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06TOKYO6649
2006-11-21 22:38:00
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Embassy Tokyo
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MEDIA REACTION - BUSH FOREIGN POLICY - TOKYO
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UNCLAS TOKYO 006649
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR I/RF, PA/PR/FPC/W, IIP/G/EA, EAP/PD, R/MR,
EAP/J, EAP/P, PM;
USTR FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE;
TREASURY FOR OASIA/IMI;
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA;
CP BUTLER OKINAWA FOR AREA FIELD OFFICE;
PACOM HONOLULU FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ADVISOR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION - BUSH FOREIGN POLICY - TOKYO
LEAD STORIES: Tuesday morning's Asahi front-paged remarks
reportedly made by President Bush to Chinese President Hu
in Hanoi Sunday, quoting Bush as telling Hu that the end
of the Korean War can be officially declared if North
Korea gives up its nuclear programs.
UNCLAS TOKYO 006649
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR I/RF, PA/PR/FPC/W, IIP/G/EA, EAP/PD, R/MR,
EAP/J, EAP/P, PM;
USTR FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE;
TREASURY FOR OASIA/IMI;
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA;
CP BUTLER OKINAWA FOR AREA FIELD OFFICE;
PACOM HONOLULU FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ADVISOR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION - BUSH FOREIGN POLICY - TOKYO
LEAD STORIES: Tuesday morning's Asahi front-paged remarks
reportedly made by President Bush to Chinese President Hu
in Hanoi Sunday, quoting Bush as telling Hu that the end
of the Korean War can be officially declared if North
Korea gives up its nuclear programs.
1. "Bush Takes Flexible Line After Midterm Elections"
Takashi Sadahiro, correspondent of the top-circulation,
moderate Yomiuri, in a report from Bogor, Indonesia,
wrote (11/21): "President Bush returned home after
visiting Indonesia Monday for talks with President
Yudhoyono and completing a tour of three Southeast Asian
nations. Considerable international attention had been
focused on the president's first foreign tour after the
Republican defeat in the midterm elections, particularly
how Washington would deal with the North Korean nuclear
issue. After his series of meetings with foreign leaders
on the sidelines of the APEC forum and elsewhere, it
became clear that President Bush has shifted from a
demanding and hard-line policy to an approach of
cooperation and flexibility."
SCHIEFFER
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR I/RF, PA/PR/FPC/W, IIP/G/EA, EAP/PD, R/MR,
EAP/J, EAP/P, PM;
USTR FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE;
TREASURY FOR OASIA/IMI;
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA;
CP BUTLER OKINAWA FOR AREA FIELD OFFICE;
PACOM HONOLULU FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ADVISOR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION - BUSH FOREIGN POLICY - TOKYO
LEAD STORIES: Tuesday morning's Asahi front-paged remarks
reportedly made by President Bush to Chinese President Hu
in Hanoi Sunday, quoting Bush as telling Hu that the end
of the Korean War can be officially declared if North
Korea gives up its nuclear programs.
1. "Bush Takes Flexible Line After Midterm Elections"
Takashi Sadahiro, correspondent of the top-circulation,
moderate Yomiuri, in a report from Bogor, Indonesia,
wrote (11/21): "President Bush returned home after
visiting Indonesia Monday for talks with President
Yudhoyono and completing a tour of three Southeast Asian
nations. Considerable international attention had been
focused on the president's first foreign tour after the
Republican defeat in the midterm elections, particularly
how Washington would deal with the North Korean nuclear
issue. After his series of meetings with foreign leaders
on the sidelines of the APEC forum and elsewhere, it
became clear that President Bush has shifted from a
demanding and hard-line policy to an approach of
cooperation and flexibility."
SCHIEFFER