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06TOKYO6592
2006-11-17 06:56:00
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Embassy Tokyo
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U/S JOSEPH'S NOVEMBER 06 MEETING WITH ACS ANDO,

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E.O. 12958: DECL: FOLLOWING KOREAN REUNIFICATION
TAGS: PREL PINR PARM KNNP ASCH CH KS KN JA
SUBJECT: U/S JOSEPH'S NOVEMBER 06 MEETING WITH ACS ANDO,
ACS YANAGISAWA ON UNSCR 1718 IMPLEMENTATION

Classified By: Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer. Reason: 1.4 (B/D).

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E.O. 12958: DECL: FOLLOWING KOREAN REUNIFICATION
TAGS: PREL PINR PARM KNNP ASCH CH KS KN JA
SUBJECT: U/S JOSEPH'S NOVEMBER 06 MEETING WITH ACS ANDO,
ACS YANAGISAWA ON UNSCR 1718 IMPLEMENTATION

Classified By: Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer. Reason: 1.4 (B/D).


1. (C) Summary. On 6 November U/S Joseph and ACS Ando agreed
to coordinate as much as practical the formulation and
announcement of their respective lists of luxury items to be
banned under UNSCR 1718. Asked about the U.S.-proposed UNSCR
1718-related working group, U/S Joseph explained that it was
meant to be an informal group to address specific operational
issues at as low a level as possible. ACS Yanagisawa
revealed that Japan was establishing a new mechanism meant to
facilitate interagency information sharing. End summary.


2. (C) Under Secretary for Arms Control and International
Security Robert Joseph met November 6 with Assistant Cabinet
Secretary for Foreign Policy Hiroyasu Ando and Assistant

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Cabinet Secretary for Crisis Management and Security Kyoji
Yanagisawa to discuss implementation of UNSCR 1718. U/S
Joseph described the U.S.-Japan-Australian trilateral meeting
held earlier that day as &very productive,8 noting in
particular the value of having broad Japanese interagency
participation. UNSCR 1718, he stated, is a &baseline8 for
action and must be fully implemented until the DPRK complies
with UNSCR 1718 requirements to completely, verifiably and
irreversibly eliminate its nuclear weapons and existing
nuclear programs.

Luxury Goods Ban
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3. (C) ACS Ando explained that his cabinet office is
responsible for interagency coordination within the Japanese
government on UNSCR 1718 implementation measures and that ACS
Yanagisawa would be involved if Japan were to undertake cargo
inspection. Japan had already announced three sets of
measures against North Korea and had taken steps in all areas
except banning luxury goods and cargo inspections. Referring
to U.S. and Japanese notional lists of luxury items to be

banned under UNSCR 1718 that had been shared at the
trilateral meeting, Ando explained that Japan intended to
submit its list to the UN sanctions committee by the November
13 deadline and asked about U.S. intentions. Japan hopes to
coordinate its list with those of the United States and
Australia, he stated.


4. (C) U/S Joseph responded that the United States
appreciates Japan,s unilateral measures in response to the
DPRK,s July 5 missile launches and October 9 nuclear test
and considers them a model. On the luxury goods, ban,
Joseph agreed that it was important to work together and to
make clear to the international community that all countries
need to be serious about implementing UNSCR 1718, noting that
luxury items are important to the Pyongyang regime for
retaining the loyalty of the North Korean elite. The
Department of Commerce is working on the regulatory aspects
of the proposed list of banned items. U/S Joseph indicated
that the United States would finalize its list of luxury
items in time for inclusion in its own report to the UNSC by
13 November and offered to share that list in advance with
the Japanese. Ando welcomed the suggestion and provided a
point-of-contact. (Note: Embassy DCM Donovan on November 7
personally provided follow-up information to ACS Ando.)

Cargo Inspections
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5. (C) Turning to the issue of cargo inspections, U/S Joseph
said that we need to use all of the tools at our disposal,
including the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),
sharing information, detection and monitoring capabilities,
and customs inspections. ACS Yanagisawa observed that
Japanese politicians had &become excited8 following the
passage of UNSCR 1718, debating whether Japan would have to
invoke for the first time its law involving &Situations In
Areas Surrounding Japan8 (SIASJ). Currently, many Japanese
agencies exchange information with their U.S. counterparts,

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but have no mechanism for sharing with their Japanese
interagency colleagues. With Cabinet Office guidance, they
are now establishing such a mechanism. How, Yanagisawa
asked, did the United States intend to handle information
sharing among relevant countries?


6. (C) Noting that this was an important question, U/S Joseph
stated that successful cargo inspection would depend on
information sharing, as well as the operational, legal and
technical aspects. In the trilateral, he had proposed the
establishment of a U.S.-Japanese-Australian working group in
the near term to address these issues. The United States
would look forward to sharing information with Japan and
Australia and would selectively share information with other
countries, based on the specific circumstances. Deputy
Foreign Minister Nishida had earlier indicated that Japan
would participate in the proposed follow-on meetings, the
Under Secretary noted.


7. (C) Responding to Ando,s questions on the proposed
working group, Joseph explained that the United States did
not intend to make it public, but would simply refer to
&follow-on meetings,8 which would be expected. Asked
whether the &terms of reference8 (TOR) would be limited to
cargo inspections only or address all UNSCR 1718-related
issues, U/S Joseph replied that the United States did not
envision formalizing the working group through a TOR, but
rather, intended it to be an informal process addressing
technical issues as the need arose. As to level, he
suggested the working group be conducted &at a level that is
as low as possible but still able to resolve issues.8 The
United States hoped to have a practical proposal to present
to Japan as quickly as possible.


8. (C) China,s participation in the cargo inspection process
would be very important, Ando stressed, particularly the
inspection of land-based cargo passage. He asked the Under
Secretary whether he thought China was really serious about

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cargo inspection. U/S Joseph observed that when he was in
Beijing with Secretary Rice in late October, the Chinese had
told the Secretary that they would fully and effectively
implement UNSCR 1718. While he did not expect China to
interdict DPRK-flagged ships, he did expect it to greatly
enhance its inspection of land cargo. At the close of the
meeting, U/S Joseph promised to stay in close contact on
issues related to UNSCR 1718 sanctions.


9. Participants

United States
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Robert G. Joseph, Under Secretary for Arms Control and
International Security
Joe Donovan, DCM U.S. Embassy
David Stephens, Acting Senior Director for
COutner-Proliferation Strategy, NCS
Patricia McNerney, ISN Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary,
DOS
William H. Tobey, Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear
Nonproliferation, DOE/NNSA
Dr. Victor Cha, Director, NSC/EAP
Eliot Kang, Senior Adviser, ISN/RA, DOS
Carol Reynolds, U.S. Embassy (notetaker)

Japan
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Hiroyasu Ando, Assistant Cabinet Secretary for Foreign
Policy, Cabinet Secretariat
Kyoji Yanagisawa, Assistant Cabinet Secretary for Crisis
Management and Security, Cabinet Secretariat
Makita Shimokawa, Cabinet Counsellor, Office of the Assistant
Cabinet Secretary (Ando),Cabinet
Secretariat
Atsushi Kato, Office of the Assistant Cabinet Secretary
(Yanagisawa),Cabinet Secretariat

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Kenichi Takahashi, Office of the Assistant Cabinet Secretary
(Yanagisawa),Cabinet Secretariat


10. (U) Under Secretary Joseph cleared this message.
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