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The original documents are located in Box 8, folder "Japan - State Department
Telegrams: To SECSTATE - EXDIS (2)" 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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SUBJ: CODEL PERCY: CHINA TRIP: INITIAL OBSERVATIONS
REF: PEKING 1553
CODEL PERCY DURING STOPOVER YOKOTA AFB REQUESTED
EMBASSY TO PASS FOLLOWING MESSAGE FROM SEN PERCY,
SEN JAVITS, SEN PELL, SEN STEVERSON,
CONGRESSMAN FINDLEY, CONGRESSMAN HECKLER, CONGRESSMAN
MC CLOSKEY, AND DR. JOHN LEWIS TO THE WHITE HOUSE
(PRESIDENT, NSC ET AL), THE SECRETARY OF STATE, AND INFO POSTS
LISTED ABOVE. SENATOR PERCY WOULD ALSO APPRECIATE A COPY BEING
PASSED TO NADINE JACOBSON OF HIS OFFICE (TEL: 202-654-6488),
BEGIN TEXT CONFIDENTIAL MESSAGE TO SECSTATE:
OUR DELEGATION TODAY COMPLETED INTENSELY INTERESTING
AND WE HOPE SUCCESSFUL TWO-WEEK TRIP
TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. IT VISITED SEVEN
CITIES AND ENVIRONS IN NORTH AND EAST CENTRAL CHINA,
SOME OF WHICH HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN OPENED TO
AMERICAN DELEGATIONS. WE HELD EXTENSIVE DISCUSSIONS
WITH VICE PREMIER TENG HSIAO-PING AND OTHER GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS.
FORD
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FULLY SUPPLEMENTED IN OUR FORTHCOMING REPORT:
1. THE CHINESE EMPHASIZED THEY DO EXPECT
PRESIDENT FORD TO VISIT CHINA THIS FALL AND THAT HE
WILL BE WARMLY WELCOMED. THE AGENDA WILL BE ESSENTIALLY
THE PRESIDENT'S AND NEED NOT INCLUDE TAIWAN. THE
VISIT IS IMPORTANT TO THEM.
2. THERE IS WIDESPREAD SUSPICION OF THE HELSINKI
CONFERENCE. WE WERE ASKED REPEATEDLY: "WHICH DO YOU
CONSIDER MORE IMPORTANT: FORD'S VISIT TO HELSINKI OR
TO CHINA?"
3. THE CHINESE APPEAR TO HAVE MODERATED AND
EXTENDED SLIGHTLY THEIR POSITION ON ARMS CONTROL.
THEY NO LONGER STATE THAT "THE SUPERPOWERS MUST
WITHDRAW FROM ABROAD ALL THEIR ARMED FORCES. THEY
HAVE CALLED FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NUCLEAR FREE
ZONES FROM THE MIDDLE EAST TO SOUTHEAST
ASIA, THEY AFFIRMED THEIR HOPE THAT THE U.S.
WILL CONTINUE ITS STRONG SUPPORT OF NATO.
4. THE CHINESE ARE INCREASING THE ROLE OF THE
CIVILIAN MILITIA IN MAINTAINING ORDER AND SECURITY
AND IN SOME AREAS HAVE SHIFTED TO DEPENDENCE ON
THE REGULAR MILITIA FOR DEFENSE.
5. WITH RESPECT TO THE KOREAN PENISNULA, WE
USED EVERY OCCASION AT EVERY LEVEL TO EMPHASIZE OUR
TREATY RELATIONS WITH SOUTH KOREA AS CONFIRMED BY
THE SENATE. WE FURTHER NOTED THAT WE CONSIDER IT
OUR OBLIGATION TO USE OUR INFLUENCE TO RESTRAIN
PARK FROM ADVENTUROUS MOVES IN THE NORTH, AND WE
WOULD EXPECT CHINA TO DO EVERYTHING IN ITS POWER TO
RESTRAIN THE NORTH IN THE USE OF MILITARY FORCE. THE
CHINESE STATED THAT KOREA "SHOULD BE UNIFIED AND
SHOULD HAVE PEACE AND THIS IS THE POLICY THAT WE
SUPPORT."
6. IN TERMS OF NATIONAL PRIORITIES, THE
CHINESE SEEM TO BE CONCENTRATING ON INTERNAL
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WHILE NOT PREOCCUPIED WITH
EXTERNAL TRADE ISSUES, CHINA'S LEADERS SEEM INTERESTED
R.
IN RECTIFYING INBALANCES IN TRADE OVER A REASONABLE
INTEREST IN THIS OBJECTIVE. WE BELIEVE THEY WOULD
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PERIOD OF TIME WITH THE U.S. AND APPRECIATED OUR
WELCOME CONSTRUCTIVE ACTIONS TOWARD THIS END.
CONFIDENTIAL
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7, FOLLOWING TALKS WITH PROVINCIAL AND LOWER-
LEVEL LEADERS, WE BELIEVE THE POSSIBILITY MAY EXIST
FOR LATER U.S. CHINESE MUTUAL COOPERATION "HERE ON
EARTH" INCLUDING COOPERATION IN SUCH AREAS AS FLOOD
CONTROL AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. AS SUCH COOPERATION
DEVELOPS, AREAS NOW QUITE UNEXPECTED AND UNEXPLORED
BETWEEN THE TWO NATIONS MIGHT DEVELOP AND MIGHT EVEN
BE MORE BROADLY BENEFICIAL TO THE PEOPLES OF
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. HOWEVER, HIGHER LEVEL OFFICIALS
ARE SKEPTICAL AND WANTED NO PUBLIC MENTION OF THIS
so WE CONFINED COMMUNIQUE TO BILATERAL RELATIONS.
8. CHINESE LEADERS RESPONDED POSITIVELY TO
THE REQUEST FOR A VISIT OF CONGRESSWOMEN AND HAVE
HAD FOLLOW-UP DISCUSSIONS ON THE WOMEN WHO MIGHT
PARTICIPATE IN FUTURE DELEGATIONS.
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9. IN THE AREAS WE VISITED, CROP YIELDS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE "QUITE" HIGH THUS REDUCING THE NEED
FOR OPEN MARKET FOOD PURCHASES THIS YEAR.
THE FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF OUR UNANIMOUSLY
ADOPTED COMMUNIQUE FROM SHANGHAI AUTHORIZED FOR
RELEASE 6PM ETD, AUGUST 17, 1975. PLEASE USE
YOUR OWN JUDGMENT CONCERNING WHAT, IF ANYTHING, IS
TRANSMITTED IN ADVANCE TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF
CHINA LIAISON OFFICE IN WASHINGTON AND MISSION
AT THE UN OF THIS MESSAGE TO YOU AND COMMUNIQUE.
END TEXT CONFIDENTIAL MESSAGE TO SECSTATE.
BEGIN TEXT OF DEPARTURE COMMUNIQUE.
SHANGHAI, AUGUST 16, 1975, FOR RELEASE AFTER
SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 1975, 6PM EDT - THE SEVENTEEN
MEMBERS OF THE SEVENTH UNITED STATES CONGRESSIONAL
DELEGATION TO VISIT THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
LEFT TODAY FOR HOME AFTER A THIRTEEN-DAY VISIT AT
THE OFFICIAL INVITATION OF THE CHINESE PEOPLEIS
INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. SENATOR CHARLES H.
PERCY SERVED AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DELEGATION, AND
SENATORS JACOB K. JAVITS AND CLAIBORNE PELL AS
CO-CHAIRMEN. THE OTHER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IN THE
DELEGATION ARE SENATOR ADLAI E. STEVENSON AND
REPRESENTATIVES PAUL FINDLEY, MARGARET M. HECKLER,
AND PAUL N. CM CLOSKEY, JR. DR. JOHN W. LEWIS SERVED
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AS ADMINISTRATOR.
THE DELEGATION MET FOR FOUR HOURS WITH VICE
PREMIER OF THE STATE COUNCIL TENG HSIAO-PING. IT
HELD DISCUSSIONS WITH OTHER LEADING OFFICIALS AT
THE NATIONAL, PROVINCIAL, MUNICIPAL, AND RURAL LEVELS.
EXPIS
ITS DISCUSSIONS IN EACH PLACE WERE FRIENDLY,
STIMULATING, AND INFORMATIVE AND COVERED IMPORTANT
ASPECTS OF SINO-U.S. RELATIONS AND OTHER TOPICS
OF MUTUAL CONCERN. DURING ITS TRAVELS THE DELEGA-
TION MEMBERS ASKED QUESTIONS ON THE STRUCTURE OF
CHINAIS GOVERNMENT, ITS SOCIETY, AND ITS IDEOLOGY.
IN EXPRESSING ITS APPROCIATION FOR THE HOSPITALITY
SHOWN THE DELEGATION THROUGHOUT CHINA, THE DELEGATION
PARTICULARLY SINGLED OUT FOR PRAISE THE CHINESE
PEOPLE'S INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS LED BY VICE
PRESIDENT CHOU CHIU-YEH.
IN PEKING AND OTHER PLACES THE DELEGATION HAD
THE OPPORTUNITY TO OBSERVE MANY FACETS OF LIFE IN
MODERN CHINA AND TO SEE VARIOUS HISTORICAL SITES.
DURING ITS STAY, IT VISITED NOT ONLY PEKING, SHANGHAI,
AND NANKING, BUT ALSO THE CITIES AND ENVIRONS OF
TSINAN, TSINGTAO, YANGCHOW AND WUHSI. SOME OF
THESE PLACES HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN OPENED TO
AMERICAN DELEGATIONS.
THE DELEGATION AT THESE STOPS EXAMINED DIFFERENT
TYPES OF AGRICULTURAL COMMUNES, HANDICRAFT AND LIGHT
INDUSTRIES, AND HEAVY INDUSTRY. IN EACH PLACE ITS
MEMBERS TALKED WITH MANAGERS AND WORKERS, OLD AND
YOUNG, AND DEVELOPED AN INSIGHT INTO THE IMPORTANT
WOMEN'S ROLE IN THE SOVIETY. THEY VISITED THE
FLOOD CONTROL, IRRIGATION, POWER GENERATION, AND
LAND RENEWAL PROJECTS ON THE YELLOW RIVER AND THEN
WERE AFFORDED THEOPPORTUNITY TO COMPARE THIS PRO-
JECT WITH THE VAST KIANGTU WATER CONTROL PROJECT ON
LCTE HUAI RIVER IN EAST CENTRAL CHINA,
THE DELEGATION NOTED IN PARTICULAR SEVERAL POINTS
RELEVANT TO THE NORMALIZATION OF UNITED STATES-CHINA
RELATIONS. IT FORESEES NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN THE
R.
