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Northeast Asia Peace and Security Network DAILY REPORT For Friday, October 9, 1998, from Berkeley, California, USA |
1. DPRK Political Situation
The Far Eastern Economic Review ("RUNNING AGAINST HISTORY," 10/15/98)
reported that DPRK defector Hwang Jang-yop gave an interview in September
to Olaf Jahn, Asia correspondent for Germany's Axel Springer Group.
Hwang said that Kim Jong-il has "practically been the sole strongman in
North Korea since 1974. So, when Kim Il-sung died, Kim Jong-il had
already had the real power for 20 years." He added that Kim approves
every single DPRK spy mission, "so the major attacks definitely had his
hand behind them." He said that Kim "does everything secretly, behind
closed doors, together with a handful of his closest advisers. That's
why he loves terror and violence." He maintained that Kim's power is
dependent mainly on the army, and that "he has transformed the former
dictatorship of the party into a military-dictatorship.... At the same
time, the army does not have much political influence." Hwang said that
the DPRK elite "consists of fighters of the partisan war and their
families, members of the Kim family and very loyal party workers. The
inner circle of this elite is well-informed." He added, however, "The
elite outside the inner circle gets only very little information about
what happens abroad." Hwang said that there is a 40-kilometer-long
tunnel system surrounding Pyongyang that will provide shelter in case of
war, and that in peacetime "provides a passageway primarily for Kim Jong-
il." Hwang said that the elite are kept under constant surveillance. He
said that the collapse of communism in the Eastern bloc was interpreted
in the DPRK as the result of "weak socialism." Hwang argued that,
regardless of the level of poverty in the DPRK, there is no chance of a
popular revolt as the DPRK system "totally and completely controls the
soul of the ordinary citizen." Hwang said that there are two types of
prisons in the DPRK. "Members of the upper echelons of the elite are
detained in labor camps, ordinary people are sent to non-arable, isolated
areas in the middle of nowhere where they are left to survive on their
own. In North Korea there are 10 such areas and approximately 30,000
'prisoners' living in each." He argued that while the most likely source
of change is the decline in troop morale in the army. He added, "Another
catalyst for change could be the dissatisfaction of the normal
population.... If only somehow they could be convinced that their
predicament was due to governmental mistakes and not a natural
catastrophe, perhaps change could come from the bottom up." He argued
that the DPRK system is not prepared for the sudden death of Kim Jong-il,
which would therefore force immediate political change. He added that
the does not believe that the DPRK can be attacked military. He added,
"On the other hand, North Korea still believes that it could conquer
South Korea--should the Americans ever leave the peninsula." Hwang said
that the kind of three-stage rocket recently launched by the DPRK "has
been in existence for quite some time." Hwang concluded, "The hardening
of the dictatorship and the downturn of the economy are indicators of
impending decline."
2. Remains of US Soldiers from Korean War
Reuters ("NORTH KOREA REPATRIATES REMAINS OF FIVE U.S. SOLDIERS,"
Panmunjom, 10/09/98) and the Associated Press (Y.J. Ahn, "KOREAN WAR-ERA
REMAINS RETURNED," Panmunjom, 10/09/98) reported that the DPRK on Friday
handed over to the UN Command the remains of what are believed to be five
US soldiers killed during the Korea War. The repatriation ceremony was
attended by a UN honor guard, Canadian Minister of Veteran Affairs Fred
Mifflin, 100 Canadian government officials, veterans of the Korean War,
and youth cadets.
3. ROK-Japan Summit
The Associated Press ("S. KOREAN PRES KIM HOLDS FAREWELL MTG WITH
JAPANESE EMPEROR," Tokyo, 10/09/98) reported that ROK President Kim Dae-
jung held a farewell meeting Friday with Japanese Emperor Akihito.
Japan's Kyodo News agency quoted Kim as saying that he hoped the emperor
could visit the ROK before the two countries co-host the 2002 World Cup
soccer tournament. Kim was scheduled to fly to the western city of Osaka
later Friday for meetings with ethnic Koreans before returning to Seoul
on Saturday.
