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The original documents are located in Box 8, folder "Japan - State Department
Telegrams: To SECSTATE - EXDIS (1)" of the National Security Adviser Files:
Presidential Country Files for East Asia and the Pacific at the Gerald R. Ford
Presidential Library.
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SECRET TOKYO 11738
EXPIS
FOR ASST, SECY, HABIB FROM AMBASSADOR HODGSON
E.O. 116521 XGDS
TAGS: PFOR, JA, KS, KN
SUBJECT: CURRENT JAPAN-ROK DISPUTE
1. WITH THIS SUBJECT RAPIDLY COMING TO DEFINITIVE
STAGE, I THOUGHT I SHOULD GIVE YOU A PURELY PERSONAL
ASSESSMENT.
2. AT AN EARLIER STAGE, I FELT THE JAPANESE LACKED
APPRECIATION OF THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE DISPUTE. THE
QUALITY OF OFFICIAL STATEMENTS AND PENETRATION OF
ELEMENTS OF THE ISSUE WERE LESS THAN SATISFACTORY,
NOW I BELIEVE JAPANESE HAVE COME TO A PROPER
APPRECIATION AND ARE BEHAVING ACCORDINGLY. THE
REMARKABLY LOW-KEY, ALMOST UNDERSTANDING, REACTION
TO THE ATTACK ON EMBASSY IN SEOUL BY BOTH GOVERNMENT
AND MEDIA HERE SEEMED TO ME TO CONSTITUTE THE
WATERSHED IN CHANGED ATTITUDE, TODAY!S
ANNOUNCEMENT OF WILLINGNESS TO SEND SPECIAL ENVOY
TO SEOUL CONFIRMS MY CONVICTION THAT A CHANGE HAS
DECLASSIFIED
E.O. 12958, 3.5 State Dept Review
SEC.
STATE DEPT, GUIDELINES TD 9/23/02
HR, NARA, DATE 1/27/03
INDEED OCCURRED.
3, MEANWHILE FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE IT APPEARS THAT
FORD
ROK HAS CONTINUED TO MAINTAIN A HIGH-DECIBEL POSTURE,
PARTICULARLY AT THE PARK LEVEL. BASED ON VARIOUS
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PAGE 02 TOKYO 11738 1009512
INFO SOURCES IT WOULD SEEM THAT PARK MAY WELL BE
"USING" THIS SITUATION FOR DIVERSIONARY PURPOSES,
CONSIDERING THE EARLIER PRESSURES, INCLUDING EXTERNAL
PRESSURES, ON PARK FOR HIS SO-CALLED REPRESSIVE
MEASURES, IT IS NOT DIFFICULT TO DIVINE A MOTIVATING
TEMPTATION FOR SUCH DIVERSIONARY ACTIVITY.
4, CONTINUATION OF CURRENT ATTITUDES MAY WELL COST
PARK SUPPORT IN MANY QUARTERS ON MANY ISSUES OF
CONCERN TO ROK, AND AN ALREADY ECONOMICALLY UNSTEADY
ROK WILL AT MINIMUM FACE MAGNIFIED CREDIT STRINGENCIES
AND LOSS OF ITS VERY SUBSTANTIAL JAPANESE AID. FROM
THIS VANTAGE, THE NEED WOULD SEEM TO BE TO FIND SOME
WAY IN WHICH PARK, NOT LOWER LEVELS IN ROK BUT PARK
HIMSELF, COULD BE BROUGHT TO UNDERSTAND THAT HIS
CURRENT APPROACH IS UNHELPFUL, THAT IN ANYTHING BUT
THE SHORTEST OF SHORT RUNS A CONTINUED PURSUIT OF
HIS CURRENT POSTURE WILL PROVE TO BE NEGATIVE FOR
HIM AND EVEN RUINOUS FOR ROK.
5. IN OTHER WORDS, IF ROK IS AT ALL INTERESTED IN
PREVENTING A RUPTURE, IT MUST FIND A WAY TO RELAX
ITS STANCE. IN MY VIEW THE JAPANESE GOVT IS
PRECIPITOUSLY CLOSE TO THE END OF MOVES IT CAN MAKE.
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AMCONSUL HONG KONG
USLO PEKING
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EXDIS
E.O. 11652: GDS
TAGS: PFOR, US, CH, TW
SUBJ: TENG HSIAO-PING'S COMMENTS ON TAIWAN AND SINO-US
RELATIONS, CHOU EN-LAI'S HEALTH
REF: A. HONG KONG 9552 (PARA 9)
B. PEKING 1569
1. FOREIGN NEWS EDITOR OF YOMIURU, ONE OF FIVE YOMIURI
FDITORS WHO INTERVIEWED DEP PREMIER TENG HSIAO-PING AUG
20, TOLD SENIOR NEWSMAN MINORU HIRANO (WHO RELAYED TO
EMBOFF) THAT TENG HSIAO-PING DECLARED, "AMERICA ADMITTED
IN THE SHANGHAI COMMUNIQUE THAT TAIWAN IS PART OF CHINA,
BUT IF THIS PROBLEM IS SEPARATED FROM OVERALL QUESTION
OF SINO-US RELATIONS THERE CAN BE NO NORMALIZATION OF
SINO-US RELATIONS". FOREIGN NEWS EDITOR NOTED AT TIME
DISCREPANCY BETWEEN SHANGHAI COMMUNIQUE AND ASSERTION
THAT "US ADMITTED TAIWAN IS PART OF CHINA". HE WONDERED
TO HIMSELF IF TENG WAS GENUINELY MISTAKEN OR IF HE WAS
TRYING TO MISLEAD THE EDITORS.
2. TENG TOLD EDITORS CONFIDENTIALLY THAT CHOU'S HEALTH
FUMU
HAD DECLINED "SINCE ARMED FORCES DAY" APPEARANCE (REF B).
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EXDIS
F.O. 11652 GDS
TAGS! PFOR, KS, JA
'74 SEP 16 AM 8:40 40
SITUATION ROOM
WHITE HOUSE
SUBJECT: ROK-JAPAN RELATIONS
REF: TOKYO 11978
SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR SNEIDR SAW TOGO PM SEPT. 15 FOR
BRIEF PRIVATE CHAT, LARGELY ON ROK-JAPANESE RELATIONS,
TOGO EMPHASIZED GOJ DESIRE FOR VERY EARLY SETTLEMENT
OF CURRENT PROBLEMS AND WAS OPTIMISTIC AGREEMENT COULD BE
REACHED BY SEPT. 17 AS RESULT FURTHER CONCESSIONS.
