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TORRANCE, Calif.— Dr. Eric J. Goldberg has been researching organ harvesting allegations since attending a conference on transplantation in Boston in 2006. He is the chief medical research director of a major international clinical research corporation. Dr. Goldberg discussed and answered questions on Dec. 22 on the issues of organ harvesting and transplantation in China with Dr. Dana Churchill, the Southern California representative of Doctors Against Illegal Organ Harvesting. It is a non-profit founded by medical doctors to inform the medical community and the public with findings of unethical and illegal organ harvesting. The non-profit was the organizer of the discussion and press-conference. Dr. Goldberg graduated from Temple University in Philadelphia. He practiced in Florida and was also a faculty member and associate professor. He specialized in liver and kidney transplantation for over 25 years and now directs clinical trials worldwide related to transplantation and anti...

Wednesday, 02 December 2009, 17:17 S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 05 UNVIE VIENNA 000540 SIPDIS FOR P, T, H, ISN, S/SANAC, IO, NEA, SCA, EAP H PLS PASS STAFFDEL AS APPROPRIATE DOE FOR S2 AND NA-20 NSC FOR SCHEINMAN, RYU, TALWAR EO 12958 DECL: 12/01/2019 TAGS PREL, KNNP, AORC, IR, SY, KN, IN SUBJECT: STAFFDEL KESSLER EXAMINES IRAN, SYRIA, AND MULTILATERAL VIENNA'S FRUSTRATING NAM DYNAMIC REF: EMBASSY VIENNA 1450 Classified By: Mark Scheland, Counselor for Nuclear Policy; reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 1. (S) Summary: HFAC staffers Richard Kessler and David Fite received from IAEA Secretariat November 10 information on the Iran case that tracked with the tone of the subsequent Director General's reporting on Iran to the Board of Governors. The STAFFDEL heard that contact with Iran over "possible military dimensions" of the nuclear program was at an "absolute stalemate." According to Safeguards regional division director Herman Nackaerts, IAEA inspectors' first...

Saturday, 03 November 2007, 05:03 S E C R E T STATE 152317 EO 12958 DECL: 10/31/2027 TAGS PARM, PREL SUBJECT: POST REQUESTED TO FOLLOW UP ON ONGOING MATTERS OF PROLIFERATION CONCERN RAISED AT APEC BY PRESIDENT BUSH REF: (A)STATE 071143, (B)STATE 073601, (C)STATE 72896, (D)BEIJING 5361, (E) STATE 148514 CLASSIFIED BY EAP DAS THOMAS J. CHRISTENSEN: 1.4 (B) AND (D). 1. (S) URGENT ACTION REQUEST: IN SEPTEMBER DURING THEIR MEETING AT THE APEC SUMMIT IN SYDNEY AUSTRALIA, PRESIDENT BUSH DISCUSSED WITH CHINESE PRESIDENT HU STRONG CONCERNS RELATING TO THE ONGOING TRANSSHIPMENT VIA BEIJING OF KEY BALLISTIC MISSILE PARTS FROM NORTH KOREA TO IRAN'S MISSILE PROGRAM. PRESIDENT BUSH PLEDGED TO RESPOND TO PRESIDENT HU'S REQUESTS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. EMBASSY SHOULD ON NOVEMBER 3 AT THE MOST EFFECTIVE LEVEL POSSIBLE, DELIVER THE NON-PAPER IN PARA 8 WHICH RELATES TO SPECIFIC, TIME- SENSITIVE INFORMATION ABOUT AN IMMINENT TRANSSHIPMENT. IN ADDITION, AT THE EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY POST SH...

Monday, 22 February 2010, 08:54 C O N F I D E N T I A L SEOUL 000290 SIPDIS EO 12958 DECL: 02/23/2030 TAGS PREL, PGOV, SOCI, MARR, ECON, ETRD, KN, KS, CH SUBJECT: A/S CAMPBELL'S FEBRUARY 3 MEETING WITH NSA KIM Classified By: Ambassador D. Kathleen Stephens. Reasons 1.4 (b/d). Summary ------- 1. (C) During a February 3 meeting, National Security Adviser Kim Sung-hwan told EAP Assistant Secretary Campbell the ROKG wished to have discussions with Washington about delaying the planned transfer of wartime operation control to Korea. Kim agreed that turbulence in Sino-American relations meant Beijing would be hesitant to call a new round of the Six Party Talks. It was encouraging, however, that veteran DPRK negotiator Kim Gye-gwan was slated to visit Beijing next week. NSA Kim asserted that Kim Jong-il needed to visit China soon in order to get more economic assistance, as the DPRK's internal situation appeared to be significantly more unstable. NSA Kim acknowledged it was ...

