Japan


225. Memorandum of Conversation, Washington, June 30, 1976, 10:30 a.m.

Miki and Ford discussed international affairs.

Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Memoranda of Conversation, Box 20. Secret; Nodis. Drafted by Wickel. The conversation took place in the Oval Office. Ford’s briefing information is ibid., Presidential Country Files for East Asia and the Pacific, Box 7, Country File, Japan [9]. Ford’s and Miki’s luncheon conversation concerned China and non-proliferation among other topics. (Ibid., Memoranda of Conversation, Box 20)


226. Memorandum of Conversation, Washington, July 1, 1976, 3:30 p.m.

Scowcroft and Hodgson discussed U.S.-Japanese relations.

Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Memoranda of Conversation, Box 20. Confidential. Eugene V. McAuliffe, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, praised the Japanese Government’s Defense White Paper of June 4. (Memorandum from McAuliffe to the Secretary of Defense, June 22, 1976; Washington National Records Center, OSD Files: FRC 330–79–0049, Japan, 092, 1976 June 22)


227. Telegram 11294 From the Embassy in Japan to the Department of State, July 27, 1976, 0910Z.

The Embassy reported on the arrest of former Prime Minister Tanaka.

Source: National Archives, Record Group 59, Central Foreign Policy Files. Confidential; Immediate. Repeated for information to COMUS Japan in Yokota, to CINCPAC in Honolulu, to the Embassies in Manila, Seoul, Taipei, The Hague, Rome, and to the Liaison Office in Beijing.


228. Telegram 16298 From the Embassy in Japan to the Department of State, November 2, 1976, 0620Z.

The Embassy analyzed the handling of the defection of a Soviet pilot to Japan with his MiG-25.

Source: National Archives, Record Group 59, Central Foreign Policy Files. Confidential. Repeated for information to the Secretary of Defense in Washington, to the Embassy in Moscow, to COMUS Japan, and to CINCPAC in Honolulu. Also transmitted to CINCPAC for POLAD.


229. Telegram 19002 From the Embassy in Japan to the Department of State, December 30, 1976, 0800Z.

The Embassy analyzed Japanese politics.

Source: National Archives, Record Group 59, Central Foreign Policy Files. Confidential. Repeated for information to the Embassies in Bangkok, Bonn, Canberra, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, London, Manila, Paris, Rangoon, Rome, Seoul, Taipei, Vientiane, to the Consulate in Hong Kong, to the Liaison Office in Beijing, to CINCPAC in Honolulu, and to COMUS Japan in Yokota.