UNCLASSIFIED PT02497 PAGE 01 STATE ORIGIN NODS-00 INFO LOG-00 CCOE-00 153477 1622292 SAS-00 E14 RELEl SlID INP A-RT -B 1 1 4 B l 4 D - OOOR DRAFTED BY EAP J JBARON KLMELKA APPROVED BY S THE SECRETARY EAP SOROTH S S RLIKINS S AWOLFF S S-0 FLPALMIERI DESIRED DISTRIBUTION NOOIS NOT FOR ADS -- ---EDOAD2 162232Z 38 0 1622272 AUG 99 2FF6 FM SECSTATE WASHDC TO AMEMBASSY SEOUL IMMEDIATE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE AMEMBASSY TOKYO IMMEDIATE CLASSIFIED BY DEPT OF STATE L HEDGBETH DAS A GIS REVIEW AUTHORITY APPEALS REVIEW PANEL AMEMBASSY BEIJING IMMEDIATE CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL REASON l 4 B I 4 D AIT TAIPEI IMMEDIATE 0000 SON FI NODIS J DECLASSIFY AFTER 15 AUG 2024 APPEAL ACTION ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELEASED Ii U 'I' I A STATE 153 4 7 7 REASON S Bl 1 4 B 1 4 D DATE CASE ID 14 DEC 2009 200601057 DECAPTIONED E 0 12958 DECL 08 11 09 TAGS OVIP ALBRIGHT MAOELEINE K PREL PGOV KSUM SUBJECT SECRETARY ALBRIGHTS MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER KOUMURA OF JAPAN JULY 27 SINGAPORE 1 U LIKINS CLASSIFIED BY DEPUTY EXECUTIVE SECRETARY ROSE REASON 1 5 B AND D €0NFIDENTIM PAGE 02 STATE 153477 1622292 JULY 27 1999 2 40 PM MANDARIN HOTEL SINGAPORE 2 U 3 U PARTICIPANTS U S THE SECRETARY AMBASSADOR WENDY SHERMAN SSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS BOTH SSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS t ARSON UNITEf STATES DEP AIHMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY MURRAY D ZINOMAN DATIUCASE ID 15 SEP POLICY PLANNING DIRECTOR HALPERIN JCS LT GENERAL FOGLESONG UNCLASSIFIED NOTETAKER INTERPRETER JAPAN FOREIGN MINISTER KOUMURA DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER TAMBA ASIAN AFFAIRS DIRECTOR GENERAL ANAMI NORTH AMERICAN AFFAIRS DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL HAYASHI ECONOMIC AFFAIRS DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL SHIBUYA PRIVATE SECRETARY KODERA INTERPRETER 4 SUMMARY THE SECRETARY MET WITH FOREIGN MINI STER KOUMURA OF JAPAN ON JULY 27 1999 IN SINGAPORE ON THE --GGNJi'IDENTIAL· STATE 153477 1622292 PAGE 03 MARGINS OF THE ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM MEETINGS AND POSTMINISTERIAL CONFERENCE THE SECRETARY AND FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSED PREPARATIONS FOR THE OKINAWA G-8 SUMtvIIT CHINA TAIWAN AND IRAN THE FOREIGN MINISTER AGREED WITH THE SECRETARY'S PROPOSAL TO CONTINUE CLOSE COORDINATION ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE G-8 SUMtvIIT IN PARTICULAR TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS AT THE TWO-PLUS-TWO MEETING IN SEPTEMBER 1999 FM KOUMURA AGREED TO ENHANCE U S JAPAN COORDINATION ON APEC PRIOR TO THE AUCKLAND MEETINGS THE SECRETARY REPORTED ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE U S CHINA RELATIONSHIP AND FM KOUMURA EXPRESSED CONFIDENCE THAT IT HAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE RELATIONSHIP RECOVERED END SUMMARY OKINAWA G-8 SUMMIT 5 fet FOREI GN MIN ISTER KOUMURA EXPRE SSED GRATITUDE FOR THE SECRETARY'S JULY 27 CONVENING OF A TRILATERAL MEETING BETWEEN THE U S JAPANESE AND KOREAN FOREIGN