SHIINA WOULD THEN COME TO SEOUL ON SEPT. 18. END
SUMMARY
1. TOGO SAID FONOFF NOW DRAWING UP "AMPLIFICATION" OF
TANAKA LETTER AFTER CONVINCING ROK LETTER COULD NOT
RE REVISED DUE DEPARTURE OF TANAKA. AMPLIFICATION
WOULD BE IN ORAL"STATEMENT" TO BE BROUGHT OFFICIALLLY
BY SHIINA, TEXT OF STATEMENT STILL BEING DEVELOPED
TN TOKYO AND REQUIRES FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH SENIOR
POLICE OFFICIALS, WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THREE KEY
DUESTIONS, "RESPONSIBILITY", PROSECUTION OF ACCOMPLICES,
AND CONTROL OVER CHOSEN SOREN. TOGO EXPLAINED
FORD
POLICE CONCURRENCE NECESASARY AND INDICATED POLICE HAVE
&
BEEN PROBLEM FOR FONOFF SINCE THEY ARE STILL UNHAPPY
WITH ROK FAILURE TO TAKE ANY PUNITITIVE ACTION AGAINST
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TAF-JUNG KIDNAPPING,
2. DUE TO HOLIDAY SEPT. 16, DRAFT TEXT WILL NOT BE
READY UNTIL SEPT 17, BUT FONOFF HOPES TO CONCLUDE
NEGOTIATIONS THAT DAY WITH SHIINA ARRIVING ON
SEPT. 18, TOGO IS OPTIMISITIC THAT "AMPLIFICATION"
WILL PROVIDE SATISFACTORY, HE MENTIONED SEVERAL PROBLEMS. FIRST,
IF GOJ TAKES FULL RESPONSIBILITY, RESIGNATION OF
NATIONAL POLICE CHIEF WOULD BE REQUIRED AND THIS GOJ
WISHES TO AVOID. SECOND, ROK POLICE PARTICIPATION
IN JAPAN INVESTIGATION DIFFICULT UNLESS THIS COULD
BE ARRANGED ON RECIPROCAL BASIS, THIRD, JAPANESE
POLICE NEED FURTHER EVIDENCE TO LEGALLY INTEROGATE
CHOSEN SOREN LEADER KIM-HO-RYON AND THIS REQUESTED
FROM ROK POLICE. FINALLY, TIGHTER CONTROL OVER CHOSEN
SOREN MUST BE WITHIN RESTRICTIVE LEGAL STRUCTURE.
3. TOGO EMPHASIZED GOJ DESIRE ACHIEVE QUICK SETTLEMENT
AND RECOGNIZED NEED FOR JAPANESE MAKE ADDITIONAL EFFORT,
HE ALSO APPRECIATIVE OF US EFFORTS AND ACKNOWLEDGED GOJ
SLOW TO ACT. HE SAID ASSASSINATION HAD ALERTED
LDP AND GOVERNMENT TO NEED FOR TIGHTER CONTROL OVER
CHOSEN SOREN, BUT LEGAL RESTRAINTS EXIST AND
GOVERNMENT IS WARY OF PRESS AND OPPOSITION CRITICISM.
NEVERTHELESS, GOJ SEEKS NOT ONLY QUICK SOLUTION TO
CURRENT DIFFICULTIES BUT OVERALL IMPROVEMENT IN
ROK-JAPANESE RELATIONS, DETERIORATION IN RELATIONS
LIMIT JAPANESE ABILITY TO BE HELPFUL IN UN AND
BILATERALLY.
4, SNEIDER STRESSED US DESIRE FOR AMICABLE SOLUTION
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND URGED GOJ BE AS FORTHCOMING
AS POSSIBLE IN "ORAL STATEMENT". HE POINTED OUT
ROK EMOTION RUNNING VERY HIGH, UNDERLYING CURRENT
PROBLEM IS DEEP BECAUSE OF ROK INSECURITY WHICH NEEDS
TO BE DEALT WITH. TOGO AGREED ON NEED TO REASSURE
ROK AND SAID FONOFF SEEKING TO CONTERACT PRESS
FORD
CRITICISM OF ROK. SNEIDER URGED CONSTANT GOJ
R.
REFORTS TO BE SYMPATHETIC WITH KOREA'S PROBLEMS
COPING WITH MUCH GREATER POWER OF JAPAN.
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5. IT WAS AGREED THAT SNEIDER MIGHT PASS GIST OF
ABOVE TO FONMIN KIM SEPT. 16, WHILE MAKING CLEAR
EXE
EXACT LANGUAGE OF "ORAL STATEMENT" LEFT TO JAPANESE
AND KOREANS TO NEGOTIATE.
6. TOGO INCIDENTALLY CONFIRMED THAT FONMIN KIMURA
WOULD DELAY HIS DEPARTURE TO U.S. UNTIL SHIINA HAD
RETURNED FROM SEOUL, AS A MARK OF CONCERN ABOUT
PROBLEM AND INTENSE INTEREST OF GOJ IN ACHIEVING
PARLY SETTLEMEMENT.
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INFO AMEMBASSY BANGKOK
AMEMBASSY CANBERRA
AMEMBASSY JAKARTA
AMEMBASSY KUALA LUMPUR
AMEMBASSY MANILA
AMEMBASSY PHNOM PENH
AMEMBASSY SINGAPORE
AMEMBASSY WELLINGTON
USMISSION USUN NEW YORK
0 N I D N I TOKYO 12420
EXDIS
E.O. 11652: GDS
TAGS: PFOR, CB, PINS, PINT, UN
SUBJECT: GKR AND GRUNK CONTACTS? KHMER CREDENTIALS IN UNGA
1. DURING LUNCH SEPT 21, KHMER EMBASSY MINISTER-COUNSELOR
SUM MANIT (PROTECT) MADE FOLLOWING TWO COMMENTS TO EMBOFF
WHICH MAY BE OF INTEREST. MANIT SAID GKR AND GRUNK REPS
HAD NOT MET DURING RECENT BUCHAREST CONFERENCE. HOWEVER,
RELIABLE FRIENDS IN FONOFF IN PHNOM PENH TOLD HIM THAT THERE
HAD BEEN CONTACTS BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES IN GENEVA AND
STOCKHOLM DURING EARLY SEPTEMBER. MANIT WAS UNAWARE OF THE
RESULTS OF MEETINGS.
2. REGARDING CREDENTIALS STRUGGLE, MANIT SAID GKR AMB TO
runo
JAPAN KOUN WICK STRONGLY BELIEVES THAT CREDENTIALS FIGHT
&
WILL BE LOST AND BEST STRATEGY IS FOR GKR TO VACATE
CAMBODIA'S SEAT UNTIL KHMER PROBLEM IS SETTLED THROUGH
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MISGUIDED AND ALSO THINKS VACATING SEAT MIGHT PROVIDE
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HE AND PRIME MINISTER LONG BORET DISAGREED STRONGLY WITH
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TAGS: MARR, JA
SUBJ: NUCLEAR ISSUE AT SUMMIT
REF: STATE 234492
1. YAMASHITA (DIRECTOR SECURITY DIV) SAID OCTOBER 25 GOJ
HAS NOT TAKEN FINAL POSITION ON TREATMENT OF NUCLEAR ISSUE
DURING SUMMIT TALKS, INCLUDING COMMUNIQUE. IN PRELIMINARY
COMMUNIQUE DRAFT NOW UNDERGOING DISCUSSION AND CLEARANCES
WITHIN FOREIGN OFFICE, ONE PARAGRAPH IS DEVOTED TO GENERAL
SECURITY RELATIONSHIP FRAMED IN TRADITIONAL TERMS AND IN-
CLUDING NO SPECIFIC PROBLEMS. FOREIGN OFFICE EXPECTS TO
CABLE FIRST DRAFT OF MOST OF COMMUNIQUE TO JAPANESE EMB
WASHINGTON THIS EVENING.
