Identifier
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07TOKYO3567
2007-08-03 07:48:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Tokyo
Cable title:  

JAPAN FAVORABLE ABOUT CARR FOR RED CROSS STANDING

Tags:  PREF PREL PHUM ICRC JA 
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P 030748Z AUG 07
FM AMEMBASSY TOKYO
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6128
C O N F I D E N T I A L TOKYO 003567

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E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/02/2017
TAGS: PREF PREL PHUM ICRC JA
SUBJECT: JAPAN FAVORABLE ABOUT CARR FOR RED CROSS STANDING
COMMITTEE

REF: STATE 102873

Classified By: Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer for reasons 1.4 (b) and (
d).

(C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel
demarche August 2 to MOFA Humanitarian Affairs Division
Principal Deputy Director Hisanobu Mochizuki. Mochizuki said
that Japan would "carefully consider" Steve Carr's candidacy,
and that Carr's experience made him "very appropriate" for
the job. Japan would also look favorably on an Asian
candidate, added Mochizuki, noting that there were currently
no Standing Committee members from the region.
SCHIEFFER