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Northeast Asia Peace and Security Network DAILY REPORT For Tuesday, December 8, 1998, from Berkeley, California, USA |
1. US DPRK Coordinator's Asia Trip
Reuters ("CHINA URGES PATIENCE IN KOREAN NUCLEAR ROW," Beijing, 12/08/98)
reported that William Perry, US policy coordinator for the DPRK, flew
into Beijing on Tuesday for talks with PRC officials. PRC government
spokesman Zhu Bangzao said that the PRC opposed any retreat from the 1994
Agreed Framework. Zhu stated, "We hope the parties directly concerned
will cherish the results already achieved and continue to solve emerging
problems through patient cooperation." He added, "We hope the parties
concerned will resolve the nuclear issue through dialogue and
consultations rather than other measures which might escalate further the
conflict." Zhu argued, "We believe the parties concerned on the whole
are quite serious about implementing the nuclear framework and there has
been certain progress in implementing this agreement. China has all
along stood for de-nuclearization of the Korean peninsula and the
maintenance of stability and peace on the peninsula."
The United States Information Agency carried a press release ("PRESS
RELEASE ON PERRY VISIT TO KOREA," Seoul, 12/08/98) which said that former
US Secretary of Defense William J. Perry finished two days of "intensive"
meetings with ROK officials and DPRK specialists on Tuesday. The press
release stated, "Dr. Perry met with President Kim Dae Jung, Foreign
Minister Hong, Minister of National Defense Chun, Minister of National
Unification Kang, National Security Advisor Lim, and NIS Director Lee.
He also met with scholars, former government officials, and Korean
business leaders, representing a wide range of South Korean views
convened by the Seoul Forum. Perry also visited the Combined Forces
Command and U.S. Forces Korea." Perry said before departing Seoul, "It
was important for us to consult with the ROK because any U.S. policy must
be conducted shoulder-to-shoulder with the ROK. We came to listen, not
present any views of our own, since we just began this policy review. We
have not come to any judgments."
2. DPRK Missile Tests
The Associated Press ("REPORT: NKOREA BUILDS MISSILE SITES," Tokyo,
12/08/98) and Reuters (Teruaki Ueno, "JAPAN SAYS NO INFORMATION ON NORTH
KOREA MISSILE BASES," Tokyo, 12/08/98) reported that Japan's NHK
television on Tuesday quoted Japanese Defense Agency sources as saying
that US spy satellites have confirmed what appear to be three missile
bases under construction in the northern part of the DPRK. The report
said that the three new facilities are being built at depths ranging from
165 feet to 330 feet. A fuel storage facility reportedly will be
completed in one or two years at one of the underground sites. Hosei
Norota, Director General of Japan's Defense Agency, stated, "We have
heard various rumors but we don't have any information that can confirm
(the report)." Similarly, Foreign Ministry spokesman Sadaaki Numata
said, "While we cannot entirely rule out these possibilities, we are yet
to have hard evidence or information about these alleged sites. And in
that sense, we are not in a position to confirm these reports." He urged
the DPRK to make a "sincere and earnest" response to the US in ongoing
negotiations. He stated, "What we would like to say to North Korea is to
not engage in this sort of intimidatory rhetoric but to respond sincerely
to the concerns on the part of its neighbors and on the part of the
international community."
3. US-DPRK Talks
The Washington Times (Ben Barber, "U.S. TALKS TO N. KOREA ABOUT
UNDERGROUND SITE," 12/08/98) reported that an anonymous source close to
the ongoing US-DPRK talks said the US would offer "carrots" to the DPRK,
possibly related to the ending of sanctions. The source said that the
DPRK could scarcely feed its own people and was desperately seeking
income, either as a price for cooperating with US anti-nuclear programs
or from exports of missile technology to Iran, Syria and Pakistan. He
added that since the DPRK rocket launch in August, the DPRK's missile
development and export program has been increasingly linked to US
cooperation on opening trade. [Ed. note: This article was one of the
top news stories in the US Department of Defense's "Early Bird" news
service.]
4. DPRK War Warnings
The Associated Press (Edith M. Lederer, "N. KOREA ACCUSES U.S. OF
HOSTILITY," United Nations, 12/07/98) reported that the DPRK's UN
Ambassador Li Hyong-chol asked the UN Security Council to circulate a
statement issued last Wednesday from an unidentified spokesman for the
army's general staff that accused the US of looking for a pretext for a
second Korean war. The UN released the document on Monday.