The Los Angeles Times (Valerie Reitman, "S. KOREA LEADER'S VISIT IS A
REEL SUCCESS," Tokyo 10/09/98) reported that many businessmen in both the
ROK and Japan welcomed the agreement between ROK President Kim Dae-jung
and Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi to lift the ban on Japanese
cultural imports to the ROK. Yang Jin-sok, an ROK expert on Japanese
music, predicted that Japanese songs quickly will make up 10 percent to
15 percent of the popular music heard in the ROK once the ban is lifted.
Lee Bong-u, a film producer in Japan of Korean descent, estimated that
popular Japanese movies would generate about half the volume of sales in
the ROK as they do in the US. Lee stated, "Lifting the ban will have a
positive effect on both Japan and Korea and upgrade the standards of
movies and music."
4. PRC-Japan Relations
Reuters ("CHINA TO GET SAME WAR APOLOGY FROM JAPAN AS SOUTH KOREA,"
Tokyo, 10/09/98) reported that an unnamed Japanese Foreign Ministry
official said Friday that, when PRC President Jiang Zemin visits Tokyo
next month, he will receive the same direct apology from Japan as the one
issued to ROK President Kim Dae-jung. The official stated, "China is to
get the same kind of apology as South Korea got, in a joint declaration."
5. Japan-PRC Spying Row
The Associated Press ("CHINA EXPELS JAPANESE JOURNALIST," Beijing,
10/08/98) reported that PRC Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhu Bangzao said
Thursday that Yukihisa Nakatsu, a correspondent for the Yomiuri Shimbun
who was expelled from the PRC on Tuesday, stole and paid for state
secrets. Zhu said that Nakatsu "made a confession on these illegal
activities." According to Yomiuri, PRC authorities questioned Nakatsu
three times after he returned from Tibet last month, searched his home
and demanded to know where he obtained certain documents they found.
Nakatsu was ordered Sunday to leave the PRC within three days after
refusing to tell PRC authorities the source of the documents. In a
letter to PRC President Jiang Zemin, the New York-based Committee to
Protect Journalists said it was "deeply disturbed" about the PRC's
treatment of Nakatsu. Reporters Without Borders, a Paris-based press
freedom group, noted that the expulsion followed the PRC's signing Monday
of a UN human rights treaty that guarantees freedom of expression.
6. World War II "Comfort Women"
The Associated Press (Kozo Mizoguchi, "JAPAN SEX SLAVE'S APPEAL
REJECTED," Tokyo, 10/09/98) reported that the Tokyo District Court on
Friday rejected claims for US$169,000 in compensation from 46 Filipino
women forced into sexual slavery for Japanese soldiers during World War
II. Japan's Kyodo News reported that Judge Yoriaki Ichikawa ruled that
the international law under which the Filipino plaintiffs sought damages
does not permit compensation demands by individuals. To date, seven of
the Filipino plaintiffs have died.
7. PRC Military
Reuters ("CHINA'S JIANG SAYS FLOODS SHOWED ARMY'S RELIABILITY," Beijing,
10/08/98) reported that the PRC's People's Daily on Friday quoted PRC
President Jiang Zemin as saying that the military demonstrated bravery
and "political consciousness" in battling record summer floods. Jiang
stated, "Our military has lived up to the expectations of the party and
fulfilled the tasks in a perfect way." He reiterated the need for the
army to obey the political leadership of the Communist Party, saying,
"Political work has always been the lifeline of the army."
8. Taiwanese Nuclear Development
The Associated Press ("WORK ON TAIWAN POWER PLANT MOVES AHEAD AS
OPPOSITION DROPS," Kungliao, 10/09/98) reported that the state-owned
Taiwan Power Co. said Friday that Taiwan's fourth nuclear power plant is
nearly a quarter complete. Lin Chu-wan, director of the project in
coastal Kungliao township, said that the plant is on schedule to reach
full output in July 2004, adding 2,700 megawatts to Taiwan's 23,763
megawatts of installed capacity. The plant originally was conceived in
1980, but its budget was frozen twice by the legislature, in response to
violent protests by Kungliao residents and anti-nuclear groups. Wu
Ching-tung, a former township chief, said that protests are waning as
Kungliao's 10,000 residents are coming to realize the advantages of a
compensation package offering them 1 percent of annual energy sales from
the plant.
