JAPAN WILL DEMARCHE BOLIVIA AT A HIGH LEVEL OVER

C O N F I D E N T I A L TOKYO 004971 SIPDIS SIPDIS FOR WHA/AND SHELBY SMITH-WILSON E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/23/2017 TAGS: PGOV BO IR KNNP PREL IAEA USUN JA SUBJECT: JAPAN WILL DEMARCHE BOLIVIA AT A HIGH LEVEL OVER IRAN RELATIONS REF: STATE 146842 Classified By: Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer for reasons 1.4 (b) and ( d). (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche October 21 and followed up October 23 with MOFA South America and Caribbean Division Principal Deputy Director Akifumi Mizuguchi. Mizuguchi said that Latin American and Caribbean Affairs Director General Akira Miwa already intended to raise the issue with Bolivian President Morales during their October 22 meeting in La Paz. According to Mizuguchi, MOFA was able to pass our request to DG Miwa before the meeting. Although his division had not yet received a report from the meeting, Mizuguchi was confident that Miwa had expressed our shared concerns about Bolivia's relations with Iran to President Morales. SCHIEFFER