MINISTERS SEPTEL SECRETARY ALBRIGHT AGREED THAT THE MEETING WRITTEN STATEMENT AND PRESS CONFERENCE WERE EXAMPLES OF UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED THE GOOD COM v fUNICATION BETWEEN OUR THREE COUNTRIES PAGE 04 STATE 153477 162229Z 6 f€- FM KOUMURA DESCRIBED U S -JAPAN RELATIONS AS EXCELLENT THE NEXT MAJOR EVENT WILL BE THE G-8 SUMixIIT IN OKINAWA HE SAID THAT HE WANTS TO CONTINUE CLOSE CONTACT WITH US AS THE SUMixIIT APPROACHES THE SECRETARY REPLIED THAT SHE HOPED THE MINISTER WOULD HAVE A POSITIVE EFFECT ON THE SUMixIIT AGENDA AS G-8 CHAIRS JAPAN CAN PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN INCREASING THE SCOPE OF G-8 INTERESTS AND THE OPERATION OF THE G-8 THE SECRETARY SAID THERE HAS A REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR JAPAN TO SHOW DRAMATIC LEADERSHIP THE USG WANTS TO WORK WITH JAPAN TO ENSURE A MEANINGFUL AGENDA SAID THE SECRETARY AND SUGGESTED THAT JAPAN CONSIDER WHETHER REGIONAL POLITICAL ISSUES COULD USEFULLY BE DISCUSSED IN G-8 FORA SHE PROPOSED THIS BE DISCUSSED IN GREATER DETAIL AT THE TWO-PLUS-TWO MEETING IN SEPTEMBER EITHER ON THE MARGINS OR IN THE MEETING ITSELF KOUMURA AGREED U S -JAPAN COORDINATION ON APEC 7 f0i SECRETARY ALBRIGHT INTRODUCED A S LARSON AND INFORMED FM KOUMURA THAT SHE HAD ASKED HIM TO BECOME HER UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS NOTING THAT A S LARSON THOUGHT THAT PERHAPS THE USG AND GOJ COULD BETTER COORDINATE FOR THE APEC MEETING THE SECRETARY SUGGESTED THAT THE TWO SIDES DISCUSS APEC ISSUES PRIOR TO THE AUCKLAND MEETING KOUMURA DESCRIBED THE SUGGESTION AS VERY USEFUL AND SAID THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED WITH U S -JAPAN COORDINATION PRIOR TO THE AUCKLAND MEETING GONFIDEH'PIM PAGE 05 STATE 153477 162229Z CHINA 8 SECRETARY ALBRIGHT REPORTED THAT THE UNITED STATES WORKING TO GET RELATIONS ON TRACK THE USG HAS SHARED THE RESULTS OF OUR INTERNAL INVESTIGATION ON THE ACCIDENT WITH BEIJING BEGUN OUR INTERNAL ACCOUNTABILITY REVIEW AND OFFERED PAYMENTS TO THE FAMILIES OF THOSE KILLED AND INJURED THE SECRETARY UNCLASSIFIED SAID SHE HAD A GOOD MEETING WITH CHINESE FM RANG IN SINGAPORE THAT HELPED TO EASE TENSIONS CHINA AGREED TO REOPEN SEVERAL BILATERAL CHANNELS BUT NOT THE WTO NEGOTIATIONS NON-PROLIFERATION TALKS OR OUR HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO PUT THE BOMBING ISSUE BEHIND US ONCE THE COMPENSATION TALKS ARE COMPLETED 9 -fGt THE SECRETARY NOTED THAT PRESIDENT JIANG AGREED TO MEET PRESIDENT CLINTON AT THE APEC MEETING IN SEPTEMBER THIS SHOULD RESULT IN MORE PROGRESS ON BILATERAL ISSUES THE SECRETARY ASSERTED THAT THE FUTURE OF THE RELATIONSHIP IS LARGELY IN THE HANDS OF THE CHINESE SHE RECALLED THAT THE UNITED STATES NOW HAS APOLOGIZED EXPLAINED AND TRIED TO PROVIDE CHINA WITH A MEANS OF GETTING THEMSELVES OUT OF A CORNER THE UNITED STATES BELIEVES THAT CHINA STILL RECOGNIZES THAT ITS NATIONAL INTERESTS REQUIRE A PRODUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNITED STATES THE SECRETARY ASKED FOR KOUMURA'S ASSESSMENT OF PM OBUCHI'S JULY TRIP TO CHINA AS WELL AS C01'1FIDEH'il IM PAGE 06 153477 162229Z STATE ANY INSIGHT HE MIGHT HAVE ABOUT