DEVELOPMENT OF TRADE, THE EXPANDED EXCHANGE OF
OERAU
FORD
IMFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY, THE GROWTH OF TRAVEL
AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE, AND THE FURTHERING OF MUTUAL
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UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE TWO SOCIETIES. THE DELEGA-
TION GAVE SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE PROBLEMS CONCERNING
THE MAINTENANCE OF PEACE IN THE VAST AREA INVOLVED.
IT REAFFIRMED WITH THE CHINESE THAT TRADE
BETWEEN THE TWO NATIONS, TO BE OF LASTING VALUE TO
BOTH, MUST BE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL. SINCE THE
OPENING OF SINO-U.S. TRADE IN 1972, A GREATER TWO-
WAY BALANCE HAS BEEN ACHIEVED THOUGH IN THE LAST
MONTHS THE SCOPE OF THAT TRADE HAS BEEN REDUCED.
THE CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS OF THE DELEGATION NOTED
THEIR INTENTION TO STUDY FURTHER QUESTIONS OF TRADE
AND COMMERCE AND TO DETERMINE, ON THE U.S. SIDE,
HOW TO ESTABLISH SUITABLE AREAS IN WHICH THE
ECONOMIC TIES OF THE TWO COUNTRIES CAN BE STRENGTHENED,
INCLUDING OUTREACH TO REARRANGE THE IMPORT-EXPORT
BLAANCE.
THE DELEGATION NOTED FURTHER THAT TECHNICAL
INTERCHANGE IS OF GROWING IMPORTANCE AND SAW POSSI-
BILITIES FOR FURTHER MUTUAL COOPERATION AS FOR
EXAMPLE IN THE TECHNOLOGY OF WATER CONTROL. AS SUCH
COOPERATION DEVELOPS, THE MEMBERS STATED, AREAS NOW
QUITE UNECPECTED AND UNEXPLORED BETWEEN THE TWO
NATIONS MIGHT DEVELOP.
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PARTICULAR ATTENTION WAS PAID TO ADDITIONAL
AREAS FOR TECHNICAL EXCHANGE IN THE SCIENTIFIC
EXE™
FIELDS OF AGRICULTURE AND AQUACULTURE. THE DELEGA-
TION STATED THAT THESE SHOULD BE EXPANDED WHERE
POSSIBLE AND WHERE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL. SIMILARLY,
FROM ITS VISITS TO HOSPITALS, CONVALESCENT HOMES, AND
CHILDCARE CENTERS, IT COULD SEE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
MUTUAL BENEFIT FROM EXPANDING TECHNICAL INTER-
CHANGE AND RESEARCH COOPERATION IN THE MEDICAL
AND HEALTH FIELDS AS FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE PART OF
THE U.S., IN PEER REVIEW AND CANCER RESEARCH AND,
ON THE PART OF CHINA, IN ACUPUNCTURE ANESTHESIOLOGY
AND RURAL MEDICAL PRACTICE.
AS TO TRAVEL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGES, THE DELE-
GATION NOTED THAT THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA
ALREADY ENJOY AN INCREASING EXCHANGE AND THAT THERE
IS A VAST INTEREST IN TRAVEL TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC
OF CHINA IN THE UNITED STATES. THE MEMBERS OF THE
DELEGATION LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE CONGRESSIONAL VISITS
TO CHINA INCLUDING THOSE OF CONGRESSWOMEN. IN
RESPECT TO ITS POSITION, THE DELEGATION EMPHASIZED
THE IMPORTANCE OF EXPANDING TRAVEL FROM CHINA TO
FORD
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IT MIGHT RECIPROCATE THE HOSPITALITY SHOWN TO IT
AND OTHER CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATIONS. THE MEMBERS
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LOOK FORWARD TO THE TIME WHEN OFFICIALS OF THE
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, INCLUDING THOSE OF THE
NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS, WILL VISIT THE UNITED
STATES AND, WHEN THE TIME IS PROPITIOUS, TO ENGATE
IN BILATERAL DISCUSSIONS. THEY EXPRESSED THE BELIEF
THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO EXPOSE BOTH SYSTEMS TO FIRST-
HAND OBSERVATION AND THAT THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF
CHINA CAN DERIVE AS MUCH BENEFIT FROM THAT PROCESS
AS HAD BEEN DERIVED FROM THE DELEGATION'S VIEW OF
CHINA.
AS TO THE MAINTENANCE OF PEACE, THE DELEGATION
CONSIDER THE SHANGHAI COMMUNIQUE AN EXCELLENT
BASIS FOR IMPROVED RELATIONS. IT HOPES THE VISIT
OF PRESIDENT FORD TO CHINA LATER THIS YEAR WILL
FURTHER CEMENT THIS BASIS. FURTHERMORE ITS MEMBERS
EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT IN THE SPIRIT OF THE SHANGHAI
COMMUNIQUE NOTHING WILL OCCUR TO BREACH THE PEACE
ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA AND THAT EACH SIDE SHOULD
DEVOTE ITS VERY BEST EFFORTS TO THIS END.
THE DELEGATION WILL MAKE A WRITTEN REPORT TO
PRESIDENT FORD AND TO THE CONGRESS SHORTLY AFTER ITS
RETURN. IT STATED THAT COPIES OF THIS REPORT WILL
ALSO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO ITS HOSTS IN CHINA AND
TO AMBASSADORS HUANG CHEN AND HAN HSU OF THE LIAISON
OFFICE OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN WASHINGTON
AND AMBASSADOR HUANG HUA, CHINA'S PERMANENT REPRESENTA-
TIVE TO THE UN. IN THIS REPORT, BASED UPON ITS
DIRECT OBSERVATIONS, THE DELEGATION PROPOSES
TO ENDEAVOR TO CORRECT MISCONCEPTIONS HELD IN THE
U.S. ABOUT THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, AND IT
SINCERELY HOPES SIMILAR EFFORTS MAY BE MADE ON THE
CHINESE SIDE ABOUT MISCONCEPTIONS REGARDING THE U.S.
HELD IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
THE MEMBERS OF THE DELEGATION THROUGHOUT THE
VISIT NOTED FREQUENT REFERENCES TO THE FRIENDSHIP
OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF
FUND
CHINA. THEY CONSIDERED THESE REFERENCES A SIGNIFICANT
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U.S. -CHINA RELATIONS. THEY EXPRESSED THE HOPE
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THE SHANGHAI COMMUNIQUE -- WOULD CONTINUE TO DEEPEN
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AND TO ANIMATE BOTH PEOPLES AND BOTH COUNTRIES IN
THE YEARS AHEAD, AND EXPRESSED THEIR GREAT APPRECIATION
FOR THE GENEROUS RECEPTION GIVEN THE DELEGATION
THROUGHOUT ITS ENTIRE STAY IN THE PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC OF CHINA. END TEXT DEPARTURE COMMUNIQUE.
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State Dept Review
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STATE DEPT, GUIDELINES TO 9/23/02
TAGS: EAID, JA, EG
BY
HR NARA, DATE 1/27/03
SUBJ: EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO EGYPT
REFS: A) TOKYO 11157; B) TOKYO 10947
SUMMARY: FONOFF REP SAYS FINANCE MINISTRY IS STUDYING POSSIBILITY
OF ADDITIONAL 50 MILLION DOLLARS SOFT EMERGENCY AID TO EGYPT BUT
OHIRA IS NEGATIVE TOWARDS IDEA. AS FALL BACK, FONOFF IS STUDYING
POSSIBILITY OF LESS CONCESSIONAL 50 MILLION DOLLAR LOAN FROM JAPAN
EXIM BANK. HOWEVER, CHANCES OF FAVORABLE GOJ ACTION WOULD BE ENH-
ANCED BY A) DIRECT REQUEST BY EGYPT TO JAPAN FOR ADDITIONAL 50 MIL-
LION DOLLARS EMERGENCY AID, B) ADDITIONAL INFO ON ACTION FRG WILL
TAKE RE EMERGENCY AID, AND C) ADDITIONAL INFO ON STATUS OF THAT
PORTION OF USG AID WHICH WILL REQUIRE CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL. EMB-
ASSY SUGGESTS DEPT ENCOURAGE GOE TO MAKE DIRECT REQUEST TO GOJ; AND
REQUESTS ANY ADDITIONAL INFO ON FRG AND USG CONTRIBUTIONS. END
SUMMARY.
1. IN RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR BRIEFING RE CURRENT STATUS GOJ EF-
FORTS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY AID TO EGYPT OVER AND ABOVE
EQUIVALENT 50 MILLION DOLLARS COMMODITY AID RECENTLY PLEDGED (REF
B) # FONOFF REP ON AUGUST 19 TOLD EMBOFF QTE IN STRICTEST CONFI-
DENCE UNQTE AND ON CONDITION HE NOT BE QUOTED THAT ON AUGUST 15
PM MIKI HAD PERSONALLY REQUESTED FINANCE MINISTER DHIRA TO RECON-
SIDER HOW JAPAN MIGHT PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL 50 MILLION DOLLARS
COMMODITY AID FROM OVERSEAS ECONOMIC COOPERATION FUND AT SAME SOFT
TERMS AS INITIAL PLEDGE (I.E. 3.5 PERCENT). OHIRA RESPONDED QTE
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUNE TRENAUHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE
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VERY NEGATIVELY UNQTE TO THIS REQUEST, CITING FOLLOWING THREE REA-
SONS:
A) ON AUGUST 3 GOJ INFORMED GOE FOREIGN VICE MINISTER IN CAIRO
THAT GOJ WOULD PROVIDE 50 MILLION DOLLARS EMERGENCY NON-PROJECT
AID AS WELL AS THE EARLIER PLEDGED 50 MILLION DOLLARS PROJECT
AID: SINCE THEN, GOJ HAS RECEIVED NO REACTION OR RESPONSE FROM THE
GOE. AS GOE HAS NOT RESPONDED NOR DIRECTLY REQUESTED GOJ TO PRO-
VIDE THE ADDITIONAL 50 MILLION DOLLARS EMERGENCY AID, HOW CAN GOJ
BE SURE WHAT GOE'S ATTITUDE IS? (EMBOFF NOTED IN RESPONSE THAT
GOE HAS MADE CLEAR TO USG ITS EXPECTATION THAT AT LEAST 100 MIL-
LION DOLLARS IN EMERGENCY AID WILL BE FORTHCOMING FROM GOJ, BUT
FONOFF REP REPLIED THAT ABSENCE OF ANY DIRECT GUE REQUEST TO GOJ
PUTS FONOFF IN VERY WEAK POSITION IN DEALING WITH OTHER MINIST-
RIES, ESPECIALLY FINANCE).
