JAPAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE: REGULATORY REFORM AND

UNCLAS STATE 004701

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
FOR ECON: N HILL

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OTRA ECON ETRD JA
SUBJECT: JAPAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE: REGULATORY REFORM AND
COMPETITION POLICY INITIATIVE WORKING GROUP, TOKYO,
JANUARY 22-30, 2007


1. Department requests country clearance for the U.S.
delegation to the Regulatory Reform and Competition Policy
working group meetings scheduled for January 22-30, 2007, in
Tokyo. Members of the delegation, their passport and
clearance information, and dates of arrival and departure are
as follows:

USTR
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Michael Beeman
Deputy Assistant USTR for Japan
Passport: 801736070
Security clearance: Top Secret
Arrival: January 21
Departure: January 27

Cathleen A. Enright
Deputy Assistant USTR for Agricultural Affairs
Passport: 801789698
Security clearance: pending
Arrival: January 21
Departure: January 25

Jonathan McHale
Deputy Assistant USTR for Telecommunications Policy
Passport: 801-734-185
Security clearance: Top Secret
Arrival: January 20 (from Seoul)
Departure: January 26

Stanford K. McCoy
Chief Negotiator for Intellectual Property Enforcement and
Deputy Assistant USTR for Intellectual Property Enforcement
Passport: 910009918
Security clearance: Top Secret
Arrival: January 23
Departure: January 27

Ronald Meyers
Director for Japan Affairs
Passport: 801787483
Security clearance: Top Secret
Arrival: January 22
Departure: January 30

Department of Commerce
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Danius Barzdukas
International Trade Specialist, Office of Japan
Passport: 820032183
Security clearance: Secret
Arrival: January 21
Departure: January 27

Peter Niles Fowler
Senior Counsel for Enforcement, U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office
Passport: 801907432
Security clearance: Top Secret
Arrival: January 23
Departure: January 27

Ari Leifman
Attorney Advisor, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Passport: 801802625
Security clearance: Secret
Arrival: January 23
Departure: January 26

Robin D. Roark
Director, Information Technology, Office of Technology and
Electronic Commerce
Passport: 802065944
Security clearance: Secret
Arrival: January 24
Departure: January 31

Scott R. Seaman
International Trade Specialist, Office of Japan
Passport 801738650
Security clearance: Secret
Arrival: January 23
Departure: January 31

Michael Shapiro
Attorney Advisor, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Passport: 802181917
Security clearance: Secret
Arrival: January 21
Departure: January 26

Department of Justice
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Stuart Chemtob
Special Counsel for International Trade, Antitrust Division
Passport: 801727528
Security clearance: Top Secret
Arrival: January 21
Departure: January 27

Department of Agriculture
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John Greifer
Director, SPS Management Team, APHIS
Passport: 801793567
Security clearance: Top Secret
Arrival: January 22
Departure: January 26

Lynn I. Alfalla
SPS Policy Director, Asia-Pacific Region, Sps Management
Team, APHIS
Passport: 802175069
Security clearance: pending
Arrival: January 22
Departure: January 26

Library of Congress
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Marla Poor
Policy Planning Advisor, U.S. Copyright Office
Passport: 801426954
Security clearance: Top Secret
Arrival: January 21
Departure: January 27


2. Washington agencies welcome Embassy's participation in
the working group meetings and appreciate Embassy,s
assistance in making hotel reservations for the delegation
and other arrangements, as conveyed by email, and in
arranging appropriate access to the Embassy.
RICE