UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2016-02521 Doc No C06119620 Date 10 31 2016 SECRET PAGE01 TOKY001311 01 OF04 2611392 ACTION NODS-00 INFO OCT-01 ADS-00 001 W -----------------030375 2612312 11 0 261 0322 JAN 81 2FF-4 FM AMEMBASSY TOKYO TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5577 RELEASE IN FULL SECRET SECTION 01 OF 04 TOKYO 01311 NODIS IDECAPTIONEDj FOR THE PRESIDENT AND THE SECRETARY FROM AMBASSADOR MANSFIELD DEPT ALSO PASS WHITE HOUSE FOR RICHARD ALLEN EO 12065 RDS-3 1 26 01 MANSFIELD M OR-M TAGS PEPR JA US SUBJECT U US POLICY TOWARD JAPAN 1 S ENTIRE TEXT 2 DEAR MR PRESIDENT - FIRST LET ME EXTEND MY WARMEST CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR INAUGURATION AND ASSUMPTION OF THE AWESOME RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE TOUGHEST JOB IN THE WORLD I ALSO WISH TO EXPRESS AGAIN TO YOU AND TO SECRETARY HAIG MY GRATITUDE FOR THE HONOR YOU HAVE DONE ME IN ASKING ME TO CONTINUE AS YOUR REPRESENTATIVE IN JAPAN I HAVE MADE NO SECRET OF MY BELIEF THAT OUR ALLIANCE AND PARTNERSHIP WITH JAPAN IS THE MOST IMPORTANT BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE IN THE WORLD TO CONTINUE TO DEEPEN AND EXPAND IT WILL BE MY HIGHEST ENDEAVOR - IT OCCURS TO ME THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR ADSECRET SECRET PAGE 02 REVIEW AUTHORITY Charles Lahiguera Senior Reviewer TOKYO 01311 01 OF 04 2611392 ' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' MINISTRATION YOU MIGHT FIND IT USEFUL TO HAVE MY VIEWS ON OUR POLICIES HERE AND MY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FUTURE I HAVE KEPT THEM BRIEF AND I HOPE GENERAL ENOUGH TO PROVIDE PLENTY OF ROOM FOR FLEXIBLE ELABORATION ALTHOUGH I HAVE CLASSIFIED THIS MESSAGE AND LIMITED ITS DISTRIBUTION IN THE FIRST INSTANCE I WOULD HAVE NO OBJECTION TO ITS BEING MADE AVAILABLE AT YOUR DISCRETION TO ANYONE YOU BELIEVE SHOULD BE INVOLVED OR CONCERNED INCLUDING THE CONGRESS UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2016-02521 Doc No C06119620 Date 10 31 2016 czogmmimD c m UmvaSma o n w m m Zo Con 20 002380 Um mu 82 00 6 m zqmoocodoz I 20 m mm 23 25mm m mm mmr - L _u 2 mmr j m 20 5 23 20 Om m - 005 OS 2 qum mm Ocm odOZ 2 2003 32 mmoqomm I m ImCumU 2m L wu 2 Ocm r m mm4 9 54 0ng ms mOZm mdimm O mm r002 005 202 m mm I w mmoogm 02m O_u Oxr0 m EOE _2 qum OCVACEZI rcmm OT 30 2 mwmmUOg mZAmmUEm m 20 _Zm2u n m Ocm 20 mI m_Zm cm m m 0020m zw O mm rcmm _2 2 IOm rm - 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WANT TO DEVELOP A TRULY COOPERATIVE NUCLEAR ENERGY POLICY REINFORCES COMMITMENT TO ABJURE THE DEVELOP- MENT OR TO FACILITATE IN ANY WAY THE PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS - I AM VERY WELL AWARE THAT ALL OF THESE GOALS PRE- SUPPOSE A MUCH MORE ACTIVE AND BROADLY ORIENTED JAPANESE DIPLOMACY THIS WILL INEVITABLY MEAN THAT WHILE CON- TINUING TO SHARE THE SAME BASIC INTERESTS WITH US THE JAPANESE WILL DEVELOP THEIR OWN APPROACHES TO ISSUES WHICH UP TO NOW THEY HAVE BEEN CONTENT TO LEAVE TO US - WE MAY FIND OURSELVES DIFFERING MORE OFTEN WITH THEM IN TERMS OF TACTICS OR EMPHASIS WE THEREFORE WILL HAVE TO BUILD UP A STRONGER