Reuters ("NORTH KOREA CALLS ITS ARMY ANGRY TIGER READY FOR ENEMY," Tokyo,
12/08/98) reported that DPRK Army General Officer O Kum-chol said Tuesday
that the DPRK is ready to defeat the US and its allies. O stated,
"Soldiers of the Korean People's Army are firmly determined to annihilate
the U.S. imperialists, Japanese reactionaries and South Korean puppets at
one stroke. Our People's Army ... will let loose its pent-up anger and
shower thunderbolts of revenge upon the enemies like an angry tiger." He
added, "We have lived with rifles all our life for a decisive battle."
The International Herald Tribune carried an analytical article (Richard
Halloran, "ADDING TO THE RHETORIC OVER NORTH KOREA: TALK OF WAR,"
Honolulu, 12/07/98) which said that the recent elevation of DPRK hostile
rhetoric appeared to be more intense than "the normal bluster of
Pyongyang's pugnacious negotiating style." The article stated, "While
the North Korean bombast may be just that, U.S. officials in Seoul and
Washington have not brushed it aside as in the past. Military maneuvers
of the kind Pyongyang's army is conducting are inherently dangerous:
They look much like forces preparing for attack, especially when they are
close to the Demilitarized Zone that splits the peninsula."
5. EU Visit to DPRK
Reuters ("EUROPE PARLIAMENT DELEGATION ARRIVES IN N.KOREA," Tokyo,
12/08/98) reported that the DPRK's official Korean Central News Agency
(KCNA) said that a delegation of the European parliament arrived in
Pyongyang on Tuesday. The delegation was headed by Leo Tindemans, member
of the European parliament. The report gave no details on the purpose of
the delegation's visit.
6. ROK-DPRK Economic Cooperation
The Associated Press ("HYUNDAI CHIEF TO VISIT N. KOREA AGAIN FOR BUSINESS
TALKS," Seoul, 12/08/98) reported that Hyundai officials said Tuesday
that Chung Ju-yung, founder of the ROK's Hyundai business group, will
visit the DPRK again next week to discuss tourism and other business
deals. Chun will cross the border at the truce village of Panmunjom next
Tuesday for his third visit to the DPRK this year. The officials said
that he will bring a gift of 50 passenger cars. Chung will follow up
with DPRK on other joint venture projects agreed on earlier, including a
thermal power plant, a car assembly plant, and an industrial park.
7. ROK Air Defense
The Associated Press ("SEOUL TO REVIVE AIR DEFENSE PLAN," Seoul,
12/08/98) reported that ROK Defense Ministry officials said Monday that
the ROK will revive a US$2.3 billion plan to build a new air defense
system to replace its aging US missiles. The ROK has been planning for
some time to replace its Nike-Hercules missile defense system, but put
the project on hold this year because of the financial crisis. The
decision to revive the project came after a Nike-Hercules antiaircraft
missile was accidentally fired over Inchon on Friday. Officials are
considering replacing the Nike-Hercules missiles with US Patriot missiles
or Russia's S-300 missiles. Military officials reportedly prefer
Patriots, but their cost of US$700,000 per missile is a third more than
the cost of the Russian missile.
8. Chaebol Restructuring
The International Herald Tribune ("FIVE COMPANIES IN KOREA PLAN TO SHED
UNITS," Seoul, 12/08/98) reported that the ROK's five largest
conglomerates, in a meeting with President Kim Dae-jung and his top
policymakers, pledged Monday to shed more than half their subsidiaries.
The agreement established core areas of business for each of the five
largest chaebol--Hyundai, Samsung, Daewoo, LG and SK--and the number of
companies each has to give up. The agreement did not establish a
timetable, but gave the chaebol a week in which to present detailed
plans. Kang Bong-kyun, who is leading the restructuring program, stated,
"The family-run chaebol will revamp their organizations to make them fit
in better with a market-oriented management system." He said that by
agreeing to change, the chaebol have "agreed to share the pain" with
smaller companies and workers. John Dodsworth, senior representative for
the International Monetary Fund in Seoul, cautioned against excessive
optimism but said that the agreement shows the chaebol are moving in the
right direction. Richard Samuelson, manager of Warburg Dillon Read
Securities in Seoul, stated, "There's going to be a strong temptation on
the part of the conglomerates to appear to be downsizing. Until there's
real evidence of families removing themselves from power, you have to be
suspicious."
