December 22, 2003
Special Presidential Envoy James A. Baker III will travel to Japan, South Korea and China on December 27-30 to discuss reduction of Iraq's official debt. Special Presidential Envoy Baker will meet with the leaders of Japan and then South Korea on December 29 and China on December 30.
George W. Bush, Statement by the Press Secretary Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/280281