UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No 006495811 Date 09 13 2018 RELEASE IN FUL PAGE 01 TOKYO 10294 1812072 ACTION EA-OB INFO OCT-00 COPY-01ADS-00 INR-05 EUR-08 88-10 NSCE-OO NSAE-OO COME-00 SSO-OO L-01 DOE-10 PM-03 INRE-OO OES-02 ACDA-10 SP-02 134607 1812132 53 22 0 1806382 JUN 82 FM AMEMBASSY TOKYO TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2173 FOR SELIGMAN CORRECTEDCOPYTEXT E O 12065 GDS 6 18 88 CLARK WILLIAM OR-M TAGS TNUC PINT OVIP SCSA JA NAKAGAWA ICHIRO SUBJECT VISIT TO THE US OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - AGENCY DIRGEN ICHIRO NAKAGAWA REF STATE 153552 1 pt - ENTIRE TEXT 2 EMBASSY SCICOUNS BRIEFLY DISCUSSED THE NEW US APPROACH TO REPROCESSING AND PLUTONIUM USE PROVIDED REFTEL AS IT RELATES TO FORTHCOMING VISIT OF STA DIRGEN NAKAGAWA WITH KUMAO KANEKO DIRECTOR NUCLEAR AFFAIRS DIVISION OF MOFA ON 17 JUNE KANEKO STATED THAT THEY HAVE NO SPECIFIC PROBLEMS WITH THE STATE MENT HOWEVER THERE ARE A NUMBER OF POINTS ON WHICH THEY WILL SEEK CLARIFICATION THE ONLY ONE HE MENTIONED WAS HOW THE US PROPOSED TO TREAT THE PLUTONIUM RECYCLE ISSUE comm CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 TOKYO 10294 1812072 3 KAN EKO THEN REITERATED THE STANDARD JAPANESE CONCERNS ABOUT IMPLEMENTING THE NEW POLICY THRU THE MECHANISM OF A NEW OR AMENDED AGREEMENT FOR COOPERATION RATHER THAN THRU SOME ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS MECHANISM IN THIS REGARD HE SAID THAT THERE IS STRONG OPPOSITION WITHIN GOJ TO THE FORMER APPROACH IN HIS VIEW THERE IS NO HOPE OF OVERCOMING THIS OPPOSITION UNTIL THE JAPANESE HAVE A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE US IS PREPARED REVIEW AUTHORITY Paul Hare Senior Reviewer I UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No M-2017-11482 Doc No 006495811 Date 09 13 2018 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No M-2017-11482 Doc No 006495811 Date 09 132018 TO OFFER IN TERMS OF AN ADVANCE CONSENT ARRANGEMENT FOR REPROCESSING AND PLUTONIUM USE ONCE THE US PROPOSAL IS CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD THEN THE JAPANESE CAN DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES IF THE BENEFITS PROVIDED BY THE NEW ARRANGEMENT EXCEED THE PROBLEMS THEY EXPECT TO COME OUT OF DIET REVIEW OF A NEW AGREEMENT 4 REGARDING VISIT AND IN VIEW OF THE REMARKS IN PARA 3 ABOVE KANEKO SAID THAT HE HOPED THE US WOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO FORCE THE MINISTER TO TAKE A POSITION DU RING HIS VISIT ON THE WAY IN WHCIH THE US POLICY WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED THIS WOULD BE PERSONALLY EMBARRASSING TO HIM AND DETRIMENTAL TO OUR OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF ACHIEVING A SOLUTION TO THE REPROCESSING AND PU USE ISSUE EMBASSY SHARES CONCERN AND RECOMMENDS THAT THE DISCUSSIONS WITH NAKAGAWA CONCENTRATE MORE ON THE SUBSTANCE OF THE ARRANGEMENT TO THE EXTENT WE CAN DO 80 AT THIS TIME AND THE MECHANISM FOR NEGOTIATING IT INCLUDING PERHAPS AGREEMENT ON TIMING AND LOCATION OF THE FIRST NEGOTIATING SESSION RATHER THAN THE FORM OF THE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 TOKYO 10294 1812072 ARRANGEMENT ITSELF MANSFIELD UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No M-2017-11482 Doc No 306495811 Date 09 13 2018 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