2. YAMASHITA SAID PUBLIC POSITION OF GOJ RESTS WHERE IT
WAS LEFT WITH STATEMENTS BY FOREIGN MINISTER KIMURA BEFORE
THREE DIET COMMITTEES LAST WEEK, FINANCE MINISTER OHIRA'S
PERSONAL EXPRESSION OF VIEWS NOTWITHSTANDING (TOKYO
13861). IN RESPONSE TO PERSISTENT OPPOSITION QUESTIONING
ON THIS POINT, KIMURA SAID GOJ HAS NO INTENTION OF RAIS-
ING NUCLEAR WEAPONS ISSUE WITH AMERICAN SIDE AT SUMMIT AND
REITERATED BASIC TRUST IN U.S. ASSURANCES. KIMURA ADDED,
HOWEVER, THAT TWO SIDES UNDOUBTEDLY WOULD OF COURSE DIS-
cuss A NUMBER OF (QTE OSHO KOSHO) ASPECTS OF GENERAL
SECURITY RELATIONSHIP DURING COURSE OF SUMMIT TALKS.
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INFO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6339
C N N TOKYO 15501
EXDIS
E.O. 11652: GDS
TAGS: OVIP, JA (KISSINGER, HENRY A.)
SUBJECT: SECSTATE TOKYO - ARRIVAL SCHEDULE
TOSEC FOR BREMER AND JENKINS
REF: PEKING 2090
1. FONOFF INFORMS US THAT THEY HAVE DISCUSSED ARRIVAL
SCHEDULE WITH JCAB, WHICH IS READY TO COOPERATE
COMPLETELY IN FACILITATING RETURN. JCAB, HOWEVER,
POINTS OUT THAT HANEDA AIRPORT CLOSES FLYING OPERATIONS
DAILY AT 11:00 P.M., A CURFEW THAT RESULTED FROM
INTENSIVE POLITICAL AND LOCAL INHABITANT PRESSURES
AND HAS BEEN IN EFFECT FOR SEVERAL YEARS. FONOFF
ADVISES US THAT BECAUSE OF THIS POLITICAL SITUATION,
JCAB CANNOT APPROVE ARRIVAL TIME LATER THAN 10:55 P.M.
2. FONOFF INDICATED INFORMALLY, HOWEVER, THAT IN
PRACTICE SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL CARRIERS WITH ARRIVAL
TIMES SCHEDULED BEFORE 11:00 P.M. IN ACCORD WITH
REGULATION SOMETIMES ARE UNAVOIDABLY DELAYED BY
runu
WINDS AND OPERATIONAL FACTORS IN FLIGHT AND HAVE BEEN
&
PERMITTED TO LAND A FEW MINUTES AFTER CURFEW HOUR.
3. THEREFORE APPRECIATE AUTHORITY TO FILE ARRIVAL
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WHILE ACTUAL ARRIVAL MAY DRIFT BEYOND THAT HOUR, 11:25
ARRIVAL TIME WOULD APPEAR TO BE TOO LATE.
4. FONOFF ALSO ADVISES US TODAY THAY BECAUSE
NORTHWEST AIRLINES IS ON STRIKE AND OPERATING REDUCED
SCHEDULED, RON PARKING SPACE AT HANEDA CAN RPT CAN
BE MADE AVAILABLE. EXACT PARKING SPOT HAS NOT BEEN
IDENTIFIED, BUT WE ARE ARRANGING WITH USFJ FOR
SECURITY PERSONNEL AND WITH PANAM FOR SERVICE TO
AIRCRAFT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PLAN. THIS APPEARS
UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES TO BE THE BEST OPTION, SINCE
AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT IN ANY EVENT BE PERMITTED TO TAKE
OFF AFTER 11:00 P.M. TO FERRY TO YOKOTA FOR RON.
ADVISE.
5. APPRECIATE ASAP CURRENT MANIFEST FOR PASSENGERS/
CREW ARRIVING TOKYO WITH AIRCRAFT NOV 29 AND THOSE DE-
EXE
PARTING ON AIRCRAFT TO WASHINGTON NOV. 30. IN THIS
CONNECTION FS0 JAMES J. WICKEL (INTERPRETER) WOULD
LIKE TO BOARD AIRCRAFT IN TOKYO NOV 30 IF SEAT
AVAILABLE. ADVISE.
6. WILL MRS. BUSH ACCOMPANY AIRCRAFT TO TOKYO?
WILL SHE LEAVE WITH AIRCRAFT NOV. 30?
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SUBJ: EMPEROR'S VISIT TO us
EXETS
1n UEDA OF IMPERIAL HOUSEHOLD AGENCY (IHA) ASKED
EMBOFF FOR INFORMATION ON LONGEST RPT LONGEST
PERIOD OF TIME STATE GUEST HAS SPENT ON VISIT
TO UNITED STATES. ACCORDING TO UEDA IHA BEGINNING
TO THINK ABOUT EMPEROR'S RETURN VISIT; AND WHILE
CONCERNED ABOUT EFFECTS OF LONG JOURNEY ON
EMPERORIS HEALTH, WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT
WILL PROBABLY BE HIS LAST OVERSEAS TRIP IS MEMORABLE
ONE.
2. IHA NOW THINKING IN TERMS OF BRIEF STATE VISIT,
PERHAPS INCLUDING NEW YORK AS WELL AS WASHINGTON,
FOLLOWED BY LONGER UNOFFICIAL TOUR WITH CEREMONIAL
EVENTS KEPT TO MINIMUM. IHA OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS AND
ADVICE.
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DECLASSIFIED
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FOR EA DEP ASST SECY ZURHELLAN
MR07-86 #8; state en 10/24/07
E.O. 11652: XGDS2
BY, dal NARA DATE 9/3/08
TAGS: PARM JA US
SUBJ: JAPANIS RATIFICATION OF NPT
REF: A. TOKYO 17611 B, IAEA VIENNA 11241 C. TOKYO 2142
SUMMARY: FONOFFIS DISARMAMENT CHIEF PROVIDED us BACKGROUND
FOR STRONG PITCH ON NPT RATIFICATION MADE YESTERDAY BY
UN BUREAU DEPDIR NODA. NOTING CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO
RATIFICATION BY PM MIKI AND FONMIN MIYAZAWA, HE FOCUSSED
ON STRONG OPPOSITION IN LOP COUNCILS. UNDER MIKI'S INSTRUCTION,
FONOFF GEARING FOR MONTH-LONG CAMPAIGN TO OUTMANEUVER
OPPOSITION IN LDP BYP IN EFFECT, "GOING PUBLIC" TO DISCUSS
NPT AS FACTOR IN JAPAN'S NATIONAL SECURITY. TO OVERCOME
CONTINUED ASSERTIONS BY
OPPONENTS IN LDP THAT US IS
AMBIGUOUS TOWARD JAPAN'S RATIFICATION, FONOFF HOPES FOR
VERY HIGH LEVEL "EXPRESSION OF INTEREST". END SUMMARY.
