DCM'S MEETING WITH ACCS YANAGISAWA ON BILATERAL

S E C R E T TOKYO 003346

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OSD FOR APSA SHINN/SEDNEY/HILL/BASALLA; COMUSJAPAN FOR
J00/J2/J3/J5

E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/20/2017
TAGS: PREL MARR PINR PGOV JA
SUBJECT: DCM'S MEETING WITH ACCS YANAGISAWA ON BILATERAL
INFORMATION SECURITY TASK FORCE TOR

REF: A. JUL 20 HAMM-GREENE EMAIL

B. DRAFT BISTF TOR

C. POINTS ON DRAFT TOR

D. POINTS ON AEGIS SOFTWARE REVIEW

E. TOKYO 3222

Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission Joseph R. Donovan; Reasons: 1.4
(b/d)


1. (S) SUMMARY: Per ref A instructions, on July 20 the DCM
delivered the draft Bilateral Information Security Task Force
Terms of Reference (BISTF TOR) to Assistant Chief Cabinet
Secretary Yanagisawa and urged the Japanese government to

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agree to the draft text and be ready to discuss the TOR on
the occasion of DASD Sedney's visit to Japan at the end of
July. Yanagisawa stressed that the BISTF process should not
interfere with ongoing investigations and that specific
military secrets should be off the table in any inter-agency
setting. Despite uncertainty of the Cabinet Intelligence
Research Office participation in a BISTF meeting, the
Japanese government would make a good faith effort to respond
to the U.S. draft before DASD Sedney's visit. In a
pull-aside at the end of the meeting, Yanagisawa responded to
ref D points on the U.S. review of AEGIS software transfer,
promising his full support. END SUMMARY.


2. (S) On July 20, the DCM met with Assistant Chief Cabinet
Secretary Kyoji Yanagisawa to deliver the draft Bilateral

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Information Security Task Force Terms of Reference (BISTF
TOR) (ref B) and ref C points urging Japan's agreement to the
text. Yanagisawa was accompanied by Cabinet Secretariat
Counselor for International Security Affiars Kenichi
Takahashi. Embassy defense attache and pol/mil officer also
attended.

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NO INTERFERENCE W/ INVESTIGATIONS, NO MIL SECRETS
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3. (S) Yanagisawa, noting that the TOR mentioned several more
Japanese government agencies than discussed during his
earlier meeting on information security with the DCM on July
13 (ref E),but said he was ready to accept the proposed text
on two conditions.

-- First, the BISTF should not interfere with the
investigations on the AEGIS leak by the Kanagawa Prefecture
Police.

-- Second, information on specific military secrets should
not be discussed in an inter-agency forum, as more
appropriate channels exist between counterpart agencies from
both governments.

Yanagisawa also urged the United States to keep the existence
of the BISTF secret from the press, per agreement at the May
2007 Security Consultative Committee meeting.


4. (S) The DCM reiterated that the BISTF should not hinder
ongoing investigations. Although specific military secrets
were not appropriate for discussion in a multi-agency
setting, a bilateral inter-agency framework that involved all
relevant government agencies was critical if both governments
sought to fix shortfalls in Japan's information security
structures. The objective for both Tokyo and Washington
ought to be to develop processes and procedures that could
better ensure information security and ultimately raise the

level of information sharing between the United States and
Japan.


5. (S) Yanagisawa regretted that he had initially thought
that the issue of information security ought to be handled
between the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the U.S. military.
He now realized, however, that the AEGIS leak was not an
isolated case that could be handled by a single agency, but
rather pointed to a bigger, systemic problem in the Japanese
government that could affect Japan's procurement of fighter
jets and moving BMD cooperation forward.

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GOJ TO TRY TO RESPOND TO TEXT BEFORE DASD'S VISIT
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6. (S) In response to the U.S. desire to hold the first BISTF
meeting on the occasion of DASD Sedney's July 28-August 1
visit to Japan, Yanagisawa opined that he did not believe the
Cabinet Intelligence Research Office (CIRO) would agree to
co-chair the meeting at the Deputy Director General-level.
Nevertheless, the Cabinet Secretariat would discuss the TOR
draft with other agencies and try to respond to the U.S.
Government before DASD Sedney's arrival, Yanagisawa said.
(Note: DATT Welch later clarified to Cabinet Secretariat
Counselor for National Security Affairs Kenichi Takahashi
that, for the purpose of DASD Sedney's meeting, participation
by CIRO and other intelligence agencies was more important
than level of representation.)

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7. (S) Regarding the AEGIS investigations, Yanagisawa said he
was not confident the investigations conducted by Kanagawa
Prefecture Police would conclude in August, as rumors
circulated that the results would not be ready until late
October or November. Nevertheless, the MOD's parallel
investigations should be ready at an earlier date and could
be fed into bilateral discussions in BISTF meetings.

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8. (S) In a pull-aside following the meeting, the DCM
delivered ref D points on the U.S. review of AEGIS software
transfer, stressing that:

-- the AEGIS compromise might have harmed our capabilities,
but the U.S. Government continued to support a robust
bilateral BMD program;

-- the United States was conducting a review of control
procedures prior to the scheduled release of the AEGIS BMD
Baseline 3.6 upgrade software in light of the recent
compromise;

Yanagisawa responded that he did not have any background
information on the AEGIS software, but he understood the U.S.
points and would pledge his full support. He asserted that
both improving the information security structure and
explaining to the Diet were necessary steps in resolving the
issue.
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