VICE MINISTER YACHI CONVEYS NORTH KOREA-RELATED

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E.O. 12958: DECL: REUNIFICATION OF THE KOREAN PENINSULA
TAGS: PREL PARM KN JA
SUBJECT: VICE MINISTER YACHI CONVEYS NORTH KOREA-RELATED
REQUESTS

REF: STATE 149071

Classified By: Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer. Reasons 1.4 (b/d).


1. (C) During a telephone call on September 11,
Administrative Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi relayed
two North Korea-related requests to the Ambassador. Prime
Minister Koizumi will convene a Cabinet meeting on September
19, Yachi said, to announce new sanctions on North Korea.
Koizumi would like to announce the measures before he leaves
office, tentatively scheduled for September 26. These
sanctions would be based on the UN 1695 Resolution. It is
important to show a concerted international effort and Japan,
consequently, has asked both the United States and Australia
to take similar action against North Korea on or about the
same day. Australia has been very "forward looking," Yachi
shared (Comment. We interpret this to mean that Australia is
on board with the idea. End Comment)


2. (C) Yachi then repeated a request given at lower levels
for additional information regarding 12 North Korean
organizations and one named individual designated by E.O.

13382. The Japanese Embassy in Washington DC received an
unclassified message on September 8 and the same demarche

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(reftel) was delivered in Tokyo on September 11 to Asian
Affairs DG Sasae by the DCM (septel). Yachi expressed
appreciation for the material already passed but emphasized
that Japan still requires one example of illegal activity for
each entity and for the individual in order to satisfy
Japan's domestic legal requirements. Yachi promised to keep
any information classified. The Ambassador expressed
understanding and assured Yachi he would convey the requests
to Washington.
SCHIEFFER