HEMISPHERE. SOCIALISM IS DYING AND LIBERTY,
DEMOCRACY ARE BEING REBORN.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ON HIS WAY
TO VIETNAM FOR A SECOND SUMMIT
WITH DICTATOR KIM JONG-UN
FOLLOWING UP ON THE ORIGINAL
SUMMIT IN JUNE OF 2018, WHICH
WAS LARGELY CHARACTERIZED AS
OVERPROMISED AND UNDER
DELIVERED.
DELIVERED. IN HIS TWITTER DIPLOMACY, THE
PRESIDENT TWEETED, WITH COMPLETE
DENUCLEARIZATION, NORTH KOREA
WILL RAPIDLY BECOME A ECONOMIC
POWER HOUSE.
POWER HOUSE. WITHOUT IT, MORE OF THE SAME.
AS HE TRAVELS TO MEET WITH KIM
TO TALK DENUCLEARIZATION, IT’S
IMPORTANT TO FIND HOW EACH SIDE
DEFINES THE END GOAL.
FOR THE UNITED STATES,
DENUCLEARIZATION IS BASED ON A
CONCEPT KNOWN AS CVID.
COMPLETE VERIFIABLE,
COMPLETE VERIFIABLE, IRREVERSIBLE DENUCLEARIZATION OF
THE NORTH.
THE NORTH. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THAT
MEANS.
MEANS. WE’RE GOING TO START WITH
COMPLETE.
COMPLETE. THAT MEANS PYONGYANG NEEDS TO
IDENTIFY ALL OF ITS URANIUM AND
PLUTONIUM ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS.
BOTH OF THESE GIVE A PATH TO
NUCLEAR WEAPONS WITH PLUTONIUM
BEING THE MORE ADVANCED WEAPONS
FUEL.
FUEL. VERIFIABLE, IN THE UNITED STATES
UNDERSTANDING, HAS ALWAYS
INVOLVED OUTSIDE WEAPONS
INSPECTORS.
INSPECTORS. THAT COULD MEAN UNITED NATIONS
INSPECTORS OR OFFICIALS FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL ATOPIC AGENCY.
IT WOULD REQUIRE TRUST THAT THE
NORTH KOREAN REGIME ISN’T STILL
HIDING SECRET WEAPONS OR
PRODUCTION FACILITIES.
PRODUCTION FACILITIES. IRREVERSIBLE MEANS A TOTAL
DISMANTLING OF THE COUNTRY’S
NUCLEAR ENERGY PROGRAM SO IT
CAN’T CONVERT NUCLEAR FORAYS
INTO WEAPONS.
INTO WEAPONS. IT’S NOT CLEAR WHETHER THE
BALLISTIC MISSILE WOULD BE PART
OF THE CEID PROCESS.
THESE ARE TRICKY, THOUGHT TO BE
WORKED OUT BEFORE A MEETING
BETWEEN THE ROGUE REGIME AND THE
U.S. PRESIDENT.
U.S. PRESIDENT. AND AS PRESIDENT TRUMP INSISTS,
THE NORTH AGREED TO
DENUCLEARIZATION AT THE
SINGAPORE SUMMIT.
SINGAPORE SUMMIT. THE REGIME NEVER AGREED TO JUST
ITS DENUCLEARIZATION.
ITS DENUCLEARIZATION. NORTH KOREA IS LOOKING TO
DENUCLEARIZE THE ENTIRE
PENINSULA, INCLUDING REMOVAL OF
THE U.S. NUCLEAR UMBRELLA, AS
IT’S CALLED, PROTECTING THE
SOUTH.
SOUTH. THE U.S. HASN’T ACTUALLY
STATIONED ANY NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN
SOUTH KOREA SINCE THE END OF THE
COLD WAR, WHICH SPLIT THE
COUNTRIES ALONG THIS LINE MORE
THAN 25 YEARS AGO.
MEANING NORTH KOREA LIKELY STILL
SEES ANY MILITARY PRESENCE, ANY
AMERICAN MILITARY PRESENCE IN
SOUTH KOREA AS A NUCLEAR THREAT.
ESSENTIALLY LEAVING THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION WITH A CHOICE
BETWEEN PEACE AND THE DEFENSE
POSTURE IN ASIA THAT IT HAS HELD
FOR HALF A CENTURY.
>>> NOW, WITH REPORTS THE PAIR
MAY DECLARE AN END TO THE WAR,
THE PRESENCE OF U.S. IN SOUTH
KOREA COULD BE IN JEOPARDY.
JOINING ME LIVE FROM THE SITE OF
THE SUMMIT IN HANOI, CHIEF
CORRESPONDENT BILL NEELY.
BILL, THIS IS DEFINITELY A
QUESTION OF WHAT ARE THE
EXPECTATIONS FROM THE SUMMIT.
