UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2016-02521 Doc No C06119631 Date 10 31 2016 CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 TOKYO 17000 01 OF 02 170208Z ACTION I-I-03 INFO OCT-01 ADS-00 33-15 EA-os 1702242 67 I 1701532 SEP 81 FM AMEMBASSY TOKYO IN TO SECSTATE WASHDC 3417 I I INFO SECDEF WASHDC CINCPAC HONOLULU HI I I A SECTION 01 OF 02 TOKYO 17000 CINCPAC ALSO FOR POLAD PLEASE PASS TO SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS STAFFER CARL FORD E O 12065 GDS 9 16 87 IMMERMAN R OR-P TAGS OVIP PEPR TNUC JA US MPOL MARR SUBJECT CODEL GLENN 1 TEXT 2 SUMMARY SENATOR JOHN GLENN ACCOMPANIED BY MRS GLENN SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS STAFF MEMBER CARL FORD AND PERSONAL ASSISTANT KATHY BELLE VISITED TOKYO FROM AUGUST 31-SEPTEMBER 7 FOCUS OF SENATOR VISIT WAS HIS PARTICIPATION IN THE SHIMODA CONFERENCE AT WHICH HE GAVE MAJOR ADDRESS ON DEFENSE SENATOR GLENN ALSO CALLED ON FOREIGN MINISTER SONODA JDA DIRECTOR GENERAL OMURA AND SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY DIRECTOR GENERAL NAKAGAWA AND HE PARTICIPATED IN THE OCEAN FORUM MEETING SPONSORED BY THE GEORGETOWN CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES AND ATTENDED BY SEVERAL OTHER AMERICAN CONGRESS- MEN AS WELL AS LDP POLITICIANS END SUMMARY 3 THE SHIMODA CONFERENCE CONFIDENTIAL REVIEW AUTHORITY Charles LahigITeFaiIE th'r Reviewer CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 TOKYO 17000 01 OF 02 1702082 - ON SEPTEMBER 4 SENATOR GAVE AN ADDRESS ENTITLED US-JAPAN SECURITY RELATIONSHIP THE CHALLENGE TEXT POUCHED TO IN THIS ADDRESS SENATOR GLENN URGED THAT JAPAN SPEED UP IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS CURRENT DEFENSE PROGRAM AS SET FORTHIN 1976 AND EXPAND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE EXISTING CONSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS AND IN A MANNER THAT DID NOT CREATE MAJOR ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES OR ALARM NEIGHBORS SENATOR ADDRESS CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF JAPANESE PRESS PARTICULARLY BECAUSE IT WAS INTERPRETED UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No 006119631 Date 10 31 2016 1 czogmmimU Cw UmvaBmEQn 05$ zo ngm mmB 000 20 0003000 Um m 493003 m 2m m Om 2 00rm Om mO 0 Om 20 mmO 0 002mm2mcm cm m0 2 mxm 20m0 mOrm A SmdeO L mu z 0m20 0_mm0 _ Om 02 02 2 022mm Emmjzo N r20 0 20m2 Om mmOCm_ _ 0C4 2 owUmZm m1 mm0 OZ m m_m _2 IE m1 00 Im 230m mOEm Om L U mem mm 20 mm m wrm mOm _20rc0m0n mI m_20 00m _ Om cm mlzum _2 mm4mmz _u 02m_0m Am 000 mmr uj02 Om 2 02m Om OOme Om cm L 2u zu 20 29 mc ug Om Cm UmUrO stdm _2 20 umwm_ 2 OCrm - 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252265 1702252167 1701532 SEP 81 FM AMEMBASSY TOKYO TO SECSTATE WASHDC 3418 INFO SECDEF WASHDC CINCPAC HONOLULU HI I EN TIALSECTION 02 OF 02 TOKYO 17000 THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE IN THIS REGARD NOTED THAT JAPAN WAS CURRENTLY NEGOTIATING WITH THE US TO ELIMINATE RESTRICTIONS ON REPROCESSING OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL HERE IN SPITE OF OPTIMISTIC REPORTS IN JAPANESE NEWSPAPERS NAKAGAWA SAID THAT THERE WERE STILL SIGNIFI- CANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE APPROACHES OF THE TWO GOVERNMENTS PARTICULARLY BECAUSE THE US CONTINUED TO INSIST ON MAINTAINING A TIME LIMIT ON THE AGREEMENT FOR REPROCESSING OF USORIGIN SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL AT THE TOKAI MURA FACILITY NAKAGAWA RESTATED THE GOJ POSITION THAT IN VIEW OF CREDENTIALS IN SUPPORT OF NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION AND ITS NEED FOR REPRO- CESSING IN ORDER TO SUPPORT ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM HE CITED BENEFITS FOR WASTE STORAGE FUEL ECONOMY AND THE NEED FOR PLUTONIUM FOR THE BREEDER THERE SHOULD BE NO TIME RESTRICTION ON REPROCESSING HE SOLICITED SENATOR SUPPORT ON THIS ISSUE - 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