1. FONOFF DIR DISARMAMENT DIV KAZUHARA (PROTECT) CALLED
IN EMBOFF TO PROVIDE, ON STRICTLY PERSONAL BASIS, FONOFF
ASSESSMENT OF POLITICAL DYNAMICS ON NPT AND TO SPELL OUT
GERALD, R.FORD 1
CAMPAIGN PLANNED DURING NEXT MONTH TO ACHIEVE CONSENSUS
NECESSARY IN LDP TO PROCEED WITH RATIFICATION. KAZUHARA
SAID GOJ, FOREMOST PM MIKI AND FONMIN MIYAZAWA, DETERMINED
TO PROCEED BUT MIKI'S WEAK POSITION IN LDP IS MAJOR
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DEBILITATING FACTOR. UNDER MIKI'S AND MIYAZAWA'S INSTRUCTIONS,
VICE FONMIN TOGO AND DEP FONMIN ARITA (ACCOMPANIED USUALLY
BY KAZUHARA) IN PAST FEW DAY CALLED ON LDP VP SHIINA, SECY
GENERAL NAKASONE, UN
SPEAKER KONO, LH SPEAKER MAEO, FORMER PM SATO, AND DEP PM
FUKUDA, TO SOUND OUT THEIR ATTITUDES AND ELICIT SUPPORT IN
FORMING FAVORABLE CONSENSUS IN LOP. NAKASONE APPARENTLY
LEAST POSITIVE BUT EVEN HE AGREED TO CONSIDER MATTER VERY
SERIOUSLY.
2. OPPOSITION, OF COURSE, CENTERS IN LDP PARTY COUNCILS,
WHERE, DURING RECENT MEETINGS WITH FONOFF TO DISCUSS NPT,
NOLY "HAWKS" HAVE SPOKEN AND THEY HAVE CLAMORED AGAINST
RATIFICATION.
FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL NEGOTIATIONS WITH IAEA,
ARGUMENTATION BY "HAWKS" HAS SHIFTED FROM EQUAL TREATMENT
BY IAEA TO USUALLY EMOTIONAL ARGUMENT THAT JAPAN'S
NATIONAL SECURITY WOULD BE JEOPARDIZED BY EARLY RATIFICATION
OF NPT (FORECLOSING NUCLEAR OPTION). PATTERN OF OPPOSITION
TO NPT PREVAILED IN THREE OF FIVE LDP COUNCILS CONCERNED:
FOREIGN AFFAIRS RESEARCH COUNCIL CHEADED BY KITAZAWA, WHO
STRONGLY OPPOSED NPT PERSONALLY BUT HAS NEVERTHELESS TRIED
TO SEEK BALANCE AND CONSENSUS IN MEETINGS WITH FONOFF)
FOREIGN AGFAIRS DIV (SAKAMOTO) WHERE FORMER HEAD SDF
GENDA HAS MADE IMPRESSIVE AND RATIONAL ARGUMENTS AGAINST
RATIFICATION BASED ON CONCEIVABLE FUTURE THREAT TO NATIONAL
SECURITY AND
SECURITY RESEARCH COUNCIL (ARITA).
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EXEM
KITAZAWA, HAS GIVEN UP ON NPT RATIFICATION THIS SESSION,
KAZUHARA SAID FOLLOWING THAT MEETING MIKI INSTRUCTED
MIYAZAWA TO PREPARE NEW THEISIS TO CAMPAIGN FOR RATIFICATION.
TO COUNTER "THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY" ARGUMENT, FONOFF
WILL SHIFT FROM FORMER EMPHASIS ON NPT AS A UN MATTER TO
RE CONSIDERED APART FROM NATIONAL SECURITY TO DISCUSSION
OF ISSUE AS ESSENTIAL FACET OF NATIONAL SECURITY. NEW POSITION
PAPERS WILL BE PREPARED THIS WEEK TO USE IN CONFERENCE WITH
LDP COUNCILS POSSIBLY LATE NEXT WEEK AND SUBSEQUENTLY WITH
PARTY GENERALLY. FONOFF HOPES TO OUTMANEUVER OPPONENTS,
WHO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP DISCUSSION CONFINED TO COUNCILS,
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BY, IN EFFECT, GOING PUBLIC. COUNTING ON SUPPORT OF PRO-NPT
MEDIA, SUPPORT BY MAJORITY IN LDP, AND IN DSP AND KOMEITO,
DECISION ON RATIFICATION ON NATIONAL SECURITY BASIS WILL
BE FORCED ON SENIOR LDP OFFICIALS (NAKASONE, NADAO,
SHINA, ETC.) IN FULL PUBLIC DISCUSSION.
4, ALTHOUGH BILL FOR RATIFICATION SHOULD NORMALLY BE
DELIVERED TO DIET BY MARCH 14, FONOFF TIMETABLE NOW CALLS
FOR MONTH-LONG CAMPAIGN AND SPECIAL PRESENTATION TO DIET
AS URGENT MATTER EARLY IN APRIL. SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENT,
WHICH FONOFF HOPES TO INITIAL IN VIENNA NEXT WEEK, WOULD
BE SENT TO DIET WITH NPT RATIFICATION BILL AS REFERENCE
DOCUMENT FOR STUDY, NOT FOR SIMULTANEOUS RATIFICATION.
KAZUHARA EXPLAINED THAT ATTEMPT FOR SIMULTANEOUS RATIFICATION
COULD DOOM NPT RATIFICATION SINCE OPPONENTS COULD EASILY
BOG DOWN DEBATE IN DIET ON DETAILS OF SAFEGUARDS AND PREVENT
MOVEMENT ON NPT BILL. CKAZUHARA CAUTIONED THAT THIS
STRATEGY MUST BE KEPT ABSOLUTELY SECRET FOR PRESENT.)
5, STRESSING PERSONAL NATURE OF QUESTION, KAZUHARA THEN
ASKED IF USG INTENDED TO TAKE ANY ACTION REGARDING
JAPAN'S RATIFICATION OF NPT. RECALLING PAST INDICATIONS
OF HIGH-LEVEL USG INTEREST IN EARLY JAPANESE
RATIFICATION, HE SAID THAT LDP OPPONENTS ARE, nevertheless,
EFFECTIVELY USING ARGUMENT THAT USG HAS SHOWN NO RECENT
CONCERN WHETHER JAPAN RATIFIES OR NOT AND
INDEED THE US IS "PROLIFERATING", FOR EXAMPLE, BY SUPPLYING
ISREAL NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY. KAZUHARA NOTED THAT MANY
COUNTRIES, ESPECIALLY EUROPEANS, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, US,
ETC, WERE VERY INTERESTED IN JAPAN'S PROCEEDING WITH
RATIFICATION, AND HE THROUGHT THAT AT RIGHT MOMENT INTERNATIONAL
"EXPRESSION OF INTEREST", AS OPPOSED TO PRESSURE, WOULD BE
SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO GOJ CAMPAIGN WITHIN LDP TO
PROCEED. AS WE ARE WELL AWARE, HE SAID, "PRESSURE" WOULD
BE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE AND PROVIDE AMMUNITION ESPECIALLY TO
JSP AND JCP TO PUBLICLY OPPOSE RATIFICATION OF NPT AS
LERRAT GERALD
ELEMENT OF US STRATEGY OF MAINTAINING US-JAPAN
SECURITY TREATY AND PRESERVING MONOPOLY OF NUCLEAR POWER.
COMMENTING AGAIN THAT HE SPOKE ONLY PERSONALLY, HE SAID HE
THOUGHT REQUEST FOR APPOINTMENT BY US AMBASSADOR WITH
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EITHER PM MIKI OR FONMIN MIYAZAWA TO INQUIRE ABOUT PROGRESS
ON RATIFICATION PROBABLY NEXT WEEK COULD HAVE IMPORTANT
EFFECT. SIMILAR "INQUIRIES" BY OTHER KEY GOVERNMENTS WOULD
ALSO, ALTHOUGH TO MUCH LESSER EXTENT, PROBABLY HELP.
6, COMMENT: KAZUHARA'S DETAILED ANALYSIS PROVIDES
BACKGROUND FOR STRONG PITCH MADE BY UN BUREAU DEP DIRGEN
NODA IN REFTEL C.
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REF: STATE 40465
1. DURING LUNCHEON MEETING ON FEBRUARY 22, VICE FOREIGN
MINISTER TOGO RAISED SUBJECT OF EMPEROR'S VISIT TO us.
HE SAID THAT ON BASIS DISCUSSIONS WITH IMPERIAL HOUSEHOLD
AGENCY (IHA), CONCLUSION HAD BEEN REACHED THAT BEST TIME
FOR EMPERORIS VISIT TO WASHINGTON WOULD BE OCTOBER 1-2 OR
OCTOBER 2-3. ONCE DATES FOR WASHINGTON VISIT SET, REMAINDER
OF SCHEDULE, TENTATIVELY TO INCLUDE VISITS TO NEW YORK,
CHICAGO, SAN FRANCISCO AND LOS ANGELES, WOOULD BE WORKED OUT.
TOGO MENTIONED DESIRE TO PACE ENTIRE SCHEDULE CAREFULLY IN
VIEW OF EMPEROR'S ADVANCED AGE, HE ALSO SAID THAT IT IS
NOT PLANNED THAT EMPEROR WILL VISIT ANY COUNTRY OTHER
THAN U.S. DURING THIS TRIP.
2. TOGO SUGGESTED FOLLOWING SEQUENCE: ONCE AGREEMENT
REACHED WITH USG ON DATES FOR WASHINGTON VISIT, PRIME
MINISTER WOULD INFORM IHA OF THAT FACT ONCE CONCURRENCE
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TIME. TOGO SAID THAT IN ORDER TO AVOID LEAKS, GOJ WOULD
WISH TO HAVE JOINT ANNOUNCEMENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER
AGREEMENT REACHED ON DATES FOR STATE VISIT TO WASHINGTON.
3. IN LINE WITH REFTEL, I COMMENTED THAT DATES SUGGESTED
FOR WASHINGTON VISIT WERE IN LINE WITH GENERAL TIME-FRAME
WE HAD IN MIND. I ASSURED TOGO I WOULD seek WASHINGTON
REACTION SOONEST.
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SUBJ: IMPERIAL VISIT
REF: A) TOKYO 925021 B) STATE 042866
1. DIRGEN AMERICAN AFFAIRS BUREAU YAMAZAKI MET WITH DCM LATE
EVENING FEBRUARY 26 TO OUTLINE FOREIGN OFFICE PLANNING FOR
EXPEDITIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT OF IMPERIAL VISIT TO U.S. YAMAZAKI
STATED THAT IMPERIAL HOUSEHOLD AGENCY (IHA) ALREADY HAS BEEN
INFORMED OF U.S. AGREEMENT TO DATES OF OCTOBER 2-3 AND
THAT IHA ANXIOUS TO MAKE FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT SOONEST IN
ORDER TO AVOID PRESS LEAKS.
2. VICE FOREIGN MINISTER TOGO WILL MEET WITH PRIME MINISTER
MIKI AND CHIEF CABINET SECRETARY IDE DURING MORNING OF FEBRUARY
27 TO OBTAIN FINAL APPROVAL FOR DATES AND PROCEDURES FOR FORMAL
ANNOUNCEMENT. PRIME MINISTER THEN WILL HAVE AUDIENCE
WITH EMPEROR LATE AFTERNOON FEBRUARY 27 TO FORMALLY REQUEST
IMPERIAL VISIT TO U.S.
3. ONCE THESE FORMALITIES COMPLETED, FOREIGN OFFICE WISHES TO
HAVE PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT MADE ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
28 AT 0930 HOURS TOKYO TIME (THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27 AT 2030 HOURS
WASHINGTON TIME) FOLLOWING CABINET MEETING AT 0900 HOURS WHEN
FORD
CARINET APPROVAL WOULD BE OBTAINED. YAMAZAKI EXPLAINED THAT
TN ORDER AVOID PRESS LEAKS, CABINET MEMBERS OTHER THAN FOREIGN
MINISTER WILL NOT BE AWARE IN ADVANCE OF AGREEMENT ON DATES
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FOR IMPERIAL VISIT. ALSO FOR THIS REASON, FOREIGN OFFICE HOPES
THAT U.S. WILL BE AGREEABLE TO MAKE SIMULTANEOUS ANNOUNCEMENT
AT 0930 HOURS FEBRUARY 28 TOKYO TIME WITHOUT PRIOR RELEASE ON
EMBARGOED BASIS. (CONCERN THAT PRIOR EMBARGOED RELEASE MAY
ACTIVATE JAPANESE PRESS TO QUERY CABINET MEMBERS BEFORE MEETING
SCHEDULED FOR MORNING FEBRUARY 28 REFLECTS HYPERSENSITIVITY
OF FOREIGN OFFICE TO POSSIBILITY PRESS LEAKS BEFORE OFFICIAL
ANNOUNCEMENT.)
4. YAMAZAKI PROVIDED DCM WITH FOLLOWING DRAFT TEXT OF GOJ
ANNOUNCEMENT: BEGIN TEXT. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA HAS FOR SOME TIME EXTENDED AN INVITATION TO THEIR
MAJESTIES THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS OF JAPAN TO PAY AN OFFICIAL
VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES. PARA. ACTING ON THE ADVICE OF THE
GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN THAT, IN VIEW OF THE RELATIONS OF FRIENDSHIP
AND GOODWILL BETWEEN JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES, IT IS DESIRABLE
THAT THEIR MAJESTIES PAY AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES IN
THE FALL OF THIS YEAR, THEIR MAJESTIES HAVE ACCEPTED THE
INVITATION. PARA. THE DETAILS OF THEIR MAJESTIES' ITINERARY REMAIN
TO BE
WORKED OUT. THE TRIP IS EXPECTED TO LAST FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS.
THEIR MAJESTIES ARE SCHEDULED TO DEPART FROM TOKYO ON OCTOBER 1,
ENGAGE IN OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS IN WASHINGTON D.C. ON OCTOBER 2 AND 3
AND RETURN TO JAPAN AFTER VISITING SOME PLACES IN THE UNITED
STATES END TEXT.