AND WIDER NETWORK OF CONSULTATIVE FORUMS TO MANAGE THE RELATIONSHIP I AM BY NO MEANS SUGGESTING THAT WE NEED TO CREATE MORE FORMAL INSTITU- TIONS RATHER I THINK A FLEXIBLE PATTERN OF CONTINUOUS CONTACTS AT ALL LEVELS OF THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE WHAT SECRET SECRET PAGE 03 TOKYO 01311 02 OF 04 261139Z WE SEEK TO CREATE AND NURTURE 5 THE SUCCESSES - IN SPITE OF ALL OF THE WELL PUBLICIZED POINTS OF CONTENTION MAINLY OVER ECONOMIC ISSUES BETWEEN THE TWO NATIONS IN RECENT YEARS WE CAN BE JUSTIFIABLY PROUD OF THE US STEWARDSHIP OF THE RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE SUCCEEDED IN RESOLVING IN A MUTUALLY SATISFACTORY MANNER OR AT LEAST IN DEFUSING THE MAJOR BILATERAL ECONOMIC ISSUES WITH THE NOTABLE EXCEPTION OF AUTO IMPORTS THE JAPANESE HAVE STEADILY INCREASED BEEF AND CITRUS IMPORTS MADE IT EASIER TO SELL US TOBACCO PRODUCTS HERE NEGOTIATED AN ORDERLY MARKETING AGREEMENT UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2016-02521 Doc No C06119620 Date 10 31 2016 Cm Umumn zms 02 m m m 20 000 20 0m 354E049 02 09 9 00mmu _ m0 0cm 330mm mom mammr 02 Dcmm ozm 20 m2000m 0m0 2 Cm w E00220 m m4m m0 _ mrmooggcza j02m mm O m0 L0m 0m lm 000m0m _2 93 2w - 2 _ 002 mamv w wm 20 mm 53 2mm 20 32% mm Ocm m uom 297 0m_um2mm Ur 22_20 I m Him muOUCr m MCEUOE 2m0mwm m _2 0_mm0 _ _02 02 0m1m2mm 20 m m 20m20m0 w 0m20 _m 20 103$an mm memm _ 000Am mmomma _u 0m 03 cm 0m on No 200900 _2_n0 00 73 0m-oo 63 owOANm mmawmmN 4 0 N3 omNN 3 35 _ 050 HO mI00 0 mmOjOZ ow 0% 04m 2005 mmr j20 _ Imwm quOm m mam 4m05 0020mm2m 0 Izum 02 0_ m2 _2 _ mmi I m 2 0m0 0m I m 003m mm r020 _20mm0 00 2 m0 0 20 _2 30mm O Imm 0m I m _w O_Am0 cm OOmOcm_u 20 002- 2 00 2 _m 2 039m 20 0m I m mmc m0 wOEm mm wcm0m2m 0T w 20 czong mU cm Qn m m m 08 20 000 2 0 Oomimomo Um m 299503 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2016-02521 DOC No C06119620 Date 10 31 2016 TURKEY BY UNDERWRITING A LARGE PART OF THE VIETNAM REFUGEE PROGRAM AND BY PLAYING A LEADING ROLE BOTH TRYING TO SECURE THE WITHDRAWAL OF VIETNAMESE FORCES FROM CAMBODIA THEY HAVE GIVEN STRONG POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC BACKING TO ASEAN ENCOURAGING ITS FIVE SOUTHEAST ASIAN MEMBERS TO STRENGTHEN THE LINKS AMONG THEM THEY HAVE SUPPORTED THE GRADUAL TRANSFORMA- TION OF THE SEVEN-NATION SUMMITS FROM STRICTLY ECONOMIC CONCLAVES INTO GATHERINGS ATTEMPTING TO COORDINATE AP- PROACHES TO THE MAJOR POLITICAL ISSUES WE FACE THEY HAVE RECOGNIZED PERHAPS TO A GREATER EXTENT THAN OUR EUROPEAN FRIENDS HAVE YET REALIZED THE NEED FOR A SECRET SECRET PAGE 02 TOKYO 01311 03 OF 04 2611402 POLITICAL BUT NON-MILITARY LINK WITH THE MAJOR EUROPEAN DEMOCRACIES IN ORDER TO STRENGTHEN TRIPARTITE COOPERATION ON ISSUES OF CONCERN TO US ALL 6 THE ROAD AHEAD - LIKE FIRST LAW OF MOTION APPLIED TO PHYSICAL OBJECTS RELATIONS WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE IN A STEADY AND STRAIGHT PATH UNLESS PERTURBED OR INFLUENCED BY EXTERNAL FACTORS WHICH CANNOT BE PRE- DICTED OR OVER WHICH WE HAVE NO CONTROL CUR- RENT FORWARD MOTION COULD WELL BE SIDETRACKED OR RE- VERSED IF WE ADMINISTER SURPRISES TO IT HECTOR IT WITH