9. Indian Nuclear Development
Dow Jones Newswires (Denny Kurien, "INDIA GOVT SAYS NUCLEAR ENERGY BEST
FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES," New Delhi, 10/09/98) reported that a statement
by the Indian government on Friday argued that developing countries
should be allowed to pursue nuclear power without hindrance from
"arbitrary and politically motivated" technology control regimes. The
statement said, "With coal reserves dwindling and hydro projects running
into rough weather, nuclear energy will alone become an increasingly
important option." It added that India will present several papers on
the role and need for nuclear energy and the development of indigenous
capabilities at an international seminar in Bombay Monday being organized
by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
10. Russian Nuclear Arsenal
The Associated Press ("RUSSIAN MILITARY DENIES PLAN FOR NUCLEAR TEST,"
Moscow, 10/09/98) reported that General Igor Volynkin, who heads a
defense ministry department overseeing nuclear weapons, on Friday denied
allegations that Russian intends to carry out a nuclear test at Novaya
Zemlya testing range. Western news reports and environmentalists claimed
last month that Russia was preparing a sub-critical nuclear test on the
Arctic archipelago. Volynkin also criticized media reports that the
Russian military has been losing effective control over its nuclear
arsenal, saying that the reports were designed to place "Russian nuclear
weapons under international control." He stated, "Russia is capable of
maintaining its nuclear weapons and ensuring their safety." He said that
Russia strictly adheres to international obligations to destroy some
kinds of tactical nuclear weapons, including nuclear shells and
landmines. He added, "When there is an agreement with the United States
on destroying the remaining part of tactical weapons, Russia will embark
on their destruction."
1. ROK-PRC Relations
Chosun Ilbo ("ROK AND CHINA TO UPGRADE DIPLOMATIC TIES," Seoul, 10/09/98)
reported that one high-ranking ROK government official said that the ROK
and PRC governments plan jointly to declare their partnership on the
occasion of President Kim Dae-jung's planned visit to the PRC in
November. The official said that the formation of the partnership would
signal that the PRC was placing a higher priority on its diplomatic
relationship with the ROK than with the DPRK. Over the decades, the PRC
has maintained a close relationship with the DPRK based on shared
communist ideology. According to the official, the two governments have
already agreed in principle that the present neighborly friendship
between the two countries would be enhanced to partnership ties. A joint
communique will be released to formally announce the new relationship
after a summit meeting between the heads of the two countries in Beijing.
2. ROK-Japan Summit
Chosun Ilbo ("PRESIDENT KIM LEAVES TOKYO WITH GREAT HOPES," Seoul,
10/09/98) reported that ROK President Kim Dae-jung met with members of
the press Friday, and said he is fully satisfied with the results of his
trip to Japan. Kim told reporters that he has great hopes for the joint
communique for a new ROK-Japan partnership in the 21st century and for
the accompanying action plan, both of which he and Japanese Prime
Minister Obuchi signed during the visit. The president showed a strong
confidence in the opening up of a new era for a future-oriented bilateral
relationship between the two countries. Kim also said that Japan's
clear-cut apology for its past colonial rule of Korea is a step forward
toward better relations. Asked what he thought of Japanese emperor
Akihito, Kim answered that he found the emperor obliging, sincere, and
conversant in many different subjects. Asked when the emperor would
visit the ROK, Kim said that the date would depend on the preparations
the two governments will have to make. While meeting with approximately
60 acquaintances in Tokyo before leaving for Osaka, President Kim said
that the details of his kidnapping in Tokyo by ROK intelligence agents
years ago must come to light. He also brought up the issue of the so-
called Korean "comfort women" who were drafted into sexual slavery by
Japan, expressing his belief that the issue must be settled to the
satisfaction of the conscience of the international community. He added
that he was determined to resolve both issues.
3. Remains of US Soldiers from Korean War
JoongAng Ilbo ("FIVE BODIES OF U.S. MIAs RETURNED HOME," Seoul, 10/09/98)
reported that five bodies of US servicemen who had been missing and
presumed dead in the DPRK during the Korean War were repatriated through
the truce village of Panmunjom on October 9. These bodies were exhumed
by a US-DPRK joint exhumation survey team that has been working in the
DPRK since September 1996. About 100 Korean War veterans from the US and
Canada, who are visiting Korea again after 45 years, participated in the
repatriation ceremony. The bodies will be sent to the US Army's Central
Identification Center in Hawaii to be identified through DNA tests.
