UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case NO Doc No 006119632 Date 10 31 2016 SECRET PAGE 01 TOKYO 13605 2308582 ACTION NODS-OO INFO OCT-01 ADS-00 001 2309012112 0 2308562 JUL 81 FM AMEMBASSY TOKYO TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 1735 IRELEASE IN FULLI ETTOKYO 13605 NODIS - DECAPTIONED FOR OES E O 12065 RDS-1 7 23 88 CLARK WILLIAM OR-M TAGS ENRG TECH MNUC SCSA JA SUBJECT NEXT STEPS ON TOKAI MURA REF STATE 192200 1 s - ENTIRE TEXT 2 POLCOUNS AND EMBOFF MET WITH YATABE AND KANEKO ON AFTERNOON OF JULY 23 TO DISCUSS ELEMENTS OF PROPOSED NEW TOKAI MURA COMMUNIQUE BOTH EXPRESSED APPRECIATION OF EFFORTS IN PROVIDING SUGGESTED GUIDE- LINES FOR TALKS ON THE FORMULATION OF A SOLUTION TO THE TOKAI MURA ISSUE YATABE ASKED FOR TIME TO STUDY THE POINTS IN FULL BEFORE GIVING A DETAILED RESPONSE BUT DID INDICATE THAT THERE WOULD BE DOMESTIC POLITICAL DIFFICULTY WITH PRESENTATION OF PROPOSED COMMUNIQUE AS AN EXTENSION OF THE 1977 AGREEMENT PACKAGING OF ANY AGREEMENT EMERGING FROM THE MONDAY TALKS IN WASHINGTON SHOULD BE PERCEIVED BY THE JAPANESE PUBLIC AS A NEW INSTRUMENT OR DOCUMENT ACCORDING TO YATABE YATABE WILL CONTACT EMBASSY TOMORROW TO INDICATE WHETHER JAPANESE REACTIONS TO PROPOSED COM- SECRET SECRET REVIEW AUTHORITY Charles Lahiguera Senior Reviewer - PAGE 02 TOKYO 13605 2308582 MUNIQUE WILL BE PRESENTED IN TOKYO OR BY KANEKO TEAM IN WASHINGTON 3 KANEKO MENTIONED NIHON KEIZAI ARTICLE WHICH REPORTED THAT DURING JULY 27 TALKS BETWEEN DOE SECRETARY EDWARDS AND MITI MINISTER TANAKA US WILL EXTEND PERMISSION TO JAPAN TO REPROCESS 200 ADDITIONAL TONS OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL AT TOKAI MURA POLCOUNS AND EMBOFF REPLIED THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY INFORMATION CONCERNING THESE REPORTS BUT WERE CERTAIN THAT THE ISSUE IF MENTIONED DURING UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2016-02521 Doc No 006119632 Date 10 31 2016 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2016-02521 Doc No 006119632 Date 10 31 2016 MEETINGS WOULD BE TREATED iN GENERAL TERMS MANSHELD a SECRET WZCZ UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2016-02521 Doc No 306119632 Date 10 31 2016 This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu