DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CARLUCCI SEPTEMBER 28 PRESS CONFERENCE IN TOKYO

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 15, 2007
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: September 28, 1981
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'SUBJECT: DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CARLUCCI SEPTEMBER
28 PRESS CONFERENCE IN TOKYO
1.
IN A PRESS CONFERENCE ATTENDED BY APPROXIMATELY 100
JAPANESE AND AMERICAN MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES MELD AT THE
AMERICAN EMBASSY IN TOKYO SEPTEMBER 28. DEPUTY SECRETARY
OF DEFENSE FRANK CARLUCCI SAID HIS DAY-LONG TALKS WITH
JAPANESE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE AGENCY
OFFICIALS WERE CHARACTERIZED BY "A COMMON VIEW IN
VIRTUALLY EVERY ONE OF THE AREAS DISCUSSED." THE PRESS
CONFERENCE TOOK PLACE FOLLOWING MEETINGS WITH FOREIGN
MINISTER SUNAO SONODA AND DEFENSE MINISTER JOJI OMURA.
2. AFTER AN INTRODUCTION BY U.S. AMBASSADOR TO JAPAN
MIKE MANSFIELD, DEPUTY SECRETARY CARLUCCI MADE THE
FOLLOWING STATEMENT.
MY PURPOSE IN VISITINt JAPAN WAS TO CONTINUE OUR
STRATEGIC DIALOGUE WITH RANKING JAPANESE LEADERS AS WELL
AS TO EXPLAIN THE STATUS OF OUR OWN DEFENSE BUDGET
DELIBERATIONS. I EXPLAINED THAT THE REAGAN
ADMINISTRATION IS DETERMINED TO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE
OUR DEFENSE EXPENDITURES TO MEET THE SOVIET THREAT.
THE FY 82 DEFENSE BUDGET REPRESENTS MORE THAN A 10
PERCENT REAL INCREASE OVER THE LAST ADMINISTRATION'S
DEFENSE BUDGET AND CONSTITUTES MORE THAN 5_6 PERCENT
OF THE US GNP. I EXPLAINED THAT THE US WAS NOT CUTTING
ITS DEFENSE BUDGET BUT THAT ITS RATE OF INCREASE WOULD
BE SLIGHTLY LESS THAN PREVIOUSLY PLANNED.
- THE EXTRAORDINARY GROWTH OF THE MILITARY POWER OF
THE SOVIET UNION HAS MADE IT INCUMBENT UPON ALL OF US
TO INCREASE OUR EFFORTS IN THE DEFENSE FIELD. IT IS OUR
STRONG BELIEF THAT NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE SOVIET UNION
ON THE ARMS CONTROL ISSUE CAN BE UNDERTAKEN ONLY FROM
A POSITION OF STRENGTH.
IN NY DISCUSSIONS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER SONODA AND
JDA DIRECTOR GENERAL OMURA. WE HAD AN EXCELLENT EXCHANGE
OF VIEWS ON DEFENSE EXPENDITURES. OUR MUTUAL ASSESSMENT
OF THE GROWING SOVIET THREAT AND ON THE STATUS OF OUR
EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN MUTUAL SECURITY COOPERATION. OUR
TALKS WERE FRIENDLY. FRANK AND COMPREHENSIVE, HIGHLIGHT-
ING THE STRENGTH OF OUR BASIC RELATIONSHIP AND OUR
DETERMINATION TO BUILD ON THIS SOLID FOUNDATION.
- I ALSO VISITED OUR UNITS ON OKINAWA AND WAS IMPRESSED
NOT ONLY BY THEIR READINESS AND CAPABILITIES BUT BY
THE EXCELLENT STATE OF US - CIVILIAN RELATIONSHIPS
THERE. THIS IS MY FIRST VISIT TO JAPAN AND I AM DEEPLY
APPRECIATIVE OF THE WARM RECEPTION I HAVE RECEIVED.
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TO GOJ LIMITATION OF DEFENSE SPENDING INCREASES TO
7.6 PERCENT, CARLUCCI SAID. "IT WAS NOT MY PURPOSE TO
GET A COMMITMENT NOR IS IT MY PURPOSE TO ENTER INTO A
DEBATE ON NUMBERS. RATHER NY PURPOSE WAS TO DISCUSS
OUR MUTUAL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AS TWO SOVEREIGN
NATIONS IN THE FACE OF THE GROWING SOVIET THREAT IN
THIS PART OF THE WORLD. I WAS GREATLY ENCOURAGED
CONCERNING WHAT I HEARD REGARDING COOPERATION BETWEEN
THE U.S. AND JAPAN AND OUR RESPECTIVE MILITARIES."
4. ASKED ABOUT THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION'S POSITION
AND POLICIES ON MUTUAL TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY IM THE
DEFENSE FIELD. THE DEPUTY SECRETARY RESPONDED. WE INTEND
TO PURSUE A POLICY OF ENCOURAGING A RATIONAL DIVISION OF
LABOR AND WE ARE ENGAGED IN A DIALOGUE WITH JAPAN ON
THIS SUBJECT SO THAT WE DON'T DUPLICATE EACH OTHERS'
EFFORTS. THESE DISCUSSIONS ARE AT AN INITIAL STAGE BUT
ARE PROGRESSING VERY WELL.
6. CARLUCCI SAID THAT THE CONCEPT OF "LINKAGE" IS
NOT (REPEAT NOT) BEING APPLIED WITH RESPECT TO JAPANESE
COOPERATION IM THE DEFENSE FIELD AND U.S.-JAPAN TRADE.
AND THAT U.S.-JAPAN DIALOGUE ON A WHOLE RANGE OF
DEFENSE ISSUES IS BASED SOLELY ON TREATING THOSE ISSUES
ON THEIR MERITS."
6. REGARDING PRIORITIES OF THE ROLES AND MISSIONS
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JAPAN DEFENSE GUIDELINES.- THE DEPUTY SECRETARY SAID
THAT IS BASICALLY A DECISION FOR THE GOJ TO MAKE. WE
HAD AN EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON ROLES AND MISSIONS. MY
IMPRESSION IS THAT THE JDA RAS A VERY BALANCED PROGRAM
1HAT INCLUDES BOTH SUSTAINABILITY AND READINESS WITH A
FAIR'AMOUNT OF MODERNIZATION AS WELL. BUT IT'S NOT
UP TO US TO SET PRIORITIES. THAT'S UP TO THEN TO DO.-
T. WHEN ASKED IF THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION ENVISAGED
ENCOURAGING JAPAN TO INCREASE ITS DEFENSE CAPABILITIES
TO THE POINT THAT THE SOVIETS WOULD BE FORCED TO
REDIRECT THEIR FORCES AWAY FROM THEIR CURRENT
CENTRATION IN EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST. CARLUCCI
EPLIED. 'NO. OUR PLANNING AND OUR DIALOGUE IS
TRICTLY WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF JAPAN'S DEFENSE OF ITS
TERRITORY AND THE SURROUNDING SEAS.'
DEPUTY SECRETARY CARLUCCI WHO ARRIVED IN JAPAN
ETER VISITING THE PHILIPPINES AMD THAILAND. WILL
EPART TOMORROW FOR KOREA. HITCHCOCK
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