a real team of experts does business with the Chinese and North Koreans. These talks will require skill and understanding, rather than the sort of tiresome bluster that has all to often been forthcoming from the White House.