5. YAMAZAKI STATED THAT THIS DRAFT HAS NOT YET BEEN APPROVED
A FORD
BY IHA, BUT HE EVIDENTLY DID NOT ANTICIPATE ANY PROBLEMS ON
THAT SCORE. HE EXPLAINED THAT SECOND PARA OF DRAFT TEXT
FOLLOWS PRECEDENT OF ANNOUNCEMENT MADE AT TIME OF EMPERORIS
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CONSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHICH EMPEROR MUST
ACT ON ADVICE OF GOVERNMENT.
VAMAZAKI APPRECIATED FACT THAT THIS DRAFT
WOULD NOT PERMIT TEXTUALLY PARALLEL ANNOUNCEMENTS WASHINGTON AND
TOKYO BUT EXPRESSED HOPE THAT U.S. COULD ACCOMMODATE TO SPECIAL
REQUIREMENTS OF JAPANESE CONSTITUTION. HE SUGGESTED, THEREFORE,
THAT WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCEMENT MIGHT BE ALONG FOLLOWING LINES
WHICH WOULD INCORPORATE OPERATIVE FINAL PARAGRAPH OF
JAPANESE DRAFT: BEGIN TEXT THE WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCED THAT
THEIR MAJESTIES THE EMPERUR AND EMPRESS OF JAPAN HAVE ACCEPTED
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THE INVITATION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO PAY A
STATE VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES. PARA. THE DETAILS OF
THEIR MAJESTIES ITINERARY REMAINS TO BE WORKED OUT. THE TRIP
IS EXPECTED TO LAST FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS. THEIR MAJESTIES
ARE SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE IN WASHINGTON ON OCTOBER 1 AND WILL
ENGAGE IN OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS IN WASHINGTON ON OCTOBER
2 AND 3, THEIR MAJESTIES WILL RETURN TO JAPAN AFTER
VISITING SOME PLACES IN THE UNITED STATES END TEXT.
6. YAMAZAKI ASSURED DCM THAT FINAL APPROVAL FOR PROPOSED
TIMING OF ANNOUNCEMENT OF IMPERIAL VISIT WILL BE CONVEYED
TO EMBASSY NO LATER THAN 1200 HOURS CTOKYO TIME), FEBRUARY
27 (2300 HOURS FEBRUARY 26 WASHINGTON TIME).
ACTION REQUESTED: INFORM EMBASSY SOONEST: A) IS PROPOSED
TIMING FOR SIMULTANEOUS RELEASE OF ANNOUNCEMENT, WITHOUT
ADVANCE EMBARGOED RELEASE, AGREEABLE B) IS TEST OF PROPOSED
JAPANESE TEXT OF ANNOUNCEMENT ACCEPTABLE AND C) WHAT WILL
BE TEXT, OR SUBSTANCE, OF U.S. ANNOUNCEMENT?
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REF: A. TOKYO 2511 B. STATE 043734
1. FONOFF (FUJII) THIS MORNING CONVEYED FINAL GOJ
APPROVAL OF PROPOSED TIMING OF IMPERIAL VISIT AS
PROMISED BY YAMAZAKI (REF. A) :
A @ HE SAID ALL CLEARANCES, INCLUDING THAT OF
PRIME MINISTER, HAVE BEEN RECEIVED TO PROCEED WITH
SCENARIO SUGGESTED BY JAPANESE SIDE.
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LEASE REPORTED REF A TO ADD REFERENCE TO PRESIDENT
FORD'S VISIT TO JAPAN.
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THAT COMMENTS ON CONTENTS ARE NOT PERMISSABLE.
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THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HAS FOR
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EMPEROR AND EMPRESS OF JAPAN TO PAY AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO
THE UNITED STATES.
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1. SUBJECT OF FOREIGN MINISTER MIYAZAWA'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON HAS
AGAIN BEEN SUBJECT OF PRESS SPECULATION OVER weekend. ASAHI
SUNDAY MORNING MARCH 30 FRONT-PAGED STORY, LABELED COMPLETELY
SPECULATIVE BY FOREIGN OFFICE, SAID PLAN FOR MIYAZAWA TO VISIT
WASHINGTON APRIL 10 AND 11 AND MEET WITH THE SECRETARY APPEARED
TO BE MOVING TOWARD REALIZATION. QUOTING
FOREIGN OFFICE SOURCES, ASAHI SAID USG THROUGH EMBASSY HAD
MARCH 29 PROPOSED A FIRM DATE FOR MEETING WITH THE SECRETARY
AND GOJ IS "INCLINED" TO ACCEPT IT.
PAPER SAID FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF PLAN MUST AWAIT
MIYAZAWA'S RETURN FROM SAUDI ARABIA MARCH 30.
2. ACCORDING TO BACKGROUND INFORMATION PROVIDED BY
FONOFF EARLY MARCH 31, VICE MINISTER TOGO MET MIYAZAWA UPON HIS
ARRIVAL
AT HANEDA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND BRIEFED HIM ON THE SECRETARY'S
AGREEMENT TO MEET IN WASHINGTON APRIL 10. SUBSEQUENTLY, IN
RESPONSE TO PRESS QUERY ABOUT APRIL 10 AND 11
DATES MENTIONED IN SUNDAY'S ASAHI ARTICLE,
MIYAZAWA SAID HE WAS NOT YET IN POSSESSION OF FULL FACTS, BUT IF FORD
SECRETARY KISSINGER HAD MADE TIME IN HIS BUSY SCHEDULE FOR A
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MEFTING WITH MIYAZAWA, FOREIGN MINISTER FELT HE SHOULD GO. HE
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THEN ALLUDED TO PROBLEM POSED BY DIET BEING
TECHNICALLY IN SESSION AT THAT TIME, DESPITE SLOWDOWN IN
COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES OWING TO ABSENCES OF MEMBERS CAMPAIGNING
IN LOCAL DISTRICTS, FONMIN SAID THEY WOULD HAVE TO CONSULT IN
GOVERNMENT AND PARTY ABOUT PROPOSED ABSENCE FROM THE COUNTRY
OF FOREIGN MINISTER.
3. FONOFF INFORMS US THIS MORNING THAT INTERNAL COORDINATION OF
MIYAZAWA'S DESIRE TO ACCEPT DATE PROPOSED BY THE SECRETARY IS
GOING FORWARD WITH TOGO CONSULTATIONS THIS MORNING WITH CHIEF
CABINET SECRETARY AND SECRETARY GENERAL OF LDP. FONOFF EXPECTS
THAT AGREEMENT TO PERMIT MIYAZAWA TO LEAVE COUNTRY WILL BE
REACHED AND DECISION PASSED TO US BY CLOSE OF BUSINESS TODAY.
4. IF POLITICAL DECISION PROCESS GOES AS EXPECTED, FONOFF
INDICATED THAT IT WOULD NEED TO RELEASE GENERAL TIMING OF
VISIT PLANS TO PRESS IMMEDIATELY TO FORESTALL FURTHER AWKWARD
PRESS SPECULATION. THEY NOTED THAT, ASSUMING POSITIVE GOJ
RESPONSE IN TIME, DEPARTMENT MIGHT WISH TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENT AT
NOON BRIEFING MONDAY MARCH 31 WASHINGTON TIME. IN THAT EVENT,
FONOFF WOULD MAKE RELEASE TO PRESS EARLY MONDAY EVENING TOKYO TIME
FOR PUBLICATION IN TUESDAY MORNING PRESS.