B) GOJ IS STILL UNCLEAR CONCERNING FINAL ATTITUDE OF FRG RE EMER-
GENCY AID, HAVING RECEIVED NO RECENT INFO ABOUT FRG EITHER DIRECTLY
OR FROM USG.
IN LIGHT OF THE ABOVE NOTED UNCERTAINTIES, SAID OHIRA, THERE
IS NO NEED FOR GOJ TO HURRY DECISION RE POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL EMER-
GENCY AID. FURTHERMORE,
C) VERY TIGHT GOJ BUDGET THIS FY PRECLUDES ADDITIONAL GOJ EMER-
GENCY AID.
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2. UPON HEARING OHIRA'S REMARKS, PM MIKI AGAIN REQUESTED HIM TO CON-
SIDER HOW ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY AID COULD BE PROVIDED, AND OHIRA
SAID HE WOULD STUDY MATTER FURTHER.
3. IN MEANTIME, FONOFF IS PREPARING A FALL BACK POSITION PAPER FOR
CIRCULATION TO OTHER MINISTRIES PROPOSING ADDITIONAL 50 MILLION DOL-
LAR LOAN TO EGYPT FROM JAPAN'S EXIM BANK ON LESS CONCESSIONAL TERMS,
PERHPAS CLOSE TO 25 PERCENT GRANT ELEMENT. FUNOFF HAS ALREADY BEEN
IN TOUCH INFORMALLY WITH EXIM AND EXIM HAS NOT FLATLY REJECTED PRO-
POSAL, SO FUNOFF FEELS POSSIBILITY OF EXIM LOAN IS WORHT EXPLORING.
HOWEVER, IN PURSUING THIS POSSIBILITY AS WELL AS POSSIBILITY OF
ADDITIONAL OECF LOAN, ADDITIONAL INFO ON FRG INTENTIONS, AS WELL
AS STATUS OF THAT PORTION OF USG EMERGENCY AID WHICH WILL REQUIRE
CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL, IS NEEDED. (EMBOFF IN RESPONSE UNDERTOOK
TO SOLICIT SUCH INFO ON URGENT BASIS.
4. EMBASSY COMMENT. FONOFF SOURCE STRESSED EXTREME SENSITIVITY OF
INFO REGARDING PRIVATE MIKI-OHIRA CONVERSATION (PARA 1 AND 2 ABOVE)
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AND THAT THIS INFO SHOULD NOT FIND ITS WAY TO NON-USG PARTIES, IN
PARTICULAR TO GOJ EMBASSY CAIRO. ANY APPROACH MADE IN CAIRO SHOULD
AVOID REFERENCES TO MIKI-OHIRA TALKS. HOWEVER, DEPARTMENT MAY
WISH TO INFORM GOE THAT DIRECT GOE REQUEST TO GOJ FOR ADDITIONAL
AID COULD EXERT POSITIVE INFLUENCE ON GOJ DECISION RE THAT MATTER,
AND ENCOURAGE GOE TO MAKE SUCH A REQUEST. END COMMENT.
5. ACTION REQUESTED: DEPT PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFO RE A) FRG
INTENTIONS AND B) STATUS OF PORTION OF USG ASSISTANCE REQUIRING
CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL WHICH WE COULD PASS ON TO FONOFF.
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REFS: A) TOKYO 113121 B) STATE 197043
SUMMARY: AS INSTRUCTED, DCM DISCUSSED JRA PROBLEM WITH DEP FONMIN
ARITA. ARITA CATALOGUED DIFFICULTIES AND CONTRADICTIONS IN SITU-
ATION CONFRONTING GOJ DURING KL INCIDENT AND URGED CONCERTED EFFORT
WITH LIBYAN GOVERNMENT. END SUMMARY.
1. DCM OBTAINED URGENT MEETING EVENING AUGUST 20 WITH DEP FONMIN
ARITA TO MAKE REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING JRA, AFTER EXPRESSING
APPRECIATION FOR GOJ'S HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS AND RELIEF THAT
HOSTAGES WERE FINALLY SAFE, DCM MADE POINTS IN PARA 3, REF B,
STRONGLY ADVOCATING EFFORTS BY ALL GOVERNMENTS DIRECTLY CONCERNED
TO BRING TEN TERRORISTS TO TRIAL AND PUNISHMENT. HE COMMENTED
THAT SINCE LARG DID NOT SEEM TO HAVE MADE FINAL DECISION REGARDING
DISPOSITION OF TERRORISTS, CONCERTED EFFORTS AND LARG MIGHT SUC-
CEED IN DENYING FREEDOM TO TERRORISTS. DCM NOTED WITH SATISFACTION
PM MIKI'S INTEREST, AS EXPRESSED TO US CONGRESSMEN, IN CALLING AN
INTERGATIONAL CONVENTION TO DENY FUTURE SAFEHAVEN TO TERRORISTS.
2. ARITA RESPONDED FORCEFULLY WITH EXPLANATION OF GOJ
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FROM JAPAN WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR GOJ, FACT THAT MALAYSIAN
NOT JAPANESE POLICE CONTROLLED SITUATION GREATLY INFLUENCED
GOJ DECISION. FURTHERMORE, GOM SOUGHT GOJ ACTION AND
INSISTED THAT GOJ ACT QUICKLY. CRITICISM OF GOJ HAS STEMMED
FROM CONTRADICTORY NATURE OF SITUATION, DECISIONS WERE MADE
OUT OF RESPECT FOR HUMAN LIVES, AT SAME TIME, GOJ SEEKS
ERADICATION OF TERRORISM--WHETHER TERRORISM WHETHER PERPETRATED BY JRA, ARAB
TERRORISTS, OR IRSH REPUBLICAN ARMY. GOJ HAS SUPPORTED
EFFORTS AT UN TO CONTROL TERRORISM BUT THERE IS STILL NO
CONCLUSIVE CONCERTED EFFORT AGREED TO BY WORLD COMMUNITY. IN
THIS CASE, JOINT ACTION BY us, GOM, GOS, LARG, AND GOJ ARE
REQUIRED AND GOJ HOPES US WILL TAKE LEAD IN EXERTING PRESSURE
ON LARG,
3, ARITA POINTED OUT THAT USG AND GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL
MAINTAIN A FIRM POLICY OF NO COMPROMISE WHATSOEVER WITH
TERRORISTS. THIS POLICY IS IN MANY WAYS EASIER THAN THAT
PURSUED IN KL BY GOJ. IN THAT CASE, GOJ WAS DEALING WITH
EXPIR
GOM WHICH ADOPTED ATTITUDE VERY DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF USG.
FOR EXAMPLE, GOM AGREED WITH TERRORISTS! DEMANDS THAT JAL
PLANE LEAVE KL WITHOUT DESTINATION. TERRORISTS WERE WELL
AWARE THAT INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE IS CHANGING AND COUNTRIES
ARE UNWILLING TO ACCEPT THEM. WHEN PERMISSION TO LAND WAS
DOUBTFUL, THEY STILL INSISTED ON DEPARTURE WITH EXPLOSIVES so
THAT THEY COULD FORCE A LANDING WITH THEIR BOMBS, IF NECESSARY,
AS USG KNOWS, IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND DESTINATION OR
EVEN TO OBTAIN OVERLFIGHT PERMISSION, IRAN, FOR EXAMPLE,
THREATENED TO SEND UP FIGHERS AND SHOOT THE PLANE DOWN IF IT
OVERFLEW IRANIAN TERRITORY. AT SAME TIME, USG POSITION
REMAINED VERY FIRM AND USG REFUSED TO HELP FIND A DESTINATION
OR TO HELP OBTAIN PERMISSION FOR OVERFLIGHT. USG POSITION
WAS LOGICAL FROM BEGINNING TO END. BUT IF GOJ DID SAME, ARITA
SAID, US CONSUL MIGHT BE DEAD.
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ANY CRITICISM OF GOJ ACTIONS IN FACILITATING THE RELEASE OF
THE HOSTAGES IN KL. HE EMPHASIZED, HOWEVER, THAT NEITHER GOJ
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WILL BE UNDERCUT. HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT IF LARG CAN BE
PERSUADED TO INSURE THAT THESE TERRORISTS RECEIVE THE PUNISHMENT
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THEY DESERVE, THEN ONE MORE GAP IN THE TERRORISTS ESCAPE
ROUTE MIGHT BE CLOSED. DCM THEN NOTED JAPANESE PRESS REPORTS
THAT LIBYAN AMBASSADOR TO JAPAN BUKRES HAS SAID THAT LARG WOULD
STUDY SERIOUSLY ANY REQUEST BY GOJ FOR RETURN OF THE TEN
TERRORISTS. HE SUGGESTED THAT THERE REMAINS AT LEAST A
POSSIBILITY THAT LEADERS OF LIBYAN GOVERNMENT ARE SENSITIVE
TO INTERNATIONAL OPINION IN SUPPORT OF ELIMINATING THREAT OF
TERRORISM AND THAT THIS POSSIBILITY SHOULD NOT GO UNEXPLORED.
