U.S.-Japan Relations
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6. (C) Kim concurred with Campbell's assessment that the DPJ was "completely different"
from the LDP and agreed it was important for the DJP to coordinate with Seoul
and Washington as it made preliminary overtures to Pyongyang. The North Koreans,
Kim said, were clearly using several different channels to "knock on the DPJ's door."
Kim acknowledged Campbell's point that it was important to reach out directly to key
DPJ officials like Foreign Minister Okada and Finance Minister Naoto Kan.
