Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09TOKYO2618
2009-11-12 09:43:00
SECRET
Embassy Tokyo
Cable title:
AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PRESIDENT'S VISIT WITH
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S E C R E T TOKYO 002618
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EAP/J
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/12/2019
TAGS: PGOV PREL MARR JA
SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PRESIDENT'S VISIT WITH
JAPANESE AMBASSADOR FUJISAKI
Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission James P. Zumwalt. Reasons 1.4(b/
d).
S E C R E T TOKYO 002618
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EAP/J
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/12/2019
TAGS: PGOV PREL MARR JA
SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PRESIDENT'S VISIT WITH
JAPANESE AMBASSADOR FUJISAKI
Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission James P. Zumwalt. Reasons 1.4(b/
d).
1. (S) The Ambassador met briefly one-on-one November 12 with
Japanese Ambassador to the United States Ichiro Fujisaki to
discuss the upcoming visit of President Obama to Japan.
Ambassador Fujisaki made two personal suggestions to the
Ambassador regarding the President's meeting with Prime
Minister Hatoyama: (1) the President should invite Prime
Minister Hatoyama to visit the United States prior to next
year's Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting and
(2) in his one-on-one meeting with Prime Minister Hatoyama
(with Ambassador Roos and Ambassador Fujisaki also in
attendance) the President should tactfully make the point
that an expeditious resolution of the Futenma Replacement
Facility (FRF) issue is a problem for Prime Minister Hatoyama
and Japan to resolve (not the United States).
2. (S) Ambassador Fujisaki also said that Prime Minister
Hatoyama will have more flexibility next summer regarding FRF
if the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) picks up enough seats
in the next Upper House election to shed itself of its
coalition partner, the Social Democratic Party (SDP). He
noted it is a mistake for the Government of Japan (GOJ) to
include Host Nation Support with other domestic budget
cost-cutting targets in the newly-formed Administrative
Revitalization Unit, and underscored his belief that HNS
should be addressed separately within the established Host
Nation Support Comprehensive Review mechanism. (Note: The
Administrative Revitalization Unit is a new organization
created by the GOJ to cut back costly public works projects
and wasteful public spending. On November 9, the Unit
formally decided to include salaries of workers at U.S.
bases, a component of HNS, as an area for possible cuts from
the JY2010 state budget. End Note.)
ROOS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EAP/J
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/12/2019
TAGS: PGOV PREL MARR JA
SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PRESIDENT'S VISIT WITH
JAPANESE AMBASSADOR FUJISAKI
Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission James P. Zumwalt. Reasons 1.4(b/
d).
1. (S) The Ambassador met briefly one-on-one November 12 with
Japanese Ambassador to the United States Ichiro Fujisaki to
discuss the upcoming visit of President Obama to Japan.
Ambassador Fujisaki made two personal suggestions to the
Ambassador regarding the President's meeting with Prime
Minister Hatoyama: (1) the President should invite Prime
Minister Hatoyama to visit the United States prior to next
year's Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting and
(2) in his one-on-one meeting with Prime Minister Hatoyama
(with Ambassador Roos and Ambassador Fujisaki also in
attendance) the President should tactfully make the point
that an expeditious resolution of the Futenma Replacement
Facility (FRF) issue is a problem for Prime Minister Hatoyama
and Japan to resolve (not the United States).
2. (S) Ambassador Fujisaki also said that Prime Minister
Hatoyama will have more flexibility next summer regarding FRF
if the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) picks up enough seats
in the next Upper House election to shed itself of its
coalition partner, the Social Democratic Party (SDP). He
noted it is a mistake for the Government of Japan (GOJ) to
include Host Nation Support with other domestic budget
cost-cutting targets in the newly-formed Administrative
Revitalization Unit, and underscored his belief that HNS
should be addressed separately within the established Host
Nation Support Comprehensive Review mechanism. (Note: The
Administrative Revitalization Unit is a new organization
created by the GOJ to cut back costly public works projects
and wasteful public spending. On November 9, the Unit
formally decided to include salaries of workers at U.S.
bases, a component of HNS, as an area for possible cuts from
the JY2010 state budget. End Note.)
ROOS