ACKNOWLEDGING THE PRACTICAL AND LOGICAL PROBLEMS CONFRONTING
GOJ IN CONSIDERING AN APPROACH TO LIBYA, DCM URGED THAT GOJ
CAN REASONABLY MAKE DISTINCTION BETWEEN HUMANITARIAN NATURE
OR GOJ AND LARG ACTIONS DURING THE CRISIS IN KL, BUT ARGUE THAT
PHASE HAS PASSED AND THAT STEPS NOW SHOULD BE TAKEN TO DENY
FREEDOWM TO THESE TERRORISTS.
5, ARITA RESPONDED THAT PRESS REPORTS OF AMB BUKRES!
POSITION DO NOT FULLY CONVEY SITUATION, BUKRES IS PERSONALLY
UDNER GREAT PRESSURE, HE HAS RECEIVED MANY THREATENING PHONE
CALLS AND LETTERS FROM JAPANESE CRITICIZING ACCEPTANCE BY
LIBYA OF THE TERRORISTS AND INSISTING THEY BE RETURNED TO JAPAN.
FONOFF ME BUREAU DIRGEN NAKAMURA MET INFORMALLY WITH AMB
BUKRES AUG 19 TO DISCUSS PRESS REPORTS AND INQUIRED INFORMALLLY
ABOUT ARRANGING RETURN OF TERRORISTS TO JAPAN OR AT LEAST
KEEPING THEM INCARCERATED IN LIBYA FOR SOME TIME. AMB BUKRES
SAID IF HE WERE OFFICIALLY APPROACHED HE WOULD TRANSMIT REQUEST
TO TRIPOLI. GOJ HAS NOT YET ASKED BUKRES TO DO SO, WHEN
DCM ASKED IF SUCH REQUEST POSES SPECIAL PROBLEMS FOR GOJ,
ARITA EXPLAINED DILEMMA AS FOLLOWS: GOJ HAD URGENTLY SOUGHT
LARG'S AGREEMENT TO ACCEPT TERRORISTS. ALTHOUGH GOJ AGREED
TO NO CONDITIONS THERE IS LITTLE BASIS, EXCEPT FOR INTERNATIONAL
OPINION, TO ASK FOR THEIR RETURN TO JAPAN NOW. GOJ IS NOT
HESITANT ABOUT MAKING REPRESENTATIONS BUT DOES NOT WANT TO
OFFEND LIBYA. ARITA REPEATED THAT CONCERTED INTERNATIONAL
EFFORT IS REQUIRED. AGAIN HE STRESSED NECESSITY FOR US,
MALAYSIA AND SWEDEN ALSO TO PRESSURE LIBYA. NONETHELESS,
ARITA INDICATED THAT QUESTION OF APPROACH TO LIBYA UNDER
ACTIVE CONSIDERATION WITHIN FOREIGN OFFICE, AND HE STATED
THAT AT LEAST GOJ MIGHT CONVEY FORMAL REQUEST THROUGH
AMBASSADOR BUKRES THAT TERRORISTS BE DETAINED OR RETURNED TO
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6, ARITA INSTRUCTED DIRECTOR CONSULAR DIVISION
TAKASE (CONSULAR DIVISION HANDLES TERRORISM CASES), WHO
ATTENDED MEETING, TO PREPARE FULL REPORT OF CONVERSATION FOR
FONMIN MIYAZAWA.
7. DURING COURSE OF THIS CONVERSATION, ARITA SEVERAL TIMES
INDICATED THAT AT LEAST HE PERSONALLY HAS SERIOUS DOUBTS
WHETHER GOJ SHOULD AGAIN BECOME INVOLVED IN OBTAINING THE
RELEASE OF HOSTAGES HELD BY RED ARMY TERRORISTS. HE REPEATEDLY
REFERRED TO THE "CONTRADICTIONS" IN WHICH SUCH ACTION PLACED
JAPAN AND AT ONE POINT SAID THAT SHOULD SUCH A SITUATION ARISE
AGAIN PERHAPS IT WOULD BE BEST FOR JAPAN TO REFUSE ANY
DEALINGS WITH THE TERRORISTS WITHOUT REGARD TO THE STATUS OR
NATIONALITY OF THE HOSTAGES THEY ARE HOLDING. "THAT", HE
INSISTED, "WOULD AT LEAST BE THE EASIEST AND MOST CONSISTENT
COURSE TO FOLLOW."
8. COMMENT: ARITA WAS UNCHARACTERISTICALLY DEFENSIVE AND
PERHAPS SOMEWHAT IRRITATED BY OUR APPROACH. GOJ BELIEVES THAT
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DESPITE ITS ABHORRANCE OF TERRORISTS IT ACTED FOR
HUMANITARIAN REASONS TO SAVE LIVES, PARTICULARLY AMERICAN ONES,
AND UNDER DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES IN ANOTHER COUNTRY, MALAYSIA;
IN WHICH THEY EXERCISED LITTLE CONTROL OVER DEVELOPMENTS.
PERHAPS BECAUSE OF JAPANESE SENSITIVITIES TO CONTRADICTIONS
IN SITUATION, ARITA SEEMED TO INTERPRET OUR DEMARCHE, AT
LEAST INITIALLY, AS IMPLYING CRITICISM OF GOJ HANDLING OF
RECENT INCIDENT. WE HOPE THIS MISIMPRESSION WAS CORRECTED.
WE BELIEVE, HOWEVER, GOJ WILL GIVE SERIOUS CONSIDERATION TO
OUR VIEWS AND WILL PROBABLY MAKE SAME APPROACH TO LARG
URGING TERRORISTS NOT BE PERMITTED TO GO FREE. GOJ, HOWEVER,
OBVOUSLY FEELS BRUSED BY KL INCIDENT AND PROBABLY FEELS
THAT PRIMARY EFFORT TO INSURE TRIAL AND PUNISHMENT OF THESE
TERRORISTS CAN BEST BE MADE AND SHOULD BE MADE BY USG.
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1. EMBASSY PROPOSES FOLLOWING SCHEDULE FOR AMBASSADOR
JOHSON'S TOKYO BRIEFING ON SEPT 22:
0930 ATTEND EMBASSY STAFF MEETING
1230 INFORMAL LUNCH WITH AMBASSADOR AND KEY OFFICIALS OF
FOREIGN OFFICE AND JAPAN DEFENSE AGENCY (JDA)
1430 SALT BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION FOR JDA VICE MINISTER KUBO
AND SENIOR JDA STAFF
1550 FOREIGN OFFICE BRIEFING. ATTENDEES WILL INCLUDE
VICE MINISTER SATO (IN ABSENCE OF FOREIGN MINISTER),
FORMER VICE MINISTER TOGO AND STAFF.
2. RE PROPOSED JDA BRIEFING. FONOFF HAS RECOMMENDED
THIS BRIEFING AND WE UNDERSTAND KUBO IS EAGER. AS
DEPARTMENT AWARE KUBO HAS EMERGED OVER THE LAST FEW
YEARS AS THE BEST DEFENSE THINKER AT THE POLICY LEVEL
AT JDA AND HE HAS BEEN CLOSELY IDENTIFIED WITH
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BROAD SECURITY INTERESTS. EMBASSY BELIEVES JDA
BRIEFING WOULD BE VERY USEFUL. IN VIEW OF LATE DATE
EMBASSY HAS GONE AHEAD WITH TENTATIVE ARRANGEMENTS
BUT WILL HAVE NO TROUBLE CANCELLING IF AMBASSADOR
JOHNSON WOULD PREFER NOT TO MEET WITH JDA OFFICIALS.
3. FONOFF HAS ASKED WHETHER DEPT ANTICIPATES PRIOR
ANNOUNCEMENT OF VISIT. PLEASE ADVISE. NO ANNOUNCEMENT
PLANNED HERE. BRIEFINGS WILL ATTRACT NOTICE AND WE
WILL BE DISCUSSING PRESS GUIDANCE WITH FONOFF AND
WITH AMBASSADOR JOHNSON AFTER HIS ARRIVAL.
4. EMBASSY POL MIL OFFICER HOWARD MCELROY IS CONTROL
OFFICER.
5. REQUEST APPROVAL AND OR COMMENTS SOONEST RE PROPOSED SCHEDULE.
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REF: A) STATE 2368881 B) USUN 47181 C) STATE 233134
1. SUMMARY. PER REF A, CHARGE URGED MOFA LOBBY STRONGLY,
ESPECIALLY ASEAN STATES (STARTING WITH THAI FONMIN
CHATCHAI) FOR VOTE AGAINST HOSTILE KOREA RESOLUTION
AND SEEK HEAD OFF "COMPROMISE" ASEAN DRAFT WHICH NOT
AT ALL HELPFUL TO OUR SIDE. UN BUREAU DIRGEN
WAS SYMPATHETIC BUT NON-COMMITTAL. HE NOTED JAPANESE
BELIEVED ASEAN DRAFT MUST NOT ON ANY ACCOUNT BE SURFACED
NOW, BUT IT IS "WELL-INTENTIONED" AND CONCEIVABLY
"COULD BE USEFUL." OKAWA APPRECIATED RECEIVING VIEWS
PRIOR TO FONMIN'S MEETING WITH CHATCHAI. CHARGE AND
TKAWA COMPARED NOTES ON ASEAN STATES', BURMESE AND SRI
LANKA POSITIONS. END SUMMARY.
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CHATCHAI. AS INSTRUCTED REF A, HE SOUGHT TO IMPRESS
ON JAPANESE (1) CONFUSION PROPOSED ASEAN RESOLUTION
WOULD ENGENDER, (2) NEED FOR VIGOROUS GOJ EFFORTS TO
SWING VOTES AGAINST ALGERIAN RESOLUTION, AND (3) OUR
BELIEF THAT JAPANESE PARTICULARLY ABLE TO LOBBY STRONGLY
THE ASEAN STATES. CHARGE ASKED THAT FONOFF MAKE SPECIAL
EFFORT TO PERSUADE CHATCHAI THAT THAILAND SHOULD
VOTE AGAINST HOSTILE RESOLUTION. OKAWA LISTENED
SYMPATHETICALLY BUT MADE NO PROMISES.
