UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2014-20439 Doc No. C05762196 Date: 06/30/2015
RELEASE IN PART
1.4(B),B1,1.4(D),B6

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Mills, Cheryl D <MillsCD@state.gov>
Saturday, May 16, 2009 8:42 AM
Fw: DPRK AMCIT DETENTIONS CONFERENCE CALL

Precursor to earlier email I sent you

From: Tong, Kurt W
To: Mills, Cheryl D; Burns, William 3; Sullivan, Jacob 3; Abedin, Huma; Crocker, Bathsheba N
Cc: Park, Pamela P; Tesoner Mark; Davies, Glyn T; Arvizu, Alex A; Kim, Sung Y; Kim, Yuri 3; Richardson, Eric N; Ohtagaki,
Johna 0; 'Bader, Jeffrey A.'
'Russel, Daniel R.'
Cormack, Maureen E
Sent: Fri May 15 19:20:56 2009
Subject: DPRK AMCTI" DETENTIONS CONFERENCE CALL

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CA/OCS and EAP/K held a one-hour conference call today with the families of the detained journalists. During
the call, we briefed the families on the Swedish Ambassador's consular visit with Ms. Ling and Ms. Lee on May
15;
recent progress on efforts to arrange
the release of the two women; an update on the proposed letter from the Secretary;
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Media: Although the families have thus far shown restraint from approaching the media to publicize their
story, they are increasingly anxious in response to the DPRK's announcement of a June 4 trial date. They now
feel that a media appeal is necessary and would be helpful to their case, citing the public attention given the
Saberi case. They are considering doing interviews on Larry King Live and/or The O'Reilly Factor.

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UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2014-20439 Doc No. C05762196 Date: 06/30/2015

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