9. ROK Imports of Japanese Culture
The Associated Press ("S.KOREA CINEMAS SHOW JAPANESE MOVIE," Seoul,
12/05/98) reported that the Japanese film "Hana-Bi" ("Fireworks") was
released in the ROK on Saturday, the first public screening of a Japanese
movie in the ROK since Korea's liberation from Japanese colonial rule.
"Hana-Bi," directed by Takeshi Kitano, won the grand prize last year at
the Venice Film Festival. Another Japanese film, "Kagemusha," ("Shadow
Warrior") was scheduled to be released in the ROK later this month.
10. Korean Forced Labor during World War II
Dow Jones Newswires ("S. KOREAN WOMEN SEEK APOLOGY FROM MITSUBISHI HEAVY
- KYODO," Nagoya, 12/07/98) reported that Japan's Kyodo News said that
two ROK women forced to work at an aircraft factory of Mitsubishi Heavy
Industries Ltd. during World War II visited the company's factory in
Nagoya on Monday and sought an apology. The two women, Kim He-ok and Yan
Kum-dok, are preparing to sue Mitsubishi and the state for unpaid wages.
An attorney involved in the negotiations said that Mitsubishi Heavy
Industries did not respond to their requests, saying they were not able
to find information from that time. He added that the company promised
to look for information regarding employment during the war and agreed to
continue negotiations.
11. Taiwanese Elections
Dow Jones Newswires (Betty W. Liu, "NATIONALISTS WIN TAIWANESE ELECTIONS,
EASING STRAIN ON RELATIONS WITH CHINA," Taipei, 12/07/98) and Cox News
Service ("TAIWAN PRO-INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT DEFEATED," Taipei, 12/05/98)
reported that analysts said Sunday that the victory by the Nationalists
in Taiwan's legislative elections and Taipei mayoral race is expected to
keep relations with the PRC on track. Chen Yu-chun, a professor at
Chinese Culture University in Taipei and a lecturer at Beijing
University, stated, "The results are a relief for Beijing ... and will
likely help stabilize cross-strait relations." Ramon Myers of the Hoover
Institution at Stanford University stated, "If this election had turned
out in [incumbent Taipei Mayor Chen Shu-bian's] favor, it would be
another of those aggravating factors that would be perceived as making
the government in Beijing more nervous." Su Ge, part of a 10-member PRC
delegation monitoring the elections, said that his delegation was
"concerned" about a clause in the opposition Democratic Progressive Party
platform calling for an independent Taiwan. He added, however, that
Taiwan's commitment to holding democratic elections would not "cause a
barrier to reunification" if Taiwan ultimately agrees to return to the
mainland. He stated, "The people of Taiwan can continue their economic
and political structures unchanged, and mainland China can continue with
its structure and systems."
12. PRC Military Businesses
The Associated Press ("CHINESE ARMY HANDS OVER BUSINESSES TO BEIJING,"
Beijing, 12/05/98) reported that the PRC's official Beijing Daily said
Saturday that the People's Liberation Army handed over 68 enterprises
with total assets of US$170 million in Beijing to the city government on
Friday as part of a Communist Party order. It said the businesses
covered real estate, pharmaceuticals, trade and transportation.
13. Alleged PRC Missile Technology Exports
The Associated Press ("CHINA DENIES HELPING WEAPONS PROLIFERATION,"
Beijing, 12/08/98) reported that PRC Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhu
Bangzao denied Tuesday that the PRC has aided weapons proliferation. Zhu
stated, "China's position on the export of missiles has proceeded always
from being responsible for security in the region and has honored its
commitment by adopting effective and strict controls, and there is no
such issue of proliferation." The Washington Times said that the PRC had
supplied Iran with telemetry equipment that could be used in testing
missiles such as its new Shahab-3, which was tested for the first time
this year.
