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Viewing cable 06BANGKOK2565, U.S.-BOUND NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES BELIEVE RELATIVES

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06BANGKOK2565 2006-05-02 09:05 2011-08-30 01:44 CONFIDENTIAL Embassy Bangkok
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.
C O N F I D E N T I A L BANGKOK 002565 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
GENEVA FOR RMA 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/02/2016 
TAGS: PREF PHUM PREL KN KS TH DPRK
SUBJECT: U.S.-BOUND NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES BELIEVE RELATIVES 
IN GRAVE DANGER IF THEIR IDENTITIES ARE REVEALED 
 
REF: A. BANGKOK 2329 
 
     B. BANGKOK 2296 
     C. BANGKOK 2202 
 
Classified By: SUSAN SUTTON, POLITICAL COUNSELOR, REASONS 1.4 (B,D). 
 
1. (C) Refcoord and Deputy Refcoord met May 2 with the six 
North Korean refugees approved by DHS for U.S. resettlement 
to follow up on concerns expressed by some of the refugees in 
their separate resettlement interviews about the safety of 
relatives in North Korea (DPRK). 
 
2. (C) All of the refugees expressed serious worry about 
their faces or names becoming public and getting picked up by 
the DPRK government.  The refugees said that the DPRK 
government would track down their immediate and extended 
relatives and execute them.  When asked how the DPRK could do 
this, the refugees responded that it would not be difficult 
since the North Korean population was small and the DPRK 
population registration system was comprehensive.  The faces 
alone would be enough.  One of the refugees asked about the 
possibility of being provided a face mask in case 
photographers were present upon arrival in the United States. 
 He also asked whether a name change would be possible to 
reduce the risk. 
 
3. (C) Refcoord responded that the USG would honor the 
refugees' right to privacy and would not announce where the 
refugees would be resettled or comment on their individual 
cases.  NGOs or others might seek information about the 
refugees but the refugees themselves would have the right to 
decide whether or not to respond. 
BOYCE