CHARGES OF OR ALLEGATIONS OF UNFAIR- NESS OR WHAT I CONTINUE TO FEAR MOST TAKE IT FOR GRANTED BECAUSE OF ITS GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE POSITION AND RELATIVELY UNDRAMATIC LEADERSHIP FOR THE FUTURE HEALTH OF THE RELATIONSHIP I WOULD PRESCRIBE CLOSE AND CONTINUOUS CONSULTATIONS ON THE WHOLE RANGE OF ALLIANCE ISSUES WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO SEEK TO ENGAGE THE JAPANESE IN DIALOGUE ON THE POSSIBLE RANGE OF INTERNATIONAL ISSUES NOT JUST THOSE WITH AN OBVIOUS ASIAN ANGLE IN THE CASE I WOULD URGE THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE RESUMPTION OF BUREAU-LEVEL CONSULTATIONS ON EVERYTHING FROM GENERAL POLICY PLANNING AND FOREIGN AID TO LATIN AMERICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST POLICIES IN A BROADER CONTEXT WE SHOULD RE-FOCUS OUR DEFENSE DISCUSSIONS ON OUR RESPECTIVE SECURITY RE- QUIREMENTS AND HOW WE PROPOSE TO ATTAIN THEM JOINTLY THIS WOULD ENABLE US TO BACK AWAY GRACEFULLY FROM AN ESSENTIALLY UNPRODUCTIVE DEBATE OVER THE PERCENT OF GNP OR NATIONAL BUDGET DEVOTED TO DEFENSE AND ALLOW THE JAPANESE TO ELABORATE TO ITS OWN PEOPLE AS SECRET SECRET PAGE 03 TOKYO 01311 03 OF 04 261140Z WELL AS TO US JUST WHAT IT HAS IN MIND IN TERMS OF UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2016-02521 Doc No 006119620 Date 10 31 2016 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2016-02521 Doc No C06119620 Date 10 31 2016 COMPREHENSIVE SECURITY IT WOULD ALSO PERMIT US TO DEFINE MUCH MORE PRECISELY NOT ONLY RESPECTIVE ROLES AND MISSIONS AND PERCEIVED DEFICIENCIES BUT ALSO OUR VIEW OF HOWTHE SECURITY BURDEN MIGHT BE MORE EQUITABLY SHARED - THERE IS ONE SOMEWHAT NEGLECTED AREA IN THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP WHICH SHOULD BECOME CENTRAL TO THE CONSULTATIVE PROCESS--ENERGY JAPAN'S PERCEIVED VULNERABILITY TO AN OIL CUTOFF IS LIKELY TO CAST AN EVER LARGER SHADOW OVER THE ENTIRE RANGE OF ITS DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POLICIES BECAUSE OF THE DRAMATIC DIFFERENCES IN THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE TWO NATIONS CAN SATISFY THROUGH DOMESTIC SOURCES THEIR OWN ENERGY NEEDS WE WILL HAVE TO DEVISE SOME CREATIVE MECHANISMS FOR SHARING THE ENERGY BURDEN AS WELL OR ELSE AGREE TO DISAGREE ON CERTAIN POLICIES WHICH ARE SHAPED HEAVILY BY CONSIDERA TIONS OF ACCESS TO OUTSIDE ENERGY SOURCES EVEN THOUGH IT WOULD REPRESENT A SIGNIFICANT SHIFT IN OUR NUCLEAR POLICY I BELIEVE THERE IS ONE THORN IN THE JAPANESE SIDE WHICH WE SHOULD COMPLETELY REMOVE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE I REFER TO THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT'S WISH TO OPERATE WITHOUT INTERFERENCE ITS TOKAI MURA PILOT PLANT FOR THE REPROCESSING OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL AND TO CONSTRUCT A STILL LARGER PLANT FOR THIS PURPOSE GIVEN JAPAN'S LONG-STANDING COMMITMENT TO USING NUCLEAR ENERGY EXCLUSIVELY FOR PEACEFUL PURPOSES AND ITS SUPPORT OF OUR NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION EFFORTS I SEE NO REASON WHY WE SHOULD NOT RESPOND MORE POSITIVELY TO JAPANESE WISHES ON THIS MATTER - ON ONGOING OR