After being identified they will finally be returned to their families
after more than four decades.
4. "Unification Cattle" Deaths
JoongAng Ilbo ("CONTROVERSY OVER UNIFICATION CATTLE DEATHS," Seoul,
10/09/98) reported that the DPRK insisted on October 9 that 71 of the 500
so-called "Unification Cows," given to the DPRK by Hyundai founder Chung
Ju-yung, have died, and presented the possibility that many cows were
altered before they were transported to the DPRK. Lee Sung-ho, a DPRK
Red Cross official, transmitted a notification that requested the
punishment of officials responsible for this matter and quarantine data.
The notification said, "In the ROK, the cows were forced to eat rope and
plastic." Hyundai officials insisted that a joint investigation on the
death of the cattle be conducted to find out the real cause. Hyundai
said, "There have not been any incidents since 1993 of cows dying from
symptoms similar to those DPRK the informed us of. We raised 3,000 cows
in Sosan Farmland." Hyundai added, "According to bovine experts, cows
have a tendency to eat plastics or soil when they feel stress due to
changes in circumstances. So, it is possible that the cows suffered from
this condition."
1. Japan-ROK Summit
The Yomiuri Shimbun (Akihiro Ito, "JOINT STATEMENT IS HAILED IN ROK,"
Seoul, 10/08/98) reported that ROK political parties, both ruling and
opposition, and the mass media largely hailed on October 8 the Japanese-
ROK Joint Statement. The reports said that the statement resolves the
issue of "past history" and opens a new era of Japanese-ROK relations.
As for ROK political parties, a ruling National Congress for New Politics
spokesman said about the statement, "It is meaningful to document past
history and rearrange it.... 'Japan's apology and reflection' should be
a step toward 'the opening of a new horizon of ROK-Japanese
relations'.... There is no doubt that this statement will be a blueprint
for ROK-Japanese relations in the 21st century." An opposition Grand
National Party spokesman said, "We expect the Joint Statement to be a
foundation of friendly and cooperative relations between the ROK and
Japan that are forward-looking." However, he also said that it is
regrettable that the statement left the issues of "comfort women" and
Tokdo/Takeshima Island unresolved. As for the media, the report said
that the major papers, including the Hankuk Ilbo, the Dong-a Ilbo, and
the Joongang Ilbo, focused on the positive and forward-looking side of
the statement.
The Asahi Shimbun ("ROK PRESIDENT KIM DAE JUNG'S SPEECH: POSITIVE
ATTITUDE TO NEW ERA OF JAPANESE-ROK RELATIONS," 10/09/98) reported that
visiting ROK President Kim Dae-jung gave a thirty-minute speech at the
Upper House Plenary Session Hall on October 8. The report said that the
speech began with the story of his abduction in Tokyo in 1973 and ranged
from his praise of Japan's post-war economic and social development to
his call for Japan's investment into the ROK to help the ROK out of its
economic difficulties. The report emphasized that his belief that he
will protect the democracy that his people realized through blood and
sweat and his positive attitude toward establishing new relations between
Japan and the ROK were consistent in the speech.
2. Japanese Theater Missile Defense
The Asahi Shimbun ("DEFENSE AGENCY HEAD NUKAGA ANNOUNCES BUDGETING TMD AT
SECURITY MEETING," 10/08/98) reported that the Japanese government
decided to hold a security meeting at the Prime Ministerial official
residence as early as October 20. At this meeting, Defense Agency
Director General Fukushiro Nukaga will announce the budget for Theater
Missile Defense (TMD) for next year. The report pointed out that
although the security meeting held around this time of the year usually
discuss only the budgeting of primary technologies, this year the meeting
will include budgeting research for TMD, because TMD is important. The
report also said that, according to a Defense Agency official, although
the recent 2 plus 2 meeting between Japan and the US agreed to promote
joint research on technologies, this meeting will be restricted to
"discussing the joint research" because of some opposition within the
Liberal Democratic Party to the agreement.