3. OKAWA SAID THAT JAPANESE HAVE RECEIVED FROM
INDONESIAN PERMREP SANI TEXT OF ASEAN DRAFT IDENTICAL
TO THAT REPORTED BY USUN (REF B). SANI GAVE ORAL
ASSURANCES THAT ASEAN STATES HAVE NO INTENTION THAT
REFERENCE TO "FORCES UNDER UN FLAG" SHOULD
REFER TO THOSE IN SOUTH KOREA UNDER BILATERAL AGREEMENT,
AND THAT "ALL PARTIES CONCURNED" INCLUDES ROK. OKAWA
SAID HE FULLY APPRECIATED OUR SUBSTANTIVE OBJECTIONS TO
ASEAN DRAFT CWHICH CHARGE DREW FROM PARAS 2 AND 3 OF
REF B), HE COMMENTED THAT CALL IN ASEAN DRAFT FOR
IMMEDIATE REDUCTION OF ARMAMENTS AND ARMED FORCES
"GOES TOO FAR." HE ALSO AGREED COMPLETELY WITH
CHARGE THAT IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT ASEAN NOT TAKE ANY
INITIATIVE WITHOUT FULL CONSULTATION WITH CORE
CO-SPONSORS OF FRIENDLY RESOLUTION. ITS CIRCULATION
NOW WOULD UNDERCUT FRENCH EFFORTS TO WIN
SUPPORT FOR THEIR AMENDMENTS. HOWEVER, SAID OKAWA,
BEARING IN MIND INDONESIAN ASSURANCES, HE THOUGHT
ASEAN TEXT "COULD BE USEFUL." THE ASEAN DRAFT IS
WILL-INTENTIONED, OKAWA SAID, MOTIVATED BY THEIR CONCERN
THAT THE FRIENDLY RESOLUTION (AS INTRODUCED) WOULD
FALL. WE OUGHT NOT SEEK TO "NIP IT IN THE BUD, II BUT
RATHER TO "KEEP IT UNDER WRAPS."
4. JAPANESE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY SANI AND BY THAI
CHIEF DELEGATE THAT ASEAN IS INTENT ON PRODUCING A TEXT
ACCEPTABLE TO BOTH ROK AND DPRK. ON BASIS OF SOUNDING OF
DPRK, ALGERIANS, ETC, ASEAN PLANS TO DECIDE WHETHER TO
LAUNCH DRAFT AS AMENDMENT TO HOSTILE RESOLUTION OR AS NEW
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EARLIER ASEAN DRAFT, BUT DROPPED UPON ITS FLAT REJECTION
BY NORTH KOREANS.
5. CHARGE AND OKAWA COMPARED NOTES ON POSITION OF
ASEAN STATES, BURMA AND SRI LANKA. THE BURMESE DECISION
WHETHER TO ABSTAIN ON OR VOTE FOR HOSTILE
RESOLUTION, OKAWA BELIEVES, SEEMS TO HANG ON HOW NE
WIN IS RECEIVED IN PEKING. THE MALAYSIANS ARE
HOPING FOR A COMPROMISE TEXT: IF NONE EMERGES, THEY WILL
PROBABLY ABSTAIN. OKAWA BELIEVES THE us HAS BEEN TOO
SANGUINE ABOUT THE FILLIPINOS AND THAI THE
FILIPINOS, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE ANXIOUS TO WIN ADMISSION
TO THE NON-ALIGNED GROUP.
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TOLD EMBOFF BY TELEPHONE THAT CHATCHAI MADE FOLLOWING
POINTS IN CONVERSATION WITH MIYAZAWA:
A. THE THAI GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS AND WILL
VOTE FOR FRIENDLY RESOLUTION ON KOREA, BUT WILL NOT CO-
SPONSOR IT;
B. THE BASIC AIR OF THE THAI GOVERNMENT IS TO
PROMOTE DIALOGUE. TO THIS END, AND TO AVOID CONFRONTA-
TION, HE HAS INSTRUCTED THAI AMBASSADOR TO UN TO CONSULT
OTHER ASEAN AMBASSADORS, WORK OUT A DRAFT COMBINING ELEMENTS
OF BOTH RESOLUTIONS AND THEN TO SOUND OUT "CERTAIN COUNTRIES"
ON IT. IF REACTION IS FAVORABLE, THAI AMBASSADOR IS TO
TABLE RESOLUTION, BUT IT SHOULD NOT BE SURFACED WITHOUT
THE CONCURRENCE "OF THE COUNTRIES CONCERNED." THE THAI
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ANY SOUTHEAST ASIAN STATES VOTE AGAINST THE HOSTILE DRAFT.
THE JAPANESE ARE RESOLVED TO CONTINUE HARD WORK FOR THE
FRIENDLY RESOLUTION AT OUR SIDE WORLD-WIDE, WITH
SPECIAL EMPHASIS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. THEY DO NOT
SEEM PREPARED TO MAKE AN ALL-OUT EFFORT AGAINST THE
HOSTILE ONE. THEY ARE CLEARLY MORE
PESSIMISTIC THAN WE. KOBAYASHI TOLD EMBOFF
OCT 3 THAT FONOFF POLL OF POSTS REVEALED ONLY 42 SURE
OR ALMOST-SURE SURE VOTES FOR THE FRIENDLY RESOLUTION,
PLUS A LARGE GROUP WHICH MAY RESPOND TO THE FRENCH
AMENDMENTS OR OTHER MOVES OUR SIDE MAY MAKE, BUT FOR
THE MOMENT ARE "AMBIGUOUS."
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TO TOKYO, JAPANESE OFFICIALS WERE AMAZED TO DISCOVER
DEGREE OF "TILT" TOWARD CHINA SHOWN IN CHATCHAT'S
DISCUSSION OF THE ASIAN SCENE.
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PRODUCTS BY JAPAN AND MADE A GENERALIZED PLEA FOR
JAPANESE INVESTMENT IN SEVERAL THAI PROJECTS. END SUMMARY.
EXPE
1. FONOFF FIRST SE ASIA ACTING DIVDIR TSUKADA BRIEFED US ON TALKS AS
FOLLOWS:
INDOCHINA. CHATCHAI TOLD MIKI AND MIYAZAWA THAT
WITH EXCEPTION OF CAMBODIA REMAINER OF INDOCHINA IS
UNDER DRV AND SOVIET INFLUENCE. PRESENCE OF 35,000
NVN TROOPS IN LAOS AND 1,500 SOVIET ADVISORS CREATE
SITUATION WHICH IS "VERY DANGEROUS" FOR THAILAND,
WHO HOPED FOR BUFFER STATES IN LAOS AND CAMBODIA.
TSUKADA SAID CHATCHAI MADE CLEAR HANDI IS MAJOR THREAT
BUT THAI FONMIN DID NOT SPECIFY WHETHER THREAT WAS
DIRECT MILITARY ACTION BY HANOI OR SUPPORT FOR
INSURGENCY. TO COUNTER THIS AND RESTORE SOME BALANCE
TO POWER CONFIGURATION IN SE ASIA, THAILAND SOUGHT
CLOSE RELATIONS WITH CHINA.
2. AS FOR FUTURE THAI-DRV RELATIONS, CHATCHAI SAID
THAT DIFFERENCES WITH HANDI HAVE BEEN NARROWED TO
QUESTION OF RETURN OF PLANES AND OTHER MILITARY
EQUIPMENT "STOLEN" FROM VIFTNAMS AT END OF
VIFTNAM WAR. DESPITE EMPHASIS ON RETURN OF MILITARY
EQUIPMENT, CHATCHAI ALSO MENTIONED (BUT DID NOT
EMPHASIZE) THAT HANOI DEMANDED CLOSURE OF US BASES IN
THAILAND. NO DATES HS BEEN FIXED, BUT CHATCHAI SAID WE
EXPECTED TO GO TO HANOI "SOON" TO DISCUSS AGAIN
NORMALIZATION OF HANOI-BANGKOK RELATIONS.
3. BY IMPLICATION, CHATCHAI LINKED PRC, CAMBODIA,
AND THAILAND IN QUAST ALLIANCE. TSUKADA EXPRESSED VIEWS THAT CHINESE
SEEM TO HAVE ENOURAGES CAMBODIANS TO NORMALIZE TIES
WITH BANGKOK. MOFA OFFICIAL WHO ACCOMPANTED
CHATCHAI TOLD TSUKADA THAT CAMBODIAN DEP PREMIER TENG
SARY WILL VISIT BANGKOK LATER THIS MONTH TO
DISCUSS NORMALIZATION OF CAMBODIAN-THAI RELATIONS.
FORD
1. THAILAND-PRC. ADDING DETAIL TO THE SAGA OF
KUKRIT'S VISIT TO PEKING, CHATCHAI TOLD JAPANESE WHEN
PREPARATORY TEAM HEADED BY AMB ANAND VISITED PEKING
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IN JUNE TO MAKE ADVANCE ARRANGMENTS FOR PM KUKRIT'S
LATER VISIT, CHAINESE ACCEPTED ALL THAI PROPOSALS.
BECAUSE CHINESE WERE so ACCOMODATING, AND WAS
EXPIS
ABLE TO LEAVE IN ONLY TWO DAYS AND THE DATE OF THE
KUKRIT TRP WAS ADVANCED EIGHT DAYS. ACCORDING TO
TSUKADA, CHATCHAI ALSO TOOK GREAT DELIGHT IN
REVEALINGTO MIKI AND MIYAZAWA HIS REMARKS, TO CHINESE
AS HE REMEMBERED THEM, REGARDING THAT TERRITORIAL
RIGHTS TO CHINA'S YUNAN PROVINCE.
DURING STOPOVER IN KUN MING, YUNAN'S CAPITAL,
CHATCHAI EXPLAINED TO CHINESE THAT SINCE THAIS HAD
ORIGINATED IN YUNNAN'S WOULD HAVE TO CONSIDER
QUESTIION OF HOW TO "LIBERATE" THIS LOST THAI TERRITORY.
5. THAILAND-US. CHATCHAI TOLD THE JAPANESE THAT THAIS
AND AMERICANS HAD BEEN "TOO GOOD FRIENDS" AND AS GOOD
FRIENDS OCCASIONALLY DO, AMERICANS SOMETIMES FORGOT
"COURTESIES IN DEALING WITH THEIR THAI FRIENDS. " ONE
SUCH LAPSE WAS MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT, CHATCHAI SAID, WHEN
AMERICANS FAILED TO INFORM GOT WHAT THEY WERE DOING.