THERE ARE A LOT OF GLOBAL
OBSERVERS WHO SAY WHILE THERE
MAY BE SOME PROGRESS MADE WITH
THE NORTH KOREANS, THIS SEEMS TO
BE MORE SHOW THAN ACTION.
>> Reporter: YEAH, ALI, AND YOU
KNOW IT’S A VERY LONG TIME SINCE
I’VE HEARD ANY U.S.
ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL USE
THOSE WORDS TOGETHER, COMPLETE
VERIFIABLE, IRREVERSIBLE.
VERIFIABLE, IRREVERSIBLE. REMEMBER, THEY ALSO USED TO BE
ACCOMPANIED BY THE WORD
IMMEDIATE.
IMMEDIATE. WELL, EXPECTATIONS HAVE BEEN
LOWERED.
LOWERED. PRESIDENT TRUMP YESTERDAY AT THE
WHITE HOUSE SAYING, HEY, I’M IN
NO RUSH AS LONG AS THERE’S NO
TESTING, I’M HAPPY.
WELL, THAT’S NOT WHAT WILL MAKE
ANY EXPERT OR ANYONE IN THE U.S.
ADMINISTRATION OR STATE
DEPARTMENT HAPPY.
DEPARTMENT HAPPY. LET’S REMEMBER THE SINGAPORE
SUMMIT ENDED WITH A VAGUE
DECLARATION TO WORK TOWARDS THE
DENUCLEARIZATION OF THE KOREAN
PENINSULA.
PENINSULA. AND AS YOU’VE SAID, THAT MEANS
DIFFERENT THINGS TO DIFFERENT
SITES BECAUSE FOR NORTH KOREA IT
MEANS THE REMOVAL OF THE U.S.
UMBRELLA AND THE REMOVAL OF U.S.
TROOPS FROM SOUTH KOREA.
SINCE THE SUMMIT, WELL, THERE’S
BEEN NO EVIDENCE THAT KIM IS
DISMANTLING HIS NUCLEAR PROGRAM.
NO EVIDENCE THAT HE EVEN INTENDS
TO.
TO. IN FACT, U.S. OFFICIALS SAY HE
HAS INCREASED HIS NUCLEAR FUEL.
HE’S STILL PRODUCING MISSILES.
THE CENTRIFUGES ARE SPINNING.
NO EVIDENCE HE EVEN WANTS TO
MAKE AN INVENTORY OR SHOW IT.
NO TIMETABLE, NO ROAD MAP.
SO THERE ARE PLENTY OF REASONS
HERE, ALI, TO BE VERY, VERY
SKEPTICAL.
SKEPTICAL. AND AS I SAID, EXPECTATIONS FOR
THIS SUMMIT ARE CERTAINLY BEING
LOWERED.
LOWERED. >> SO ONE OF THE THINGS THE
SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT CONTINUES
TO FLOAT IS THE END, OFFICIAL
END OF THE KOREAN WAR.
THEY ARE STILL TWO NATIONS IN A
STATE OF WAR.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN WE’RE
HEARING REPORTS PRESIDENT TRUMP
IS AND KIM JONG-UN MIGHT DECIDE
TO END THE KOREAN WAR?
CAN THOSE GUYS DO IT THEMSELVES
AND CAN THE PRESIDENT -- WHAT’S
HIS ROLE IN THIS?
>> Reporter: YEAH, IT’S
INTERESTING.
INTERESTING. SO, THEY COULD MAKE THE
POLITICAL DECLARATION OF THE END
OF THE KOREAN WAR, BUT THAT’S
JUST THE DOOR THAT WILL OPEN TO
A PEACE TREATY, AND THE PEACE
TREATY HAS TO INVOLVE CHINA
BECAUSE CHINA WAS INVOLVED IN
’50 TO ’53 IN THE KOREAN WAR.
IF THERE IS A PEACE TREATY, WHAT
DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE PRESENCE
OF 28,000 TROOPS IN SOUTH KOREA?
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE
DEMILITARIZED ZONE?
DEMILITARIZED ZONE? AND REMEMBER, CHINA’S GOALS AND
NORTH KOREA’S GOALS REGARDING
AMERICAN TROOPS IN SOUTH KOREA
COALESCE.
COALESCE. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY WANT THEM
OUT OF THERE.
SO THEY CAN HAVE A PEACE
DECLARATION.
DECLARATION. THAT IS ALL VERY NICE AND IT
SOUNDS TERRIFIC AND IT MIGHT
LEAD PRESIDENT TRUMP CLOSER TO A
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.
BUT THE PEACE TREATY IS MUCH
MORE COMPLICATED.
MORE COMPLICATED. AND AS YOU SAY, IT’S STILL NOT
CLEAR WHETHER THAT REQUIRES