1. DPRK Smuggling from RF
Kommersant-daily's Yuriy Senatorov and Denis Dyomkin ("RUSSIAN
HELICOPTERS FAILED TO FLY TO PYONGYANG," Vladivostok, 3, 10/9/98)
reported that officers of Khasan Customs Office situated on the RF-DPRK
border detained five Mi-8T military helicopters that were prepared for a
flight to the DPRK. Mi-8T are equipped with navigation systems
permitting them to easily enter RF air space from abroad. RF Premier
Yevgeniy Primakov took the investigation under his personal control.
Reportedly the helicopters arrived late at night on October 6 to pass
through the customs and border guard checkpoint. However, customs
inspectors found that the allegedly decommissioned Mi-8Ts still contained
their "friend-or-foe" identification systems and sockets for mounting
bombs, missiles, and machine-guns. Besides, the documents supplied
lacked mandatory signatures. The deal was made between Arden Co Ltd. and
the State Unitary Enterprise for Military Property Realization. The
legal address of Arden turned out to be in the Khabarovsk area, but the
police found just an empty house there. According to the police, Arden
has been investigated in the past concerning alcohol smuggling from the
PRC. The custom officers were surprised that, while they estimate the
price of each Mi-8T at no less than US$300,000, the documents indicated
it as merely US$20,000. Moreover, military experts say each helicopter
could be priced as high as US$1 million, and the identification system
costs several million dollars. The pilots who flew the helicopters to
the border claim they signed a contract with Arden, but have no idea
where the company obtained them. The RF Defense Ministry said that the
helicopters do not belong to any of its units. Mi-8Ts can carry large-
caliber machine-guns, four 250 kilogram bombs, and four blocks of "air-
to-air" or "air to-surface" missiles. RF Federal Security Service
officers said that in the past they have disrupted several attempts by
the DPRK to obtain RF weaponry samples.
2. RF-PRC Relations
Nezavisimoye voyennoye obozreniye ("RUSSIA BETWEEN THE CENTERS OF POWER,"
Moscow, 1, 4, 10/09-15/98 #38(112) published an article by Yuriy Dubov,
Ph.D. (Technology), and Yuriy Morozov Ph.D. (Military) of the Military
Strategic Studies Center, RF Armed Forces General Staff, devoted to RF's
interrelations with the world "centers of power." Concerning the PRC,
the authors said, "Recently Chinese leaders have been paying special
attention to the problem of a possible energy and raw materials crisis,
as well as its demographic situation.... Alongside with the territorial
problem, for Russia in its relations with China a real danger exists that
China's huge economic and financial resources will allow it in a brief
time to achieve a real control over the key industrial sectors of Siberia
and the [RF] Far East ... and to connect them totally to the Chinese
economic system.... China and Russia are interested in maintaining
stable strategic relations. Nevertheless, in case of serious weakening
or loss of Russia's nuclear deterrence capacity and critical decline of
combat capacity of the group of Russian troops in Siberia and the Far
East, a possibility of China using its military force to serve its vital
interests is not ruled out." As remedies, the authors suggested
development of good-neighborly RF-PRC relations with a focus on
settlement of disputes, while simultaneously creating a "collective
security system" in the region and establishing "strategic partnership
relations" with the US, including an "interaction in the security sphere
and mutual provision of certain guarantees of rendering relevant
assistance in case of a security threat emerging on the part of China."
Nezavisimaia gazeta's Pavel Spirin ("CHINA DOUBTS THE FUTURE OF RUSSIA,"
Moscow, 6, 10/09/98) published an article based on PRC media materials
and public opinion polls concerning the RF. In particular, a recent
article by Sin Huangcheng, Assistant to the Director, Institute of
Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Academy of Social Sciences, in the
"Beijing chenbao" newspaper titled "Russia: A Horrifying Wheel of
Fortune" dwelled on rapid governmental reshuffles taking place in Russia
and explained them by an excessive politicization of the RF's elite.
Thus, economic matters in the RF have been sacrificed for the sake of
power struggle goals. In general, economic cooperation with the RF is
not as important as political cooperation, which was called
"constructive" by 70 percent of respondents to a recent public opinion
poll in the PRC because it helps the PRC to hold dialogue on an equal
footing with the US on human rights, Taiwan, and trade issues. Half of
the respondents gave the RF fourth place in the world order, after the
US, Japan, and the PRC. Nezavisimaia gazeta's author concluded that in
the PRC they obviously think that the RF still has got nothing useful
except natural resources and a number of secret technologies and that
foreign investment will not come there soon.
