MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has received a letter from Kim Jong Un to US President Donald Trump, according to a State Department official. The official confirmed what Trump had told reporters earlier Friday [-9-7-18], that a letter was handed over at the Korean DMZ on Thursday [9-6-18] and is now en route to him…It is not the first missive between the two leaders. Senior North Korean official Kim Yong Chol hand delivered a letter to Trump at the White House before the two men met in Singapore in September, and several have changed hands since then. The direct communication comes after the North Korean leader told a South Korean official that he has ‘unwavering trust for President Trump’ and wants to achieve the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula before Trump finishes his term.”
–Euan McKirdy and Elise Labott, “State Department confirms Pompeo received letter from Kim to Trump,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, September 7, 2018 1:20 am