제목 : CAMPBELL ‘ S FEBRUARY 4 MEETINGS WITH FM YU AND AMBASSADOR WI SUNG - LAC ( 커트 캠벨 , 유명환 , 위성락 , 북한 , 중국 , 아이 티 구호 , 이명박 방미 ) C O N F I D E N T I A L SEOUL 000254 SIPDIS E . O . 12958 : DECL : 02 / 18 / 2030 TAGS : PREL PGOV SOCI MARR ECON KN KS CHSUBJECT : A / S CAMPBELL ‘ S FEBRUARY 4 MEETINGS WITH FM YU AND AMBASSADOR WI SUNG - LAC Classified By : Deputy Chief of Mission Mark Tokola . Reasons 1 . 4 ( b / d ) . Summary ------- ¶ 1 . ( C ) During a February 4 meeting with EAP A / S Kurt Campbell , ROK Foreign Minister Yu Myung - hwan noted that ROK civil society organizations and private citizens had donated nearly 10 million USD to the earthquake relief effort . Campbell praised the ROK ’ s Haiti response and noted that strategic bilateral consultations should include discussion of how the United States can support President Lee ‘ s " Global Korea " vision . Yu agreed with Campbell ’ s observation that current tensions in Sino - American relations meant Beijing would not be forward - leaning about convening a new round of the Six Party Talks . Yu called for Presidents Lee and Obama to make short joint visit to the Korean War Memorial during the April nuclear summit in Washington . Yu said that during his upcoming working lunch with the Secretary he may raise the issue of delaying the planned April 2012 transfer of wartime operational control ( OPCON ) from the United States to Korea . In a separate discussion , ROK Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Wi Sung - lac told Campbell that a North - South summit was not imminent . Wi cautioned that the Chinese may be preparing to raise the issue of easing UN sanctions on North Korea . End summary . Haiti / Global Korea ------------------ ¶ 2 . ( C ) During a February 4 meeting with Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell , ROK Foreign Minister Yu Myung - hwan said he was surprised by the outpouring of public support for Haiti , noting that civil society organizations and private citizens had donated nearly 10 million USD to the earthquake relief effort . He said a small Korean PKO contingent would deploy to Haiti by February 11 . Campbell praised the ROK response to the earthquake and noted that the regular senior - level strategic consultations between Seoul and Washington should include discussion of how the United States can support President Lee ‘ s " Global Korea " vision . The U . S . think - tank community , and private sector , could add value to such a discussion , Campbell added . Difficulties with China ----------------------- ¶ 3 . ( C ) Yu agreed with Campbell ’ s observation that the current tensions in Sino - American relations meant Beijing would not be forward - leaning about calling a new round of the Six Party Talks ( 6 PT ) . Yu stressed that China needed to do more to help get the talks back on track ; it was Beijing ‘ s responsibility , he said , to get Pyongyang back to the 6 PT . Joint Lee - Obama Visit to Korean War Memorial ? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ------------------------- ¶ 4 . ( C ) Yu related that President Lee planned to visit the Korean War Memorial during his visit to Washington for the April nuclear summit . He asked whether President Obama might be able to join MB for " 10 minutes or so " at the memorial , noting that a joint appearance would be powerfully symbolic . Campbell agreed it would be a great gesture but cautioned that given the large number of visitors to Washington for the nuclear summit it would be difficult to arrange additional events . About OPCON Transfer . .. ----------------------- ¶ 5 . ( C ) Yu said that during his February 26 working lunch with the Secretary he may raise the issue of delaying the planned April 2012 transfer of wartime operational control ( OPCON ) from the United States to Korea . The majority of conservatives in the ROK felt " uneasy " about the transfer given continued provocations from North Korea . We need to talk about the OPCON issue more frankly , Yu said , stressing that the two sides needed to " calm public concerns . " Yu asserted that OPCON transfer needed to be linked more closely with USFK ’ s move from Seoul to Pyongtaek , which was slated to happen by 2016 ; perhaps a one or two year delay in the transfer of OPCON would be appropriate , Yu added . Campbell stressed that the United States was prepared to listen to Korean concerns about the issue . He said the strongest U . S . bilateral relationship in Asia is with the ROK , and the USG would do nothing to harm it . Meeting with Ambassador Wi - ------------------------- ¶ 6 . ( C ) Prior to the discussion with FM Yu , Campbell met with ROK Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Wi Sung - lac . Wi downplayed press speculation that a North - South summit was imminent . It was clear , Wi said , that Pyongyang still viewed Washington , not Seoul , as its main " channel " for dialogue . In addition , Wi stressed , now was not the time to show any flexibility on peace regime discussions with the North ; the focus needed to be on denuclearization . Campbell said the U . S . was in complete agreement , noting that the " toughest North Korea desk officer in Washington is President Obama . " ¶ 7 . ( C ) Wi cautioned that the Chinese may be preparing to raise the issue of easing UN sanctions on North Korea . Campbell agreed with Wi ‘ s observation that Seoul and Washington had to be united against this Chinese approach . 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