U.S.Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly commented that at least "it waspossible for all who were there to hear what was said by any"——that no longerwould the world simply have to take Kelly‘s word that North Korea‘s envoys behavedabominably.One State Department official said privately that American‘s biggest"trump card is Kim Jong Il，"whose behavior，reflected in his diplomats ，isso irrational as to undermine hope that a peaceful resolution of the nuclear crisisis even possible. Even Russia‘s normally sympathetic Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Losyukovwas heard to have shaken his head in dismay and mutter "there go 55years of history."35The Russian remained noncommittal in public and would only "suggest"in private"that the North Koreans had not been listening to Mr.Kelly‘s presentation."36 China ，however，remains firmly in North Korea‘s corner.The weekend afterthe talks ，Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi declared that "the main problemwe are facing"is not North Korea‘shistrionics ，but "the American policy towards[the]DPRK."This after the vice minister was described by all present at the six-partytalks as "visibly angered"by the North Korean delegates‘outbursts.37 Powell played down Wang‘s attack on the U.S.position ，saying that "neitherI nor my staff，nor have Chinese officials we have talked to in Beijing about thematter，seen a full transcript ……and I am quite sure the Vice Foreign Ministerwas not resting the problem on the United States."38Nonetheless，the view thatWang‘s attack reflected Chinese policy was given credence by another key State Departmentofficial who said ，"normally，法语论文题目，hearsay evidence is inadmissible ，but there isan exception for the `excited utterance.‘"39 There were other signs of strain in China‘s relationship with the DPRK.In mid-September，Vice Minister Wang apparently confided to reporters that he would accompany Chairmanof the National People‘s Congress Wu Bangguo，the second ranking member in theChinese Communist Party hierarchy ，to Pyongyang in an attempt to nudge Kim JungIl on the talks.But intelligence sources in Washington say Kim postponed the visitfor several weeks and in the end conditioned the visit on additional Chinese shipmentsof oil.Indeed，Wu‘s visit finally took place at the end of October with promisesof additional aid ，法语论文范文，and Wu returned to Beijing with assurances that North Koreawould return to the conference table，provided Japan abjures any mention of itskidnap victims.40 1 |