WITH FOREKNOWLEDGE THAT US EMBASSY WOULD BE MOBBED AND.
EXPIN EXEM
SACKED, GOT ISSUED ITS "STERN PROTEST" OVER US ACTION TO TRY VERY
DELIBERATELY (AND SUCCESSFULLY) TO ABORT THE MOB ACTION.
CHATCHAI WAS APPARENTLY VERY PROUD HE HAD SUCCEEDED.
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6. CHATCHAI MADE CLEAR BOTH PUBLICLY AND PRIVATELY THAT THAILAND AND
THE US SHOULD REMAIN GOOD FRIENDS. HE TOLD MIYAZAWA THAT GOT DIS-
TINGUISHED BETWEEN TWO KINDS OF US MILITARY PRESENCE IN THAILAND:
A) COMBAT STRIKE FORCES WERE STATIONED IN THAILAND IN CONNECTION
WITH INDOCHINA WARI THESE MUST BE REMOVED BY MARCH 1976 DEADLINE.
B) us MILITARY WHICH WERE RELATED TO US MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO
THAILAND, WHICH IS STILL SORELY NEEDED, WOULD REMAIN, ASSUMING,
OF COURSE, THAT US CONTINUED MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO THAIS. TO MAKE
CERTAIN THAT HE UNDERSTOOD THIS POINT CLEARLY, MIYAZAWA SUMMARIZED
CHATCHAI'S REMARKS USING, AT ONE POINT, THE FOLLOIWNG PHRASEOLOGY:
"US MILITARY WHICH WERE INVOLVED IN TRAINING THAIS ON US MILITARY
EXPIS
BASES IN USE OF US EQUIPMENT WOULD BE PERMITTED TO REMAIN AFTER
MARCH DEADLINE." CHATCHAI CONFIRMED THIS INTERPRETATION,
7. THAI MILITARY CONTINGENT ASSIGNED TO UN COMMAND IN JAPAN WAS
NOT MENTIONED BY JAPANESE OR CHATCHAI.
8. BEGIN UNDERLINE: THAILAND-JAPAN. END UNDERLINE
TSUKADA SAID THAT BILATERAL ECONOMIC MATTERS OCCUPIED ONLY
VERY SMALL PORTION OF CHATCHAI TALKS WITH MIKI AND MIYAZAWA. IN
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GENERAL TERMS CHATCHAI REQUESTED CONTINUED JAPANESE COOPERATION
AND PRIVATE INVESTMENT AS A NECESSARY JAPANESE CONTRIBUTION TO PEACE
AND STABILITY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, AND INCREASED JAPANESE IMPORTS OF
THAI GOODS.
9. AT LATER PRESS CONFERENCE, CHATCHAI REPORTEDLY PLACED MORE EMP-
HASIS ON ECONOMIC SUBJECTS, STATING
-- A) PRIMARY PURPOSE OF HIS VISIT TO JAPAN WAS TO REQUEST GOJ
TO INCREASE JAPANESE PURCHASES OF THAI GOODS, AND THAT HE HAD EM-
PHASIZED THIS POINT TO BOTH MIKI AND MIYAZAWA;
-- B) JAPANESE AND THAI WORKING TOGETHER CAN SOLVE PROBLEMS CON-
FRONTING JAPANESE ENTERPRISES IN THAILAND, AND THAILAND CONTINUES
TO WELCOME JAPANESE PRIVATE INVESTMENT, WHICH CAN CONTRIBUTE MUCH
TO THAILAND'S DEVELOPMENT. IN THIS REGARD, THAILAND IS EASING RE-
STRICTIONS UNDER ITS IMMIGRATION LAW. CON THIS POINT, TSUKADA TOLD
EMBOFFS JAPANESE BUSINESSMEN AND MINISTRY OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE
AND INDUSTRY REMAIN VERY CAUTIOUS RE INVESTING IN THAILAND BECAUSE
OF AMBIGUOUS RTG ACTIONS AND POLICIES RE INVESTMENT.)
-- C) ASEAN SUMMIT CONFERENCE WILL BE PRECEDED BY TWO OR THREE
WORKING LEVEL CONFERENCES AS WELL AS ONE MINISTERIAL LEVEL MEETING.
SUMMIT MEETING WILL PROBABLY CONCERN ITSELF MAINLY WITH REGIONAL
ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND STUDY OF AN ASEAN FREE TRADE ZONE OR COM-
MON MARKET:
-- D) ANOTHER PURPOSE OF TRIP TO JAPAN WAS TO CONVERY TO JAP-
ANESE INDUSTRY THAILAND'S HOPE THAT JAPAN WOULD COOPERATE IN CON-
STRUCTING LARGE SCALE STEEL MILL SOMEWHERE IN ASEAN REGION.
10. OVERALL, DESPITE ALARMS EXPRESSED OVER THE THREAT FROM HANOI
AND MOSCOW, TSUKADA DESCRIBED CHATCHAI AS CONFIDENT, EVIDENCING NO
SERIOUS CONCERN OVER THAILAND'S FUTURE. HE WAS VOLUBLE AND PERHAPS
UNREALISTIC IN HIS EVALUATION OF PROSPECTS IN SE ASIA, MORE THAN
ONE FONOFF OFFICIAL WONDERED TO US IF CHATCHAI IS PART CHINESE.
FONOFF, NEVERTHELESS, REGARDS TALKS AS VERY SATISFACTORY AND RE-
VEALING ABOUT THAI POSITIONS.
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STATE DEPT, GUIDELINES
BY
HR, NARA, DATE 1/27/03
REF: TOKYO 14290 (NOTAL)
1. DURING CONVERSATIONS WITH PM MIKI AND FONMIN MIYAZAWA (REPORTED
REFTEL), THAI FONMIN CHATCHAI EXPRESSED VIEW SEVERAL TIMES THAT ROK
SHOULD ATTEMPT TO IMPROVE RELATIONS WITH PRC. IN BRIEFING US, FIRST
SE ASIA ACTING DIVDIR TSUKADA SAID THAT WHEN JAPANESE ASKED CHAT-
CHAI WHAT EVIDENCE THERE WAS THAT PEKING WOULD BE WILLING TO HAVE
RELATIONS WITH SFOUL, CHATCHAI MERELY RESPONDED THAT "TIMES HAVE
GREATLY CHANGED" AND HE TOUGHT PEKING WOULD RESPOND IF SEOUL UNDER-
TOOK AN INITIATIVE. HE THEN REVEALED THAT ROK AMBASSADOR IN BANG-
KOK CONTACTED HIM JUST PRIOR TO HIS DEPARTURE FOR TOKYO AND ASKED
CHATCHAI TO CONTACT PRC EMBASSY IN TOKYO WITH MESSAGE THAT SEOUL
WANTED 10 START DIALOGUE WITH PEKING TO IMPROVE RELATIONS, FONOFF
(TSUKADA) BELIEVES CHATCHAI WAS IN TOUCH WITH PRC AMB CHEN CHU DUR-
ING HIS STAY AND PASSED ON SEOUL'S MESSAGE.
2. TSUKADA EXPRESSED BELIEF THAT CHATCHAI'S ENTHUSIASM FOR THIS
VENTURE MIGHT BE RELATED TO HIS HOPE TO SUCCESSFULLY DRAFT AN
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ASEAN RESOLUTION ON KOREAS ACCEPTABLE TO ALL SIDES.
3, COMMENT: WE. LIKE FONOFF, ARE AT LOSS TO EXPLAIN CHATCHAI'S
OPTIMISM ABOUT PEKING'S ATTITUDE TOWARD SEOUL, BE WE ARE INTRIGUED
BY ALLEGED ROK INITIATIVE AS WELL AS ROLE CHATCHAI IS ATTEMPTING
TO PLAY, WE ARE PROBING FURTHER.
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BY
HR NARA, DATE 1/27/03
REF: TOKYO 14030
SUMMARY: DURING WEEK VISIT TO HANOI, JARANESE DELEGATION OPENED
EMBASSY, SIGNED 8.5 BILLION YEN GRANT ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT, HELD
CANDID EXCHANGE WITH NORTH VIETNAMESE ON SENSITIVE SUBJECTS, AND
HAD TOUGH TALKS WITH PRG REPS. IN RESPONSE TO POINTED QUERYING,
NORTH VIETNAMESE DISAVOWED INTENTION TO CREATE INDOCHINESE
CONFEDERATION. THEY ALSO ASSERTED HANOI WOULD SUPPORT
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LIBERATION MOVEMENTS "POLITICALLY" BUT WOULD NOT PROVIDE
"MATERIAL" SUPPORT TO INSURGENCIES IN THAILAND AND MALAYSIA.
JAPANESE EMPHASIZED CLOSE TIES WITH US AND HOPE THAT JAPAN
COULD SERVE AS CHANNEL TO HELP IMPROVE RELATIONS BETWEEN
WASHINGTON AND HANOI. NORTH VIETNAMESE WELCOMED JAPANESE
EFFORTS BUT SAID US MUST END HOSTILE ATTITUDE TOWARD VN
AND HONOR ARTICLE 21 OF PARIS ACCORDS TO NORMALIZE
RELATIONS. INITIATIVE MUST BE AMERICAN. NORTH VIETNAMESE
SCRUPULOUSLY TREATED MOSCOW AND PEKING EVEN-HANDEDLY. TALKS
WITH PRG REPS WENT BADLY AND GOJ PLANS TO REDUCE PERSONNEL
AND PERHAPS ELIMINATE ITS EMBASSY IN SAIGON. END SUMMARY.
