REPAT TALKS MAKE LITTLE HEADWAY
VERY LITTLE HEADWAY HAS BEEN MADE IN THE REPATRIATION TALKS AT THE JAPAN SEA COAST CITY OF NIIGATA BETWEEN NORTH KOREAN AND JAPANESE RED CROSS REPRESENTATIVES WHO THURSDAY HELD THEIR FOURTH FULL-DRESSED MEETING.
AT THURSDAY'S MEETING, LI IL KYUNG, VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE NORTH KOREAN RED CROSS AND CHIEF DELEGATE FOR HIS COUNTRY, REITERATED HIS PREVIOUS ARGUMENT THAT THE LATEST JRC PROPOSAL WOULD WRECK THE ENTIRE REPATRIATION PROGRAM.
THE KOREAN DELEGATION PERSISTENTLY URGED THE JAPANESE SIDE TO CLARIFY ITS POSITION CONCERNING A NORTH KOREAN PROPOSAL THAT THE PRESENT REPATRIATION AGREEMENT BE EXTENDED UNCONDITIONALLY.
AT THIS STAGE, THE JRC PROPOSED THAT EFFORTS SHOULD BE MADE TO BREAK THE DEADLOCK THROUGH PERSONAL TALKS AMONG THE DELEGATES INSTEAD OF DAILY, FULL-DRESS MEETINGS OF BOTH DELEGATIONS.
THIS PROPOSAL WAS ACCEPTED THAT PLENARY SESSIONS OF BOTH DELEGATIONS SHOULD BE HELD EVERY OTHER DAY. THE NEXT FULL-DRESS MEETING, THEREFORE, WILL BE HELD SATURDAY.

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