Thursday, 30 April 2009, 13:07 S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 05 BEIJING 001176 SIPDIS EO 12958 DECL: 04/30/2034 TAGS PREL, ECON, EFIN, PARM, PHUM, KUNR, CH, TW, KN, KS, JA, IR, PK, AF SUBJECT: VICE FOREIGN MINISTER HE DISCUSSES G-20, DPRK, IRAN, AF/PAK, UNSC REFORM, TAIWAN, TIBET WITH CHARGE Classified By: Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Dan Piccuta. Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). Summary ------- 1. (C) Taiwan's participation as an observer at the upcoming May World Health Assembly (WHA) meetings demonstrated what could be achieved based on "one China, very broadly interpreted," Vice Foreign Minister (VFM) He Yafei said at an April 30 working lunch hosted by the Charge d'Affaires. In his capacity as G-20 Sherpa, VFM He said he would ask for appropriate meetings in Washington to discuss the dates and agenda of the next G-20 summit. VFM He reviewed several issues he hoped to discuss during his upcoming visit to Washington: On North Korea, China encouraged the United States...

The revelation that China might accept the idea of reunification under South Korea could make an unstable situation worse A Chinese foreign affairs expert earlier this year, asked what China's best option was in North Korea , pulled a despairing face. "Status quo," he answered. As WikiLeaks has revealed, China may have been hoping for the best, but it has been actively planning for a quite different outcome. The "spoilt child" is increasingly out of Chinese control. The North Korean regime this year has sunk a South Korean warship, resumed its nuclear enrichment programme, and shelled a South Korean island. China has been calling for calm. The question in Beijing today is, what effect will the release of documents have on North Korea's regime, now that the degree of Chinese exasperation with its problematic neighbour is public knowledge? The Chinese government has ordered domestic media not to report on the WikiLeaks documents, and the website is bl...

Monday, 08 June 2009, 10:08 C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 04 ASTANA 000982 SIPDIS STATE FOR SCA/CEN, SCA/A, EUR/CARC, EAP/CM, EAP/K, EEB/ESC EO 12958 DECL: 06/08/2029 TAGS PREL, ECON, EPET, AF, GG, RS, IR, KN, ZK, KZ SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN: CHINESE AMBASSADOR COMMENTS ON KEY FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES REF: ASTANA 0678 Classified By: Ambassador Richard E. Hoagland, 1.4 (b), (d) 1. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 5, Chinese Ambassador Cheng Guoping hosted the Ambassador for dinner at the restaurant on the 23rd floor of a striking new hotel built in Astana and owned by the Chinese National Petroleum Company. During a fascinating, wide-ranging, three-hour tour d'horizon, the Chinese Ambassador discussed his government's policy -- and occasionally made personal comments -- on human rights, smart power, President Obama, Afghanistan's reconstruction, Russia's policy in Central Asia, Georgian President Saakashvili, Iran's upcoming presidential elections, North Korea's...

Thursday, 04 June 2009, 09:08 S E C R E T SINGAPORE 000529 EO 12958 DECL: 06/04/2029 TAGS OVIP (STEINBERG, JAMES B.), PREL, MNUC, ECON, SN, CH, KN SUBJECT: DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S MAY 30, 2009 CONVERSATION WITH SINGAPORE MINISTER MENTOR LEE KUAN YEW Classified By: Charge d'Affaires Daniel L. Shields. Reason 1.4 (b) and (d). 1. (SBU) May 30, 2009; 6:30 p.m.; The Presidential Palace; Singapore. 2. (SBU) Participants: United States ------------- The Deputy Secretary Glyn T. Davies, EAP Acting Assistant Secretary Daniel L. Shields, CDA (Notetaker) SINGAPORE --------- Minister Mentor (MM) Lee Kuan Yew Chee Hong Tat, Principal Private Secretary to MM Cheryl Lee, Country Officer, Americas Directorate, MFA 3. (S) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Steinberg used his meeting with Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew to stress the importance of Chinese cooperation in addressing the North Korea nuclear issue and to elicit MM Lee's views on China and North Korea. MM Lee said the Chinese do n...