VZCZCXRO4214 PP RUEHFK RUEHKSO RUEHNH DE RUEHKO #5599/01 3520846 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 180846Z DEC 07 FM AMEMBASSY TOKYO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0409 INFO RUEHFK/AMCONSUL FUKUOKA PRIORITY 5043 RUEHNH/AMCONSUL NAHA PRIORITY 7439 RUEHOK/AMCONSUL OSAKA KOBE PRIORITY 8708 RUEHKSO/AMCONSUL SAPPORO PRIORITY 5680 RHHMUNA/HQ USPACOM HONOLULU HI PRIORITY RHMFISS/USFJ YOKOTA AB JA PRIORITY RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC PRIORITY
C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 TOKYO 005599
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
OSD/APSA FOR SHINN/SEDNEY/HILL/BASALLA; USFJ FOR
J00/J01/J3/J5
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/18/2017
TAGS: MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA
SUBJECT: DEFENSE REFORM: PROBLEM UNDERSTOOD, SOLUTION NOT
EASY
Classified By: AMBASSADOR J. THOMAS SCHIEFFER, REASONS 1.4 B & D.
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