THIS RELEASE TIME WOULD PREDATE WASHINGTON RELEASE SLIGHTLY
BUT APPEARS TO BE UNAVOIDABLE BECAUSE OF NIGHT HOURS TOKYO
TIME WHEN DEPARTMENT MADE ITS PUBLIC RELEASE MONDAY NOON.
FONOFF COULD PRESUMABLY EMBARGO RELEASE UNTIL TUESDAY
MORNING PRESS.
5. REQUEST AUTHORITY TO PERMIT GOJ TO GO AHEAD WITH ITS
PUBLIC STATEMENT LATE MONDAY TOKYO TIME. WOULD APPRECIATE TEXT
OF ANY ANOUNCEMENT DEPARTMENT MAY MAKE.
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SUBJI EMPEROR'S VISIT: ADVANCE PARTY'S VISIT
FOR AMB CATTO, CHIEF OF PROTOCOL, FROM AMB HODGSON
EXCES
1. JAPAN'S CHIEF OF PROTOCOL UCHIDA, ARRIVING IN U.S. WITH ADV-
ANCE PARTY TO WORK OUT SCHEDULE FOR OCTOBER EMPEROR VISIT, CON-
CERNED THAT AMERICAN SIDE MAY NOT WHOLLY APPRECIATE PARTY'S DE-
SIRE TO CONCLUDE A HIGHLY DETAILED PLAN AND SCHEDULE so FAR IN
ADVANCE OF VISIT DATE. I HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH UCHIDA IN DE-
VELOPING CONCEPT OF VISIT AND BELIEVE IT WELL WORTH THE TIME AND
EFFORT TO GO DEEPLY INTO THE SUBJECT AT THIS TIME. EXPERIENCE
HERE INDICATES JAPANESE NOT LIKELY TO REQUIRE MANY INTERIM RE-
VISIONS IN AGREED-TO ARRANGEMENTS. A SIMILAR FAR-IN-ADVANCE DE-
TAILED PLANNING APPROACH SERVED WELL FOR QUEEN ELIZABETH'S VISIT
HERE.
2. JAPANESE SIDE EAGER TO WORK OUT A VISIT PATTERN THAT WILL
SHOW AN EMPEROR AND EMPRESS WHO REFLECT BOTH PERSONAL DIGNITY
AND HUMAN WARMTH.
3. THANKS FOR BEING HELPFUL ON THIS PROJECT.
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1. WE ARE UNAWARE OF JAPAN'S HAVING SERVED AS PROTECTING
POWER FOR ANY NATION IN PAST BUT ARE CHECKING FURTHER.
2. US AND JAPANIS INTERESTS ARE COMPLEMENTARY IN LAOS.
SERVING AS PROTECTOR OF US INTERESTS WOULD BOLSTER US-JAPAN
TIES IN INDOCHINA. NEVERTHELESS, JAPANESE MIGHT BE RELUCTANT
TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES so EXPLICITLY WITH US INTERESTS IN
VIENTIANE AT TIME WHEN THEY TRYING TO ESTABLISH RELATIONS
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3. WE RECOMMEND THATTHE JAPANESE BE SOUNDED OUT ON THE
ISSUE, RELUCTANT OR NOT. THOUGH COULD CONCEIVABLY
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CONTACT IN BOTH VIETNAMS THAN AS PROTECTOR OF OUR INTERESTS
IN VIENTIANE WE BELIEVE THAT CHOICES ARE NOT MUTUALLY
EXCLUSIVE AND THAT GOJ COULD PROBABLY DD BOTH.
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SUBJ: MIKI VISIT: AGENDA TOPICS
EA/J FOR SHERMAN
1. I MET WITH DEPUTY MINISTER BUNROKU YOSHINO, JULY 30,
FOR WRAP-UP DISCUSSION OF PREPARATIONS FOR MIKI VISIT.
MY PARTICULAR PURPOSE WAS TO SOUND OUT YOSHINO ON
FINAL AGENDA PRIME MINISTER MIKI MAY HAVE IN MIND FOR
HIS DISCUSSIONS WITH PRESIDENT FORD AND SECRETARY
KISSINGER.
2. YOSHINO OPENED CONVERSATION, HOWEVER, BY ASKING
ME WHAT SUBJECTS I THOUGHT IT MOST LIKELY PRESIDENT
WOULD RAISE. I REPLIED THAT I COULD GIVE HIM NO
MORE AUTHORITATIVE WORD ON THIS POINT THAN HE HAD
RECEIVED IN HIS CONVERSATION WITH ASSISTANT SECRETARY
HABIB IN WASHINGTON. I THOUGHT IT LIKELY PRESIDENT
WOULD WISH TO DISCUSS SUCH MATTERS AS FOLLOWING:
POST VIETNAM SITUATION AND PROSPECTS IN SOUTHEAST
ASIA AND EAST ASIA GENERALLY WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION
GIVEN TO KOREA: MIDDLE EAST SITUATION AND PROSPECTS:
A REVIEW OF U S /SOVIET RELATIONS WITH PARTICULAR
REFERENCE TO PROGRESS ON SALT: AND ENERGY, FOOD
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THAT PRESIDENT PROBABLY ANTICIPATES PRIME MINISTER
WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HEARING ABOUT U S/PRC
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RELATIONS AND THAT PRESIDENT OR SECRETARY MIGHT RAISE
WITH PRIME MINISTER OUR CONCERNS REGARDING FORTHCOMING
UNGA SESSIONS ALONG LINES OF SECRETARY'S MILWAUKEE
SPEECH
3. YOSHINO REPLIED THAT WITH EXCEPTIONOF UNGA
PROBLEMS, SUBJECTS I HAD MENTIONED ARE THOSE WHICH
ARE LIKELY TO BE UPPERMOST IN PRIME MINISTER'S MIND.
HE ADDED THAT FOREIGN OFFICE ALSO ANTICIPATED PRESIDENT
OR SECRETARY MIGHT WISH TO DISCUSS QUESTION OF ECONOMIC
ASSISTANCE TO EGYPT.
4, YOSHINO THEN MENTIONED THAT FOREIGN OFFICE
BELIEVES IT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN DISUADING PRIME
MINISTER FROM ADVANCING PACIFIC BASIN CONCEPT.
INSTEAD, HOWEVER, HE THOUGHT PRIME MINISTER MIGHT
RAISE FOLLOWING PROPOSALS WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE
TO ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE TO SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES:
(A) THAT U S AND JAPAN AGREE TO MAINTAIN PRESENT
LEVELS OF ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE AND IF POSSIBLE
INCREASE (B) A PROPOSAL TO EXPLORE JOINTLY WAYS OF
INCREASING THE FLOW OF PRIVATE CAPITAL TO SOUTHEAST
ASIAN COUNTRIES: AND(C) A PROPOSAL TO EXPLORE JOINTLY
THE POSSIBILITY OF DEVISING SOME MECHANISM TO GUARANTEE
ON A GLOBAL BASIS THE EXPORT EARNINGS OF SOUTHEAST
ASTAN LDCIS, YOSHINO DESCRIBED THIS THIRD PROPOSAL AS
"RATHER IMPORTANT" AND EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THE
U S SIDE WOULD NOT BE "TOO SHOCKED" BY THE PRIME
MINISTER'S RAISING IT. (IN THIS CONNECTION SEE TOKYO'S
10063.)