3. US Views of PRC, RF
Nezavisimaia gazeta's Oleg Kamarin ("WASHINGTON GIVES PRIORITY TO
BEIJING," Moscow, 6, 10/07/98) reported that a business meeting on the
present PRC economic situation took place in Washington. The briefing
dedicated to it was attended by well-known experts and was directly
broadcast on TV. In particular, the participants pointed out the
contrast between the effect of the financial crisis on the PRC's economy
and on that of RF. Also the differences of reforms in the two countries
were stressed. Peter Bottelier, a Senior Advisor to the World Bank,
pointed out that RF reformers turned out to be in some respects "closer
to Bolsheviks" than PRC reformers in terms of their attitude to the
population and the price it pays for the reforms. David Lampton, Chinese
studies program head, Nixon Center, said that, in contrast to popularly
supported reforms in the PRC, reforms in the RF are "still a mystery to a
rational mind." Robert McFarlane, former National Security Advisor to
President Ronald Reagan, emphasized the priority importance of the PRC
for the US. Nezavisimaia gazeta's author concluded that "American
business has become a powerful lobby group in favor of rapprochement with
Beijing. Considering the results of the 7-year long Russian reformist
marathon, one can state that there is no similar powerful pro-Russian
lobby in the USA."
4. PRC Human Rights
Segodnya's Aleksandr Chudodeyev ("BEIJING PROMISED TO RESPECT HUMAN
RIGHTS. BUT IN ITS OWN WAY," Moscow, 3, 10/07/98) reported that the PRC
signed the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, thus
becoming the 141st party to it. However, Amnesty International and some
other human rights groups believe that this signature will hardly change
the PRC's present attitude to the issue and that the persecution of
dissidents will not stop immediately in the PRC.
5. RF-Japanese Relations
Nezavisimoye voyennoye obozreniye ("RUSSIA BETWEEN THE CENTERS OF POWER,"
Moscow, 1, 4, 10/09-15/98 #38(112) published an article by Yuriy Dubov,
Ph.D. (Technology), and Yuriy Morozov Ph.D.(Military) of the Military
Strategic Studies Center, RF Armed Forces General Staff, devoted to RF's
interrelations with the world "centers of power." Concerning Japan, the
authors noted in particular that, based on its achievements, Japan
possesses all that is needed for creation of nuclear weapons. While
declaring its adherence to the "three non-nuclear principles," the
Japanese government declines to codify those in the form of a law or an
international agreement. Thus, "the possibility is not ruled out of a
situation emerging where Japan's leaders may consider it necessary to
start development and production of its own nuclear weapons and delivery
means." The continuing "tough position" of Japan as regards its
territorial dispute with the RF "will continue rendering a destabilizing
impact on the military political situation in the region." The authors
suggested consideration of RF-Japan economic and other issues, especially
the territorial ones, separately, not in a single package. "The
political aspect of the interaction may come to be more natural, if there
is a success in pursuing development of trilateral contacts (Russia-
Japan-US) in this sphere." The authors' general conclusion is that,
although the world multipolarity trend "has widened our opportunities for
maneuver, ... it is hardly feasible for Russia to press forward the
formation of a multipolar world, because due to its present state it is
hardly able to claim an appropriate position, while a number of the
centers now on the rise might attain unjustified advantages in the
contemporary transitory situation."
6. RF to Formally Join APEC
Nezavisimaia gazeta's Anastasia Sheveleva ("IN THE ASIAN PACIFIC REGION
THEY TRUST THE KREMLIN," Moscow, 6, 10/07/98) reported that at the annual
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Kuala Lumpur, the RF
will be formally announced as a member. Presently the Asia-Pacific
region accounts for only 15-20 percent of RF foreign trade. New Zealand
will preside over the APEC next year, therefore Christopher John Butler,
Senior Counselor on APEC Affairs, of New Zealand arrived at Moscow to
hold consultations with relevant RF officials. The author stressed, that
"the fact that the crisis that shocked Russia did not change APEC's
decision to admit it to its ranks brings about a hope that the trust in
our country in the region so important to it has not been lost."
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