14. Alleged US Technology Transfers to PRC
The Washington Post (Vernon Loeb and John Mintz, "CIA FACES CRIMINAL
PROBE IN CHINA CASE," 12/05/98, A01) and the New York Times (Jeff Gerth,
"OLD CONCERNS OVER DATA TRANSFER TO CHINA GET NEW ATTENTION," Washington,
12/07/98) reported that the US Justice Department has initiated a
criminal probe of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to determine
whether the agency obstructed justice when it provided information to
Hughes Electronics Corp. about the scope of an ongoing congressional
investigation into the transfer of US space technology to the PRC.
Government sources said that the CIA provided information to Hughes about
the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence's technology transfer
investigation that might have enabled the firm to anticipate the moves of
congressional investigators. The sources said that the Justice
Department initiated the obstruction probe at the request of the Senate
committee. High-ranking CIA officials, including the agency's general
counsel, have agreed to testify next week before a federal grand jury in
Washington. A CIA spokesman said the agency is fully cooperating in the
obstruction probe. Another CIA official, speaking on background,
acknowledged that the agency may have erred in providing certain
information to Hughes, but he added that the information was turned over
in the normal course of business between the agency and one of its major
classified contractors with no intention of interfering with the
investigation. Hughes spokesman Richard Dore said, "Hughes has not been
provided information by the CIA regarding the details of federal criminal
investigations involving Hughes."
15. Russian Ratification of START II
The Associated Press ("RUSSIA POSTPONES NUKE TREATY TALKS," Moscow,
12/08/98) reported that the Russian Duma postponed discussions on the
START II treaty Tuesday after failing to meet a deadline for sending a
related measure on nuclear weapons to President Boris Yeltsin. The Duma
Council had planned Tuesday to review a bill outlining Russia's nuclear
weapons program, but it delayed debate because no parliamentary factions
except the Yabloko party submitted proposals or suggestions for the
measure. Yabloko leaders accused Communists in the Duma of once again
stalling on the treaty. Meanwhile Nikolai Kharitonov, a leader of the
Communist-allied Agrarian Party, said he had changed his mind about the
treaty after a meeting with Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov, and now
supported it. Kharitonov suggested that Russia could enhance its
prospects for Western financial aid by ratifying the treaty.
16. Russian Missile Forces
The Associated Press ("RUSSIA TO LAUNCH OLD MISSILES," Moscow, 12/04/98)
reported that the Interfax news agency said that the Russian missile
forces are considering launching old Scalpel missiles that they can no
longer afford to maintain. The missiles would be launched without
warheads, and their trajectory would be calculated so that they use up
all their fuel and then burn in the atmosphere. However, engineers
warned that since the service life of the missiles has expired, they are
no longer sure whether the missiles will accurately follow their
programmed path.
1. DPRK Underground Facilities
JoongAng Ilbo ("MORE THAN 8,200 UNDERGROUND SITES IN DPRK," Seoul,
12/08/98) reported that an "unusually candid" ROK government report
revealed the "staggering" fact that there are more than 8,200 underground
sites in the DPRK. According to the Ministry of Defense on December 8,
the combined length of these underground facilities that are located
throughout the DPRK reaches 5,000,047 km. The vast scale of these
underground sites is the largest in the world. This is the first time
that ROK government authorities officially confirmed the number and scale
of DPRK underground facilities. A high ranking official from the ROK
Information Department of the Defense Ministry issued a report titled
"Recent DPRK Military Movement" at a unification-related meeting on
December 8. The official stated, "Recently, the DPRK moved 180 armament
factories underground, apparently to prepare for war. The DPRK is now
periodically conducting war-time mobilization exercises." He continued,
"The DPRK has built an emergency runway and anti-tank barriers on the
Pyongyang-Kaesong Highway and in the coastal region, they deployed
multiple-rocket-launcher units and are setting up double barbed wire
entanglements." At the same time, the DPRK deployed 60 percent of its
armed forces south of the Pyongyang-Wonsan line. The DPRK army possesses
enough munitions, foodstuffs, and oil to carry out a war lasting three to
four months without any additional outside supplies.