1. DURING OCT 10-17 VISIT TO HANOI, JAPANESE DELEGATION
ACCOMPLISHED ITS FOUR OBJECTIVES: A) EMBASSY WAS OPENED OCT 11
IN TWO ROOMS AT THONG NHUT HOTEL, WHICH WILL BE SHARED AS QUARTERS
AND OFFICE BY CHARGE YUKIO IMAGAWA AND TWO ASSISTANTS. B) 8.5
BILLION YEN GRANT AID AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED BY GOJ DELEGATION
EXPIS
HEAD AMB SUGANUMA (FROM VIENTIANE) AND VICE FONMIN HOANG
VAN TIEN. C) SEVERAL HOURS OF CONVERSATION WERE HELD BY
JAPANESE WITH DEP PREMIER AND FONMIN NGUYEN DUY TRINH,
VICE FONMIN TIEN, MIN FOREIGN TRADE PHAN ANH, AND MIN OF MATERIALS
TRAN DANH TUYEN. D) THREE HOURS OF TALKS WERE HELD WITH "PRG OFFICE
REPRESENTATIVE" NGUYEN VAN TIEN CWHOM, FONOFF FIRST SE ASIA DIVDIR
ITO SAID, WAS POWER BEHIND MME BINH AT PARIS PEACE TALKS, AND
"VERY MACHIAVELLIAN".)
2. ITO, DEPUTY DELEGATION HEAD WHO GAVE MOST OF JAPAN SIDE'S
PRESENTATION, BRIEFED US AS FOLLOWS CREADING FROM TRANSCRIPT):
OBJECTIVES (A) AND (B) WERE ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT A HITCH. TALKS
WITH NORTH VIETNAMESE ALSO WENT EXTREMELY WELL. ITO SAID
THEY REMINED HIM OF US-JAPAN PLANNING TALKS IN WHICH HE
PARTICIPATED DURING HIS RECENT ASSIGNMENT TO WASHINGTON.
IN INITIAL TALKS WITH VICE FONMIN TIEN, ITO FIRST SAID JAPAN AND
DRV SHOULD MOVE FROM A NEGOTIATING TO A CONSULTATIVE RELATIONSHIP
AND THEN OUTLINED THREE PILLARS OF FOREIGN POLICY OF JAPAN: A)
FRIENDSHIP AND CLOSEST OF TIES WITH USI B) MAINTAINING GOOD
RELATIONS WITH ASIAN NATIONS: C) PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE WITH
FORD
COUNTRIES WITH DIFFERENT SOCIO-POLITICAL
3. TIEN RESPONDED WITH FOUR PILLARS OF DRV'S FOREIGN POLICY GERRLO
STRUCTURES.
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A) FRIENDLY RELATIONS WITH SOVIET UNION AND CHINA (ITO SAID
NORTH VIETNAMESE ALWAYS REFERRED TO RUSSIANS AND CHINESE
IN THAT ORDER), B) SOLIDARITY WITH LAOS AND CAMBODIA, C)
PARTNERSHIP WITH AFRO-ASIAN AND LATIN AMERICAN WORLD D)
RELATIONS WITH ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL NATIONS, TIEN MENTIONED
FOUR, IN FOLLOWING ORDER:
JAPAN, FRANCE, AUSTRALIA, AND SWEDEN.
4, IN COURSE OF ENSUING DISCUSSION ITO POSED SEVERAL SENSITIVE
QUESTION TO TIEN. A) HE ASKED TIEN IF HANOI INTENDED TO CREATE
AN INDOCHINESE FEDERATION. TIEN RESPONDED FIRST BY SAYING THAT
THE DRV AND LAOS HAD VERY CLOSE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL
RELATIONS. LAOS HAD NO ACCESS TO THE SEA AND HANOI INTENDED
TO PROVIDE SUCH AN OUTLET THROUGH VIETNAM.
RELATIONS WITH CAMBODIA WERE SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT. CAMBODIA HAS
OUTLET TO THE SEA AND CAMBODIANS WERE CONSTRUCTING THE NEW
CAMBODIA IN THEIR OWN WAY. FINALLY, TIEN DENIED THAT HANOI HAD
EVER OR INTENDED IN FUTURE TO CREATE AN INDOCHINESE CONFEDERATION.
B) ITO NOTED THAT SOME OF NEIGHBORING STATES IN SE ASIA,
PARTICULARLY THAILAND AND MALAYSIA, WERE WORRIED THAT
HANDI WOULD SUPPORT INSURGENCIES IN THEIR COUNTRIES. TIEN
OUTLINED TWO POLICIES IN THIS CONNECTION. HE SAID THAT HANOI
WOULD ALWAYS SUPPORT JUST STRUGGLE FOR LIBERATION, BUT SUPPORT
WOULD BE POLITICAL AND NOT MATERIAL. SECOND POLICY CALLED FOR
PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE WITH STATES OF DIFFERENT SOCIO-POLITICAL
STRUCTURES. THERE WAS NO CONTRADICTION BETWEEN TWO
POLICIES, TIEN STRESSEE, BECAUSE SUPPORT FOR LIBERATION
MOVEMENTS WOULD ONLY BE POLITICAL. C) DISCUSSING
REGIONAL AFFAIRS, ITO ASKED IF HANOI PLANNED TO PARTICIPATE IN
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SUMMARY: DURING WEEK VISIT TO HANOI, JAPANESE DELEGATION OPENED
EMBASSY, SIGNED 8.5 BILLION YEN GRANT ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT, HELD
CANDID EXCHANGE WITH NORTH VIETNAMESE ON SENSITIVE SUBJECTS, AND
HAD TOUGH TALKS WITH PRG REPS. IN RESPONSE TO POINTED QUERYING,
NORTH VIETNAMESE DISAVOWED INTENTION TO CREATE INDOCHINESE
CONFEDERATION. THEY ALSO ASSERTED HANOI WOULD SUPPORT
LIBERATION MOVEMENTS "POLITICALLY" BUT WOULD NOT PROVIDE
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JAPANESE EMPHASIZED CLOSE TIES WITH US AND HOPE THAT JAPAN
COULD SERVE AS CHANNEL TO HELP IMPROVE RELATIONS BETWEEN
WASHINGTON AND HANOI. NORTH VIETNAMESE WELCOMED JAPANESE
EFFORTS BUT SAID us MUST END HOSTILE ATTITUDE TOWARD VN
AND HONOR ARTICLE 21 OF PARIS ACCORDS TO NORMALIZE
RELATIONS. INITIATIVE MUST BE AMERICAN. NORTH VIETNAMESE
SCRUPULOUSLY TREATED MOSCOW AND PEKING EVEN-HANDEDLY. TALKS
WITH PRG REPS WENT BADLY AND GOJ PLANS TO REDUCE PERSONNEL
AND PERHAPS ELIMINATE ITS EMBASSY IN SAIGON. END SUMMARY.
1. DURING OCT 10-17 VISIT TO HANOI, JAPANESE DELEGATION
ACCOMPLISHED ITS FOUR OBJECTIVES: A) EMBASSY WAS OPENED OCT 11
IN TWO ROOMS AT THONG NHUT HOTEL, WHICH WILL BE SHARED AS QUARTERS
AND OFFICE BY CHARGE YUKIO IMAGAWA AND TWO ASSISTANTS. B) 8.5
BILLION YEN GRANT AID AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED BY GOJ DELEGATION
HEAD AMB SUGANUMA (FROM VIENTIANE) AND VICE FONMIN HOANG
VAN TIEN. C) SEVERAL HOURS OF CONVERSATION WERE HELD BY
JAPANESE WITH DEP PREMIER AND FONMIN NGUYEN DUY TRINH,
VICE FONMIN TIEN, MIN FOREIGN TRADE PHAN ANH, AND MIN OF MATERIALS
TRAN DANH TUYEN. D) THREE HOURS OF TALKS WERE HELD WITH "PRG OFFICE
REPRESENTATIVE" NGUYEN VAN TIEN CWHOM, FONOFF FIRST SE ASIA DIVDIR
ITO SAID, WAS POWER BEHIND MME BINH AT PARIS PEACE TALKS, AND
"VERY MACHIAVELLIAN".)
2. ITO, DEPUTY DELEGATION HEAD WHO GAVE MOST OF JAPAN SIDE'S
PRESENTATION, BRKAWSXU
IMBLEJP LLOWS (READING FROM TRANSCRIPT):
OBJECTIVES (A) AND (B) WERE ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT A HITCH. TALKS
WITH NORTH VIETNAMESE ALSO WENT EXTREMELY WELL. ITO SAID
THEY REMINDEDHIM OF US-JAPAN PLANNING TALKS IN WHICH HE
PARTICIPATED DURING HIS RECENT ASSIGNMENT TO WASHINGTON.
IN INITIAL TALKS WITH VICE FONMIN TIEN, ITO FIRST SAID JAPAN AND
DRV SHOULD MOVE FROM A NEGOTIATING TO A CONSULTATIVE RELATIONSHIP
AND THEN OUTLINED THREE PILLARS OF FOREIGN POLICY OF JAPAN: A)
FRIENDSHIP AND CLOSEST OF TIES WITH US: B) MAINTAINING GOOD
RELATIONS WITH ASIAN NATIONS: C) PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE WITH
a
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NORTH VIETNAMESE ALWAYS REFERRED TO RUSSIANS AND CHINESE
IN THAT ORDER) , B) SOLIDARITY WITH LAOS AND CAMBODIA, C)
PARTNERSHIP WITH AFRO-ASIAN AND LATIN AMERICAN WORLD: D)
RELATIONS WITH ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL NATIONS, TIEN MENTIONED
FOUR, IN FOLLOWING ORDER:
JAPAN, FRANCE, AUSTRALIA, AND SWEDEN.
4. IN COURSE OF ENSUING DISCUSSION ITO POSED SEVERAL SENSITIVE
QUESTION TO TIEN. A) HE ASKED TIEN IF HANOI INTENDED TO CREATE
AN INDOCHINESE FEDERATION. TIEN RESPONDED FIRST BY SAYING THAT
THE DRV AND LAOS HAD VERY CLOSE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL
RELATIONS. LAOS HAD NO ACCESS TO THE SEA AND HANOI INTENDED
TO PROVIDE SUCH AN OUTLET THROUGH VIETNAM.
RELATIONS WITH CAMBODIA WERE SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT. CAMBODIA HAS
OUTLET TO THE SEA AND CAMBODIANS WERE CONSTRUCTING THE NEW
CAMBODIA IN THEIR OWN WAY. FINALLY, TIEN DENIED THAT HANDI HAD
EVER OR INTENDED IN FUTURE TO CREATE AN INDOCHINESE CONFEDERATION.