EMERGING TRADE ISSUES SUCH AS AUTOS SECRET NVVZCZ ADP045 SECRET PAGE 01 TOKYO 01311 04 OF 04 261140Z ACTION NODS-00 INFO OCT-01 ADS-00 001 W ------------------030434 261229Z 11 0 261 032Z JAN 81 ZFF-4 FM AMEMBASSY TOKYO TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5580 SECRET SECTION 04 OF 04 TOKYO 01311 NOD IS UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2016-02521 Doc No C06119620 Date 10 31 2016 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2016-02521 Doc No C06119620 Date 10 31 2016 THIS YEAR OR SEMICONDUCTORS IN THE FUTURE I BELIEVE WE SHOULD ALSO ABANDON THE CLICHES OF THE PAST--WHETHER THEY BE FREE TRADE OR SEARCH INSTEAD FOR THOSE PRAGMATIC SOLUTIONS WHICH WILL STRENGTHEN OUR RESPECTIVE ECONOMIES AND CAUSE THE LEAST HARM TO OUR WORKERS AS A GOVERNMENT HOWEVER WE MUST SPEAK WITH ONE SIGNALS FROM OFFICIALS WHO SEE THEMSELVES REPRESENTING DIFFERENT CONSTITUENCIES ONLY MAKE THE ROAD TO EVENTUAL SOLUTIONS THAT MUCH MORE ROCKY THIS APPLIES WITH PARTICULAR FORCE TO THE AUTO ISSUE IF THE USG CAN COME UP WITH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO ASSIST OUR INDUSTRY THROUGH A DIFFICULT PERIOD OF ADJUSTMENT I AM CONFIDENT THAT JAPAN WILL PLAY ITS PART POSSIBLY THROUGH VOLUNTARY RESTRAINTS POSSIBLY BY NEGOTIATING AN ORDERLY MARKETING AGREEMENT WITH US ALTHOUGH I RECOGNIZE THERE ARE ON THE US SIDE SUBSTANTIAL DIF- FERENCES OF OPINION ON THE MOST APPROPRIATE METHOD OF HANDLING THE ISSUE OUR PREOCCUPATION WITH CURRENT OR UPCOMING ISSUES IN THE RELATIONSHIP SHOULD NOT KEEP UP FROM RECOGNIZING THE URGENT NEED FOR LEADERS AND OPINION SHAPERS IN THE TWO NATIONS TO GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER BETTER WE SHOULD IMPROVE THE ACCESS OF JAPANESE POLICY MAKERS TO WASHINGTON OFFICIALDOM AND INCREASE THE EXPOSURE OF SECRET SECRET PAGE 02 TOKYO 01311 04 OF 04 2611402 AMERICAN LEADERS TO JAPANESE INDIVIDUALS AND TIONS THIS IS CULTURAL EXCHANGE IN THE BROADEST SENSE WITH THE JAPANESE IN PARTICULAR GOOD HUMAN RELATIONS ARE THE SINE QUA NON OF A SUCCESSFUL INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONSHIP THE FIRST SIGNS ARE AUSPICIOUS THE ATTENTION THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO JAPANESE GUESTS AT THE INAUGURATION HAS BEEN WIDELY AND FAVORABLY NOTED HERE NEXT ON THE AGENDA WILL PROBABLY BE VISITS BY FOREIGN MINISTER ITO AND PRIME MINISTER SUZUKI THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PERSONAL RAPPORT WITH THEM WILL WORK WONDERS IN ASSISTING US IN ACHIEVING OUR GOALS HERE - FINALLY I HOPE BOTH YOU AND SECRETARY HAIG WILL GIVE MOST SERIOUS CONSIDERATION TO A VISIT TO EAST ASIA INCLUDING JAPAN SOMETIME LATER THIS YEAR FOR THE SECRETARY ATTENDANCE AT THE ASEAN MINISTERIAL MEETING IN LATE SPRING MIGHT PROVIDE THE IDEAL EVENT AROUND WHICH TO PLAN A VISIT TO THE AREA NO OTHER SINGLE ACTION WOULD SO DRAMATICALLY AND PUBLICLY STRATE THE NEW INTEREST IN AND CONCERN FOR AN AREA OF THE WORLD TO WHICH OUR FUTURE AS A NATION IS INEXTRICABLY LINKED - RESPECTF LLY - MIKE MANSFIELD UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2016-02521 Doc No C06119620 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