2. ROK-DPRK Economic Cooperation
Chosun Ilbo ("HYUNDAI BOSS VISITS DPRK FOR THIRD TIME," Seoul, 12/08/98)
reported that the Hyundai group announced Tuesday that honorary chairman
Chun Ju-yong will visit the DPRK next week for three days to discuss the
Mount Kumgang tour and other joint projects. This is the third visit for
Chun this year. He will be accompanied by five Hyundai officials,
including the president of Hyundai Construction. The group also said
that it will send a total of fifty cars--ten Avante, twenty Accent, and
twenty Atoz--worth US$540,000 to the DPRK through Panmunjon, on a
deferred payment basis, at a request from the DPRK's Asia-Pacific
Committee. Hyundai sent twenty cars to the DPRK on Chun's second visit
using the same "method of payment."
3. ROK Military Mishaps
Chosun Ilbo ("DEFENSE MINISTER WARNED ON ACCIDENTS," Seoul, 12/08/98)
reported that ROK President Kim Dae-jung issued a stern warning to
Defense Minister Chun Yong-taek over the recent spate of non-fatal and
fatal accidents, and ordered the military to maintain a higher state of
alert. A Chongwadae spokesman said that the president had initially
mulled replacing Chun, but considering that the minister had successfully
reformed the military and accidents are actually down 37 percent from
1997 figures, decided on a reprimand. The opposition Grand National
Party (GNP) countered the statement saying that Kim was giving Chun a
"political indulgence" and were critical of the president for not
understanding the wishes of the people.
4. ROK Missile Misfire
JoongAng Ilbo ("DPRK CRITICIZES MISSILE MISHAP," Seoul, 12/07/98)
reported that the DPRK's state-run Central Broadcasting Company, citing
reports from Seoul, reported on December 6, "A big uproar happened on
December 4 when a Nike Hercules surface-to-air missile was accidentally
launched from an air defense base in Inchon." The broadcaster denounced
the ROK for the many injured people and numerous cars damaged from this
serious accident. It added, "This accident clearly shows how
enthusiastically absorbed the war maniac in the ROK is in developing and
testing missiles."
5. ASEAN Summit
Chosun Ilbo ("KIM TO ATTEND ASEAN SUMMIT IN VIETNAM," Seoul, 12/08/98)
reported that ROK President Kim Dae-jung will make an official visit to
Vietnam between December 15 and 17 for an Association of Southeast Asian
Nations (ASEAN) summit meeting. During his visit, Kim will also
participate in a three-way meeting with the PRC and Japan and have side
meetings with attending heads of ASEAN member countries. Major agenda
items for the summit meetings include the financial crisis in East Asia;
multilateral trade issues; and promotion of peace in the region. The
presidential office has already confirmed that President Kim will meet
with his Vietnamese counterpart, Tran Duc Luong, and Japanese Prime
Minister Keizo Obuchi on December 15.
1. DPRK War Warnings
Nezavisimaia gazeta ("PYONGYANG REPLIES TO WASHINGTON," Moscow, 6,
12/5/98) reported that it received from the DPRK Embassy in Moscow the
official translation of the statement made by a DPRK Armed Forces General
Staff representative. The statement said: "The US President, who visited
South Korea ... made a final test of mobilization readiness of aggressive
US troops." The statement rendered in detail the contents of US
"operative plan 5027, being a plan for the second aggressive war against
Korea" under which "over 545,000 bayonets of aggressive US troops, the
puppet South Korean army numbering over 630,000, 5-7 groups of ships led
by aircraft carriers, F-117 and F-111 fighter bombers, B-1, B-2, and B-52
strategic bombers with nuclear weapons on board are to be engaged."
2. PRC-Ukraine Military Links
Nezavisimoye voyennoye obozreniye's Nikolai Dmitriyev ("CHINA PLANS TO
TRAIN OFFICERS IN UKRAINE," Moscow, 3, 12/5/98, #46) reported that a PRC
military delegation headed by Major General Leng Chenhui, Deputy Chief,
Main Directorate for Military Training, PLA General Staff, visited the
Ukraine and inspected some military education facilities, including Air
Force Institute and Ground Force Institute in Kyev and Military Pilots
Institute and Air Defense Institute in Kharkov. Ukraine might become one
of countries where PRC servicemen are to undergo military training.
