Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07TOKYO3508
2007-08-01 07:50:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Tokyo
Cable title:
JAPAN WILL SUPPORT HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE RESOLUTION
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C O N F I D E N T I A L TOKYO 003508
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
FOR IO/UNESCO
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/31/2017
TAGS: UNESCO PREL JA
SUBJECT: JAPAN WILL SUPPORT HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE RESOLUTION
REF: A. STATE 99971
¶B. TOKYO 3452
Classified By: Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer. Reasons 1.4 (b)/(d).
(C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer followed up on reftel A
demarche August 1 with MOFA Multilateral Cultural Cooperation
Division Officer Tadao Furukawa. Furukawa said that the
Public Diplomacy Bureau, which handles UNESCO issues, had
finished coordination with the Foreign Policy Bureau July 31.
Japan would support a UNESCO resolution as long as there
were not any program budget implications, stated Furukawa.
SCHIEFFER