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High-level U.S. delegation may visit North Korea
From Andrea Koppel
CNN State Department Correspondent
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Clinton administration may send another high-level delegation to North Korea as soon as this weekend, senior officials have told CNN.
The delegation would seek "slightly more clarification" on a potential deal to halt the North's missile program, the officials said. It would likely include the administration's point-person on North Korea, Wendy Sherman, and Assistant Secretary of State for Non-Proliferation Robert Einhorn.
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Earlier this month, Einhorn held high-level missile talks with North Korean officials in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in hopes of nailing down details of a possible missile deal.
One senior administration official told CNN that meeting revealed "some positive things -- some indications there could be the makings for an interesting and advantageous understanding with the North on a number of issues." At the same time, officials say, the U.S. did not hear enough to resolve all its questions.
Last month, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright made an historic trip to Pyongyang, North Korea, becoming the most senior U.S. official to visit the North since the Korean War.
Presidential trip debated
Even before Albright left for the North, she made no secret of the fact her visit could lay the groundwork for a visit by President Clinton before he leaves office.
Weeks later, administration officials say President Clinton has not yet decided to go. In fact a Sherman-Einhorn trip would show that "the possibility of a presidential trip has not been discounted," said another senior administration official.
At the moment, though, there is an ongoing discussion within the Clinton administration as to "the merits of such a trip," this official said. "It's not that clear."
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