2009-11-27 11:07:42
WAM SEOUL, Nov. 27, 2009 (WAM) -- The head of U.S. intelligence visited South Korea earlier in the week to discuss Seoul's Afghan troop deployment plans and North Korea's nuclear standoff, Yonhap News reported on Friday quoting an informed government source as having said.

The source, who declined to be identified, said the Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair was in the country from Sunday through Tuesday and met with senior South Korean officials including Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan and Defense Minister Kim Tae-young. He also met with National Intelligence Service chief Won Sei-hoon.

The official added that Blair explained recent moves by Washington to increase troop levels in the country, and listened to the South Korean deployment timetable. Blair is responsible for overseeing 16 intelligence organisations in the United States such as the Central Intelligence Agency.

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