CONFIOENTIAl NA T ONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHINGTON D C 20506 -b'0UP TBBU'f Iil-L 7342 MEMORANDUM OF TELEPHONE CONVERSATION SUBJECT Telcon with Toshiki Kaifu Prime Minister of Japan September 13 1990 U PARTICIPANTS The President Toshiki Kaifu Prime Minister Interpreter Frances Seeds Notetaker Douglas Paal NSC DA'I'E TIME AND PLACE September 13 8 20 - 8 35 pm The Residence EDT The Prime Minister telephoned the President to report on a decision of the Japanese government to increase its contribution to the multinational Persian Gulf effort U T e President PM Kaifu Toshiki how are you sir This is Toshiki speaking The President U U I am so glad to hear your voice U PM Kaifu Me too I am very glad to hear your fine voice sound as if you enjoy good health U You I am sitting here at dinner at the table Barbara and I are having dinner U I am sorry o interrupt you in the middle of dinner Because what I have to tell you is important I hope you will excuse me if I continue to interrupt your dinner The President important 2 I have been expecting your call I know it is PM Kaifu First I am very pleased that the summit meeting in Helsinki was very successful I received your letter George and I am very pleased it went so well I very much appreciate that we were able to give such a strong signal to Saddam Hussein and all are able to stand together I also heard your address to Congress I was very impressed with your strong determination J R J ' Qtw rn ht I Declassify on OADR DECLASSIFIED PER E O 12958 AMENDED e o t CONFIOENTlAL 2 Thank you very much Th U I also want to thank you very much for sending Secretary Brady to brief me on the situation I have come to understand fully your thinking on the multinational force and the frontline states I met with the ministers of M Tr the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Finance and we decided the following With respect to the frontline states Egypt Jordan and Turkey we will provide assistance of $2 billion We will divide it into $600 million for the short term and $1 4 billion for the mid-term as Secretary Brady suggested Jtn With respect to our assistance to the multinational force in addition to the $1 billion already decided under a different situation we have agreed to an additional $1 billion With respect to timing we would like to give it extra thought due to budget constraints f I understand that m PM Kaifu With respect to the contribution measures just mentioned to you George I will tell the Cabinet members soon We will then make these measures concrete in a prompt manner We want to keep solidarity with the U S and with the international community to show resistance to aggression Jl Toshiki one I am very pleased with this This is along the lines of what Secretary Brady discussed with you and with Hashimoto Minister of Finance And there is already feeling in the U S in Congress that somebody else should do more But I will be glad to announce when you think it is correct that Japan is doing its part If it is okay to comment I am willing to comment to the press tomorrow If there is a need to wait until after the Cabinet meets I can wait What is your desire -- -- _ s ·ct_e L t I' M Kill The Cabinet is meeting one half hour from now The Cabinet Secretary will announce the decision in one and one half hours Z Tomorrow I will find an occasion to tell the press that I am grateful for this support $ __ ___ '-' ' ___ u t_ Please do il a A -_ _ _ __s_i d e t_ Let's stay in touch I am so pleased we are staying together very very pleased with this phone call I would like to stay in close touch so as to make in concrete terms in a prompt speeded-up fashio sic K CONF OENTIA-L QONFID N IA t 3 The President Toshiki let me tell you this In Congress there are always people trying to blame Japan Germany or somebody else They see us spending large amounts of money and sending fine young people to the Middle East where they might be in harm's way So I can understand why Congress wants others to do more But I don't want any scapegoats And you and I work closely together And I will make clear to the American people that Japan is trying very hard to do its part £ I don't know what lies ahead It is very complicated There may be fighting though I hope we can resolve the crisis peacefully I want to stay in close touch with you as we go ahead So thank you for this phone call my friend I am very glad we have a relationship where we can talk very frankly like this K PM Kaifu George I hope you will continue to exercise leadership and we will be able to resolve the issue peacefully We will stay in close touch and cooperate I look forward to seeing you in New York after which I will visit the five countries in the Middle East that I originally planned to visit J The President PM Kaifu Thank you for this phone call Thank you The President U U We send our best wishes to your family CC PM Kaifu Please say to Barbara that I am sorry to interrupt your dinner U The President That's alright S e is sitting right here and is glad we are having this phone ca Thank you my friend U End of Co versation