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SANITIZED E.0, 12356, Sec. 3.4 ees By_gad—. NARA, DaretteAa INCOMING TELEGRAM Department of State YB Aion s Info “RR RUENCR : DE RUALOT 409 29/10302 R 2909572 ZEA ae i (aMEHBASSY_TOHTO) _ Lee 00 0. TO SECSTATE WASHDC . 9 20 STATE GANG : : ,- 164 DEG 29° AH 6 19°, Perenb-+[a067 pec 29 ert : « Linprs : SaTO VISIT 1, IN HOUR SESSION ALONE WITH-ME FOLLOWING MORE FORMAL TALK TODAY CEMBTEL 2058), SATO STRESSED THAT WHILE DEFENSE NOT ON AGENDA FOR WASHINGTON TALKS, IT IS REALLY MAIN. SUBJECT, SINCE | : CHINA, VIETNAM, KOREA, ETC., ARE FROM HIS POINT OF VIEW JUST ASPECTS (OF DEFENSE PROBLEM JAPAN “FACES. VARIOUS PAPERS PRESENTED EMBASSY * AND DEPT YESTERDAY, HE SAID, REPRESENTED SURFACE VIEWS WHICH WOULD’. | DO LITTLE DAMAGE IF LEAKED TO PUBLIC, BUT DID NOT NECESSARILY eo CFN 2067 29 6PM LIMDIS 1, 2058 NoT NOT = : i PAGE 2 RUALOT “409D REPRESENT HIS REAL THINKING, I GATHERED SOME OF FOLLOWING POINTS HE MADE TO ME IN PRIVATE WERE ITEMS HE PLANNED TO DISCUSS IN jgSESSION WHICH WE UNDERSTAND HE HOPES TO HAVE ALONE WITH PRESIDENT. \30y5) CC 1-301) pee Ab €oPY'LBT LIBRARY REPRODUCTION FROM THIS COPY IS PROHIBITED UNLESS “UNCLASSIFIED” “SEERET— -2-2067, December 29, 6 PM from: Tokyo ‘PAGE, 5 RUALOT A09D S-E—¢-R-E-F ’ 3. COMMENT: THIS IS FIRST TIME I HAVE HAD CHANCE TO GET DIRECT _ FLAVOR OF SATO THINKING AND I FIND HE INDEED LIVES UP 10 EREPUTATION OF BEING LESS JUDICIOUSL Y CAUTIOUS ZHAN IKEDA. HIS | For AND ASM REER “4 \ i 4 Hl i 1.305) 4. REGARDING OTHER DEFENSE QUESTIONS, SATO ADMITTED PRUGRESS STILL SLOW TOWARD MILITARY BUILDUP, ‘THOUGH HE WAS HAPPY ABOUT T¥O LAWS ©. : "REGARDING SELF-DEFENSE FORCES RECENTLY PASSED (A-364) AND i | CONTINUING PROGRAM FOR PRODUCTION F1g4'S, HE SPOKE AS IF i }. JAPANESE COULD SOON PUSH UP DEFENSE SPENDING TO 2 PERCENT OF GP, BUT,ADMITTED THAT “ELEVATING DEFENSE AGENCY’ TO DEFENS' ° MINISTRY, WHICH SEEMINGLY A TRIVIAL PROBLEM, COULD NOT BE ae ' ACHIEVED FOR LITTLE WHILE. WHEN I POINTED OUT JAPANESE LACK OF 4 CFN 3, 5 2013 4 epgaen F104"S 2 GNP NOT . : : MILITARY SECRETS LaW SEVERELY INHIBITED CLOSENESS OF US-JAPRAN DEFENSE RELATIONSHIP, HE SHOVED HIMSELF WELL AWARE OF PROBLEM, BUT CLAINED ONE DIFFICULTY WAS THAT CONSTITUTION WADE SECRET TRIAL IMPOSSIBLE AND WITHOUT THAT MILITARY SECRETS LAW COULD NOT BE ADEQUATELY ENFORCED. HE WELCOMED MY SUGGESTION THAT I INQUIRE INTO HOW U.S. HANDLES THIS PROBLEM AND DISCUSS FURTHER WITH HIM. PaGE_4 RUALOT a re 13), ws “SEGRET -3-2067, December 29, 6 PM from: Tokyo - : AOD : = - + 1.34) (5) GP-2. REISCHAUER BT 5 GFN GRC 64° 2044 UN GP-2

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