5. YOSHINO SEEMED TO FEEL THAT DETAILED DISCUSSIONS
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ON FOOD PROBABLY COULD BEST BE LEFT TO AGRICULTURE
MINISTERABEIS VISIT TO WASHINGTON SHORTLY AFTER THAT
OF THE PRIME MINISTER. WITH RESPECT TO THE PRODUCER-
CONSUMER CONFERNCE, HOSHINO SAID HE FELT GOJ
THINKING VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH THAT OF U S AND DID
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NOT SEE ANY PARTICULAR PROBLEMS IN THIS AREA.
6. TURNING TO KOREAN. QUESTION I SAID THAT RECENT
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(SEE SEPTEL) MIGHT CAUSE SOME CONCERN IN WASHINGTON
FOR THE DIRECTION OF MIKI GOVERNMENT'S KOREAN POLICY.
YOSHINO REPLIED THAT HE WAS CERTAIN PRIME MINISTER
WOULD ADHERE TO POSIION HE HAD OUTLINED TO AMBASSADOR
HODGSON IN THEIR LUNCHEON ON JULY 15 CTOKYO 9571, PARA 6).
HE EXPLAINED THAT UTSUNOMIYA'S VIEWS DO NOT REFLECT
THOSE OF THE MAJORITY OF LDP OR GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP.
I REMARKED THAT PRESS ATTENTION GIVEN TO UTSUNOMIYA/
KIM MEETING MADE IT EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAT PRIME
MINISTER SET FORTH CLEARLY HIS VIEWS ON THE KOREAN
PROBLEM IN DISCUSSIONS WITH PRESIDENT FORD AND SECRETARY.
YOSHINO AGREED AND SAID HE WOULD MAKE THIS POINT IN
PLANNING MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER SCHEDULED FOR
LATER IN THE DAY.
7. AS A FINAL POINT, YOSHINO SAID IT IS POSSIBLE THAT
PRIME MINISTER MAY RAISE WITH PRESIDENT GOJ CONCERN
FOR THE POSSIBILITY THAT U S CONGRESS MAY LEGISLATE
200-MILE FISHING ZONE, A DEVELOPMENT WHICH WOULD
PLACE GOJ UNDERCONSIDERABLE PRESSURE FROM ITS
FISHING INTERESTS TO DECLARE UNILATERALLY 12-MILE
TERRITORIAL SEA. IN THIS CONNECTION, HE MENTIONED
THAT TELEGRAM HAD BEEN RECEIVED BY FOREIGN OFFICE
TODAY FROM SENATOR MAGNUSON INVITING PRIME MINISTER
TO MEET WITH HIM AFTER ARRIVAL IN SEATTLE. YOSHINO
DID NOT INDICATE WHETHER PRIME MINISTER WOULD DO so
BUT I GOT THE IMPRESSION HE THOUGHT IT A POSSIBILITY.
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SUBJ: EMPEROR'S VISIT: SIDE APPOINTMENTS
REF: STATE 207488
1. GOJ POSITION ON MEETINGS BETWEEN U.S. OFFICIALS AND
GOJ OFFICIALS ACCOMPANYING THE EMPEROR IS AS FOLLOWS:
(1) NO MEETINGS WITH TOP U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
OFFICIALS (E.G., PRESIDENT FORD, SECRETARY KISSINGER)
SHOULD BE HELD.
(2) FOR "PEER" MEETINGS OF PROFESSIONALS, A CASE
BY CASE EXAMINATION WILL BE MADE TO DETERMINE APPROVE-
ABILITY. CALREADY APPROVED IS A BREAKFAST MEETING OF
FUKUDA WITH U.S. ECONOMIC POLICY OFFICIALS.)
(3) NO MEETINGS WILL BE GIVEN PUBLICITY OF ANY KIND
BUT THE RISK OF DISCLOSURE IS UNDERSTOOD AND
TAKEN WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING.
2. I HOPE THIS IS ADEQUATE.
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TAGS: PFOR, JA, CB
SUBJ: JAPAN APPROACHES CAMBODIANS TO NORMALIZE RELATIONS
1, FONOFF FIRST SOUTHEAST ASTA DIVDIR ITO INFORMED US IN STRICT
CONFIDENCE THAT JAPANESE AMB TO US SAITO CONFERRED UNDER INSTRUCTIONS
WITH CAMBODIAN FONMIN SARIN CHHAK IN NEW YORK SEPTEMBER 8 REGARDING
"NORMALIZATION" OF CAMBODIAN-JAPANESE RELATIONS. SARIN CHHAK WAS
RECEPTIVE, AND PROMISED TO FORWARD JAPAN'S PRESENTATION TO PHNOM PENH
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HE TOLD AMB SAITO CAMBODIA, AS A PRIORITY, WISHED TO NORMALIZE
RELATIONS WITH IST CLOSE NEIGHBORS. FONOFF REGARDS SARIN CHAAK'S
REMARKS AS FAVORABLE, EVEN THOUGH JAPAN IS NOT A CLOSE
NEIGHBOR.
2, AS FURTHER INDICATOR OF CORDIAL ATTITUDE TOWARD JAPAN, ITO
EXPIN
REMINED EMBOFF THAT WHEREAS INITIAL ATTEMPTS TO DELIVER NOTE
VERBALES TO GRUNK EMBASSY IN PEKING RECOGNIZING THE NEW GOVERN-
MENT IN PHNOM PENH WERE REBUFFED, LATELY, NOTES ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS
HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED. MOREOVER, RECENTLY SIHANOUK INDIRECTLY LET IT
BE KNOWN THAT HE WOULD LIKE SOME PICTORIAL BOOKS IN COLOR ON
JAPAN. GOJ EMBASSY PRESENTED THREE BOOKS TO SIHANOUK, WHO IN
RETURN, DURING RECENT RETURN TO PEKING AFTER HIS HANOI TRIP,
SENT A SHEAF OF SONGS COMPOSED BY HIMSELF ALONG WITH HIS
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NAME CARD TO THE JAPANESE. ITO STRESSED THAT THIS EXCHANGE
MUST BE HELD IN TIGHTEST SECRECY.
3, COMMENT: FONOFF IS DELIGHTED WITH ENCOURAGING RESPONSE. WITH
ESTABLISHMENT OF EMBASSY IN HANOI APPARENTLY IMMINENT (SEPTEL),
PROSPECTS OF JAPANESE PRESENCE IN ALL INDOCHINA STATES TITILLATES
FONOFF SINCE THIS WOULD BE A NICE POLITICAL PLUS FOR GOJ.
EX@-4 EXCES
EMBASSY NOTES THAT JAPANESE EMBASSY IN PHNOM PENH
WOULD ALSO PROVIDE us A WINDOW INTO CAMBODIA.
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