B) ITO NOTED THAT SOME OF NEIGHBORING STATES IN SE ASIA,
PARTICULARLY THAILAND AND MALAYSIA, WERE WORRIED THAT
HANOI WOULD SUPPORT INSURGENCIES IN THEIR COUNTRIES. TIEN
OUTLINED TWO POLICIES IN THIS CONNECTION. HE SAID THAT HANOI
WOULD ALWAYS SUPPORT JUST STRUGGLE FOR LIBERATION, BUT SUPPORT
WOULD BE POLITICAL AND NOT MATERIAL. SECOND POLICY CALLED FOR
PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE WITH STATES OF DIFFERENT SOCIO-POLITICAL
STRUCTURES. THERE WAS NO CONTRADICTION BETWEEN TWO
POLICIES, TIEN STRESSED, BECAUSE SUPPORT FOR LIBERATION
MOVEMENTS WOULD ONLY BE POLITICAL. C) DISCUSSING
REGIONAL AFFAIRS, ITO ASKED IF HANOI PLANNED TO PARTICIPATE IN
NOTE BY OC/T: TOKYO 15111 SECTION 1 OF 2, RECEIVED WITH PARA 2
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REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS SUCH AS ESCAP, SEAMED, ETC.?
TIEN REPLIED THAT HANOI WAS BESET WITH so MANY URGENT PROBLEMS
THAT THEY HAD NOT YET HAD TIME TO CONSIDER SUCH MATTERS. SUB-
SEQUENTLY, PROGRAMS WOULD BE CONSIDERED ON CASE BY CASE BASIS
WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO FUNDS AVAILABLE AT LOW INTEREST
RATES. D) ITO RETURNED TO QUESTION OF US, STRESSING THE IMPOR=
TANCE OF THE US TO JAPAN. HE NOTED THAT HANOI WAS A "NEW FRIEND"
BUT JAPAN HOPED TO DO WHATEVER WAS POSSIBLE TO HELP IMPROVE RE-
LATIONS BETWEEN THE US AND DRV. AFTER PONDERING THIS QUESTION,
TIEN SAID THE US MUST DO TWO THINGS: FIRST, US MUST END ITS HOTILE
ATTITUDE TOWARD VIETNAM, CITING THE US VETO OF DRV'S UN APPLI-
CATION AS AN EXAMPLE. CHE DID NOT MENTION US VETO OF RGSVN'S
APPLICATION). SECONDLY, US MUST HONOR ARTICLE 21 OF PARIS ACCORDS
(ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE FOR RECONSTRUCTION VN). WITH FULFILLMENT
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OF THESE TWO CONDITIONS US-DRV RELATIONS WOULD BE NORMALIZED
US MUST TAKE INITIATIVE, HOWEVER.
5. FINALLY, BI-LATERAL RELATIONS WERE DISCUSSED. ITO NOTED THAT
NORTH VIETNAMESE KNEW VERY LITTLE ABOUT JAPAN SINCE THEY HAD
PREVIOUSLY HAD CONTACTS WITH VERY LIMITED GROUP (MAINLY THOSE
RECOMMENDED BY JAPAN COMMUNIST PARTY). ITO PROPOSED SENDING TO
DRV REPS FROM VARIOUS GOJ MINISTRIES TO DISCUSS TRANSPORTATION,
FINANCE, ETC., EXCHANGE OF MULTI-PARTY PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATIONS,
AND BUSINESS MISSIONS. TIEN WELCOMED THE PROPOSAL AND AGREED
THAT TRAFFIC SHOULD MOVE IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.
6. IN LATER MEETING WITH DEP PREMIER AND FONMIN NGUYEN DUY
TRINH, ITO SAID TWO MATTERS OF INTEREST WERE DISCUSSED. JAPANESE
ASKED FOR HANOI'S SECRET IN BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN GOOD RELATIONS
WITH BOTH SOVIET UNION AND CHINA, DESPITE THE DISPUTE BETWEEN
THE TWO. TRINH SAID DRV SUCCEEDED IN THIS REGARD BY FOLLOWING
AN INDEPENDENT FOREIGN POLICY. HE THEN QUOTED Ho CHI MINH AS
HAVING SAID THAT THE DISPUTE BETWEEN SOCIALIST BROTHERS WAS
SADDENING BUT SOMEDAY THROUGH POLICIES OF INDEPENDENCE, DEMOCRACY,
AND SOCIAL PROGRESS, DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SOCIALIST GIANTS WOULD
VANISH.
7. WITH TRINH, JAPANESE ALSO REITERATED IMPORTANCE OF US TO
JAPAN AND SAID JAPAN WOULD LIKE TO SERVE AS A BRIDGE TO HELP
IMPROVE RELATIONS BETWEEN US AND DRV. TRINH RESPONDED THAT JAPAN
WOULD BE A GOOD INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN THE us AND DRV, BUT THE
ENORMOUS SUFFERING AND DAMAGE THE US HAD CAUSED NVN AND SVN
SHOULD BE REMEMBERED. US MUST HONOR ARTICLE 21 OF PARIS ACCORDS.
8. NORTH VIETNAMESE EXPRESSED HOPE TO OPEN THEIR EMBASSY IN
TOKYO VERY SOON, BUT ITO COULD NOT GUESS WHEN THIS MIGHT MEAN.
9. STRESSING SENSITIVITY OF TALKS WITH PRG REP NGUYEN VAN TIEN
CAND PROMISING TO PROVIDE FULL BRIEFING LATER), ITO SAID THREE
HOURS OF TALKS WITH TIEN HAD GONE VERY BADLY, CHARACTERIZED BY
REPEATED CLASH. GOJ HAS DECIDED TO REDUCE PERSONNEL IN SAIGON
FROM PRESENT NINE AND, ALTHOUGH DECISION IS NOT YET MADE, MAY
DECIDE TO CLOSE THE EMBASSY ALTOGETHER. ASKED IF HE THOUGHT NVN
AND SVN WOULD SOON BE UNITED, ITO ONLY REMARKED THAT BOTH NOTE-
TAKERS AT HIS TALKS WITH PRG REP TIEN WERE DRV FONOFF JAPAN
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10. AS GENERAL OBSERVATIONS, ITO WAS VERY SURPRISED WITH CORDIAL-
NESS OF DISCUSSIONS WITH NORTH VIETNAMESE. DRV IS DESPARATE
FOR FUNDS FOR RECONSTRUCTION, RESEMBLING A "BEGGAR SEEKING
ALMS." VERY FEW FOREIGNERS ARE VISIBLE IN HANOI. SOVIET NOR
CHINESE PRESENCE IS EVIDENT. NORTH VIETNAMESE WERE IMPECCABLY
CAREFUL IN REFERRING TO RUSSIANS AND CHINESE IN EQUAL TERMS.
ITO FELT, nevertheless, THAT THE NORTH VIETNAMESE DISLIKE THE
RUSSIANS BUT MAINTAIN CLOSE TIES WITH MOSCOW AS A COUNTER-
WEIGHT TO HEAVY CHINESE PRESENCE ON NORTH VIETNAM'S BORDERS.
EXCEPT AS MENTIONED IN PARA 4 (A) ABOVE, ITO DETECTED NO EVI-
DENCE OF DRV-PRC RIVALRY IN CAMBODIA. FEELINGS ABOUT us ARE
PROFOUND ITO SAID EVEN MENTION OF US NOTICEABLY EXCITED AND
DISTURBED THE NORTH VIETNAMESE.
11. ITO CONCLUDED, EMPHASIZING THAT ANY LEAK OF BRIEFING
COULD JEOPARDIZE JAPAN'S CREDIBILITY WITH HANOI AND SERVE TO
UNDERMINE DRV-JAPAN RELATIONS. HE ALSO NOTED THAT NO OTHER GOVERN
MENT WOULD RECEIVE THIS FULL BRIEFING.
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REF: TOKYO 16298
1. FOLLOWING PUBLICIZING NOV 7 BY FONMIN MIYAZAWA OF GOJ
APPROACH TO RESOLVING HEGEMONY ISSUE (REFTEL), FONOFF HAS
SENT ADDITIONAL, HIGHLY SECRET SIGNALS TO PEKING SEEKING
REACTION TO GOJ APPROACH INITIALLY PROPOSED TO PRC FONMIN
CHIAO KUAN-HUA OVER TWO MONTHS AGO IN NEW YORK. THUS FAR,
CHINESE HAVE NOT RESPONDED. FONOFF CHINA DIVDIR FUJITA
TOLD us DEC 2 THAT HE ASSUMES CHINESE HAVE BEEN PREOCCUPIED
WITH PREPARATIONS FOR PRES FORD VISIT AND ARE STILL
STUDYING THE PROPOSAL. IN INTERIM, FONOFF IS GRATEFUL THAT THE
CHINESE ARE MAINTAINING THEIR SILENCE PUBLICLY. FUJITA ADDED,
HOWEVER, THAT CHINESE MAY BE ACTING ON ASSUMPTION,
PUBLICIZED BY CHIAO KUAN-HUA, THAT "HEAVENS WILL NOT
FALL IF THE TREATY IS NOT CONCLUDED," AND THEY MAY SIMPLY
BE BIDING THEIR TIME. NEVERTHELESS, FUJITA EXPRESSED
HOPE THAT SECRETARY KISSINGER, IN COURSE OF CONVERSATIONS
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ATTITUDES TOWARD GOJ APPROACH FOR DEALING WITH HEGEMONY
ISSUE MADE BY MIYAZAWA.
2. FUJITA COMMENTED THAT MIYAZAWA'S APPROACH HAS BEEN
FAVORABLY RECEIVED BY WIDE SPECTRUM OF LDP DIETMEN.
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CREATOR'S NAME
AMEMBASSY TOKYO
RECEIVER'S NAME
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TITLE
CAAC Officials Comments on Former
President Nixon's PRC Visit
CREATION DATE
02/20/1976
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2 pages
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NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER. PRESIDENTIAL
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Japan - State Department Telegrams: To
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