October 22, 1976
Cable No. 17944, US Embassy Bonn to the Secretary of State, 'Expulsions of North Korean Diplomats from Scandinavian Countries'
CONFIDENTIAL
POSS DUPE
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BONN 17944 221710Z
13
ACTION EUR-12
INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 CIAE-00 DODE-00 PM-04 H-02 INR-07 L-03
NSAE-00 NSC-05 PA-01 PRS-01 SP-02 SS-15 USIA-06 VO-03
IO-13 DEAE-00 JUSE-00 /075 W
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R 221633Z OCT 76
FM AMEMBASSY BONN
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 2730
INFO AMEMBASSY COPENHAGEN
AMEMBASSY HELSINKI
AMEMBASSY OSLO
AMEMBASSY STOCKHOLM
AMEMBASSY WARSAW
C O N F I D E N T I A L BONN 17944
E.O. 11652: GDS
TAGS: PFOR, CIVS, KN, GW
SUBJECT: EXPULSIONS OF NORTH KOREAN DIPLOMATS FROM SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES
REF: STATE 260328
1. WE DISCUSSED ACTIVITIES OF NORTH KOREAN DIPLOMATS WITH FONOFF AS INSTRUCTED BY REFTEL. FONOFF WAS FULLY INFORMED. OUR CONTACT (WEGNER) SAID NO SMUGGLING INTO THE FRG HAS COME TO THE ATTENTION OF THE FONOFF. THE FONOFF BELIEVES THE SMUGGLING IN SCANDINAVIA WAS CARRIED OUT WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE NORTH KOREAN EMBASSY IN WARSAW, WHILE SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR COVERING THE FRG HAS APPARENTLY BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE NORTH KOREAN EMBASSIES IN EAST BERLIN AND BERN.
2. THE ALLEGATION THAT SMUGGLED GOODS CAME FROM WARSAW WAS MADE IN AN ARTICLE WHICH APPEARED IN THE FRANKFURTER RUNDSCHAU ON OCTOBER 22. THE ARTICLE ALSO CONNECTED THE DEVELOPMENTS IN SCANDINAVIA WITH TROUBLES
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OF NORTH KOREAN DIPLOMATS EARLIER THIS YEAR IN CAIRO, KUALA LUMPUR AND BUENOS AIRES. THE ARTICLE CLAIMED ALL THESE DEVELOPMENTS WERE CAUSED BY NORTH KOREA'S CRITICAL SHORTAGE OF HARD CURRENCY, AND THEN WENT ON TO RELATE IN WHAT THE FONOFF CALLED "SURPRISINGLY ACCURATE DETAIL" WESTERN DELIBERATIONS OVER THIS PROBLEM.
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An official at the American Embassy in Bonn discusses the North Korean smuggling scandals in Scandinavia, suggests possible connections between the scandals and North Korean Embassies elsewhere in Europe, and confirms the absence of North Korean smuggling in the Federal Republic of Germany.
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