3. Arrest of PRC Democratic Party Founder
Izvestia's Vladimir Skosyrev ("TINY BUT DANGEROUS," Moscow, 3, 12/2/98)
reported that PRC police arrested on criminal charges a prominent
dissenter Sui Wenli, 56, who in the past spent 12 years in prison, and
four other activists who, obviously encouraged by the PRC's accession
this October to the International Covenants on Civil and Political
Rights, created the Democratic Party of China. Recently Li Peng, CCP
Politburo Member and Chairman of the PRC Parliament, told a German
businessman that a multiparty system and division of authority were not
suitable for the PRC and that foreigners should not try to impose their
constitutions on the PRC.
4. RF Administration Changes
Nezavisimaia gazeta's Natalya Konstantinova and Vitaliy Marsov ("BORIS
YELTSIN DISBANDED IN FACT ALL CHIEFS OF HIS ADMINISTRATION," Moscow, 1,
3, 12/8/98) and other newspapers reported that RF President Boris Yeltsin
on Monday arrived at the Kremlin to spend a few hours signing decrees on
the retirement of high-ranking chiefs of his administration, and then
"promptly returned back to his hospital bed to complete his treatment."
Valentin Yumashev, Chief of the RF Presidential Administration, his three
deputies--Yuriy Yarov, Mikhail Komissar and Yevgeniy Savostyanov--as well
as Aleksandr Starovoytov, Chief of the RF Federal Agency of Governmental
Communications and Information, were retired. Nikolai Bordyuzha was
appointed a new Chief of Administration in addition to his position of RF
Security Council Secretary. According to Nezavisimaia gazeta's authors'
"feeling," those changes possibly signify that Boris Yeltsin totally
trusts RF Premier Yevgeniy Primakov and therefore has in fact liquidated
the Presidential Administration and the Security Council as political and
lobbyist bodies working in parallel with the Government, and at the same
time has concentrated the power in one single "fist."
5. RF-Japanese Summit Declaration
Nezavisimaia gazeta ("MOSCOW DECLARATION," Moscow, 6, 12/2/98) published
the full text of the Declaration signed by RF President Boris Yeltsin and
Japanese Premier Keizo Obuchi in Moscow on 11/13/98.
6. RF-PRC Joint Statement
Nezavisimaia gazeta ("RUSSIAN-CHINESE RELATIONS ON THE THRESHOLD OF THE
21ST CENTURY," Moscow, 6, 12/5/98) published the full text of the Joint
Statement made by RF President Boris Yeltsin and PRC Chairman Jiang Zemin
in Moscow on 11/24/98.
7. RF-Japan Links
Izvestia's Vasliy Golovnin ("CHUBAIS INVITED JAPANESE TO LAY DOWN A CABLE
FROM SAKHALIN," Tokyo, 2, 12/4/98) reported that Anatoly Chubais,
Chairman of the Governing Board of "Unified Energy System of Russia"
Company, and former First Deputy Premier of the RF, on a visit to Japan
suggested building an underwater energy transmission cable from Sakhalin
to Hokkaido. Although the costs are estimated at US$10-12 billion, his
"exotic plan" gained some support there. Also, in his interviews Chubais
assured the Japanese media that at the RF presidential elections in 2000
neither Moscow Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov, nor Krasnoyarsk Governor Aleksandr
Lebed would have any chance to win, while "right centrists" including
himself could support RF Premier Yevgeniy Primakov if he agrees to run.
8. RF Membership in APEC
Novaya gazeta's Vladimir Kulagin ("ORIENTAL EXPRESS MAY DRAWN IN THE
PACIFIC OCEAN," Moscow, 17, 11/30/-12/6/98, #47) commented on APEC summit
in Kuala Lumpur. The author is cautious about the RF's final jump into
"the last car of that 'Oriental Express.'" Concerning the obligations of
APEC member states to gradually do away with their trade tariffs, the
author is pessimistic about the ability of the RF car industry to compete
with its US, Japanese, and ROK rivals in an open market. APEC membership
might become beneficial to RF oil and gas exporters, but not to those who
work in the domestic market. "90 percent of Russians and of the Russian
economy will pay for that," the author stressed, meaning the RF trade
obligations under the APEC trade arrangements. Moreover, "the accession
to the APEC free trade zone, which accounts for 20 percent of RF trade,
will block any hopes for accession of the RF to a similar, yet rival
structure of the European Union (60 percent of our trade). Undoubtedly
there will be no place left for the CIS countries in the RF market....
It is impossible to travel on several trains simultaneously, and we
certainly cannot afford the price of the 'Oriental Express' trip."
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