The Rosett Report » Jimmy Carter’s Mystery Gift for Kim Jong IlApril 30, 2011 -
Way back in 1991, when I availed myself of a chance to visit North Korea, the stridently guided tour included a look at gifts given by visiting delegations to the Kim regime — displayed as the trophies the North Korean government evidently perceived them to be. Since then, the American portion of the collection must have swelled considerably. In 2000, when then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright went to Pyongyang, she brought Kim Jong Il a basketball autographed by Michael Jordan. In 2008, a group of congressional staffers brought Kim a plate with the congressional seal. How many more such gifts have been delivered by Americans and received by Kim as tribute, I don’t know, though one might suspect that plates, if not the basketballs, have been stacking up. ...
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I can think of a few things that might have been appropriate. Maybe a copy of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, or The Black Book of Communism, or — on a lighter note — a video clip from Team America. Somehow, I doubt any of these were even considered. So, we’re left with a small mystery here, and yet I’d like to know: What did Jimmy tote along to North Korea last week as his latest tribute to the Dear Leader?
(And don’t miss “Carter bombs in Pyongyang”at the Tatler.)
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