Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08TOKYO840
2008-03-27 04:33:00
SECRET
Embassy Tokyo
Cable title:
JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO MISTAKEN SHIPMENT OF MISSILE
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S E C R E T TOKYO 000840
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
ISN/MTR RALPH PALMIERO
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/25/2033
TAGS: PARM MTCRE PREL TW CH JA
SUBJECT: JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO MISTAKEN SHIPMENT OF MISSILE
COMPONENTS TO TAIWAN
REF: SECSTATE 30494
Classified By: Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer for reasons 1.4 (b) and (
d).
S E C R E T TOKYO 000840
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
ISN/MTR RALPH PALMIERO
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/25/2033
TAGS: PARM MTCRE PREL TW CH JA
SUBJECT: JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO MISTAKEN SHIPMENT OF MISSILE
COMPONENTS TO TAIWAN
REF: SECSTATE 30494
Classified By: Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer for reasons 1.4 (b) and (
d).
1. (S) Embassy Tokyo Political Section Minister Counselor
delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper to Ministry of Foreign
Affairs (MOFA) Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau Deputy
Director-General Masahiro Kohara on March 25. Kohara thanked
Meserve for notifying Japan of the error. Econoff delivered
the demarche separately to Ministry of Economy, Trade and
Industry (METI) Export Controls Division Bureau,s Deputy
Director Atsushi Tanizawa and MOFA Export Controls
Non-Proliferation Official Shinichi Sato. Tanizawa and Sato
said they were surprised at the news and expressed
appreciation for the official notification and U.S. action on
this issue. Kohara and Sato said they had received the news
from their colleagues at the Japanese Embassy in Washington
earlier in the day.
SCHIEFFER
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
ISN/MTR RALPH PALMIERO
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/25/2033
TAGS: PARM MTCRE PREL TW CH JA
SUBJECT: JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO MISTAKEN SHIPMENT OF MISSILE
COMPONENTS TO TAIWAN
REF: SECSTATE 30494
Classified By: Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer for reasons 1.4 (b) and (
d).
1. (S) Embassy Tokyo Political Section Minister Counselor
delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper to Ministry of Foreign
Affairs (MOFA) Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau Deputy
Director-General Masahiro Kohara on March 25. Kohara thanked
Meserve for notifying Japan of the error. Econoff delivered
the demarche separately to Ministry of Economy, Trade and
Industry (METI) Export Controls Division Bureau,s Deputy
Director Atsushi Tanizawa and MOFA Export Controls
Non-Proliferation Official Shinichi Sato. Tanizawa and Sato
said they were surprised at the news and expressed
appreciation for the official notification and U.S. action on
this issue. Kohara and Sato said they had received the news
from their colleagues at the Japanese Embassy in Washington
earlier in the day.
SCHIEFFER