HOW CHINA IS NOW PERCEIVING THE UNITED STATES LO tet FOREIGN MINISTER KOUMURA STATED THAT THE PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT HAD MANY ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDING THE CONCLUSION OF JAPAN'S NEGOTIATIONS ON CHINA WTO ACCESSION THEREFORE JAPAN HOPES BOTH THAT THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA WILL SOON COMPLETE THE WTO NEGOTIATIONS AND FOR A GENERAL IMPROVEMENT IN 11 FM KOUMURA CONTINUED THAT PM OBUCHI DURING HIS MEETINGS WITH THE CHINESE LEADERSHIP EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD U S -CHINA RELATIONS AND ENCOURAGED CHINA TO TAKE STEPS TOWARD THAT END WHEN ACCOMPANYING UNCLASSIFIED THE PM TO CHINA THE FOREIGN MINISTER ASKED THE CHINESE LEADERSHIP ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS FOR THEIR VIEWS ON U S CHINA RELATIONS ALMOST ALL CLAIMED THAT CHINA HAS A VICTIM AND THAT THE BALL HAS IN THE U S COURT HOWEVER CONFIDENT I U PAGE 07 STATE 153477 162 2 29Z KOUMURA FOUND THAT THE ATMOSPHERE HAD CHANGED DURING HI S MEETING CHINESE FM TANG IN SINGAPORE 12 fC7 SECRETARY ALBRIGHT SAID SHE TOLD FM TANG THAT THE USG IS IN THE MIDST OF ITS ACCOUNTABILITY REVIEW PROCESS ON THE BOMBING THE BOMBING HAS A TRAGIC MISTAKE SAID THE SECRETARY THE UNITED STATES PROVIDED CHINA HOWEVER WITH A FACTUAL ACCOUNT OF WHAT OCCURRED SHE NOTED THAT DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTE'l LIGENCE TENET IN CONGRESS IONAL TESTIMONY TOOK SPONSIBILITY AND THAT SHE fl AD INFORMED FM TANG OF THIS KOUMURA NOTED THAT BOTH CHINA AND THE UN I TED STATES ARE FULLY AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THEIR RELATIONS AND THAT AS A RESULT HE IS NOT PESSIMISTIC IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE RELATIONSHIP RECOVERS INDEED SAID KOUMURA ALREADY SINCE PM OBUCHI ' S TRIP TO BEIJING THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE SENIOR RANKS OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAS CHANGED TAIWAN 13 ter' UNCLASSIFIED Bl l · 1 14 -tet FM KOUMURA REPORTED THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN JAPAN'S ONE CHINA POLICY HE NOTED THAT THROUGH UNOFFICIAL CHANNELS THE GOJ HAS TOLD TAIWAN THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN JAPANESE POLICY AND HAS REPEATEDLY MADE CLEAR THAT JAPAN HOPES FOR A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION Hl IRAN 16 f-€1 SECRETARY ALBRIGHT NOTED THAT IRAN HAS ALSO RECENTLY HAD LARGE DEMONSTRATIONS THE UNITED STATES IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE ARREST OF IRANIAN JEWS ON TRUMPED UP CHARGES OF ESPI ONAGE THE SECRETARY SAID SHE APPRECIATES THAT JAPAN RAISED THIS WITH THE IRANIAN AMBASSADOR TO TOKYO THE UNITED STATES IS WATCHING VERY CAREFULLY FOR SIGNALS OF CHANGE IN IRAN INCLUDING K i ATAMI ' S ELECTION AND HIS STATEMENTS REGARDING PRESIDENT CLINTON ' S SPEECHES WE ARE WAITING FOR IRAN TO STOP SUPPORTING TERRORISM TO UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED START SUPPORTING THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS AND TO HALT PRODUCTION AND PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION ALBRIGHT G0NFIDBNTIAL END OF DOCUMENT SSIFI