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Comments Departing Okura Hotel

Christopher R. Hill, Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Okura Hotel
Tokyo, Japan
April 9, 2007

QUESTION: Governor Richardson just came back from the DPRK. Have you got the reports from the --

ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL: No, I haven’t yet. I think he'll leave on Wednesday, so I hope to see him when I'm in Seoul. Then we'll find out how it went.

QUESTION: About the BDA account, have you given the DPRK some options that they can choose so that the ball is on the DPRK side? Is that the status now?

ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL: Well, I think there are some people doing some work on it right now, and so we have an idea to go forward. But today's a holiday in Macau, so I think we'll know better tomorrow morning.

QUESTION: As soon as the bank opens -- BDA?

ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL: I think, again, today, Monday, is a holiday in Macau. So we have some ideas for how to go forward, but I don't think we'll see anything until tomorrow.

QUESTION: Thank you very much for taking your time.



Released on April 9, 2007

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