CABLE TO THE WHITE HOUSE FROM TOKYO

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-166-2-3-2
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: April 21, 2010
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: October 28, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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Tr THE WHITE HOUSE
S E C R 12601442 OCT 74
FM AMKA SAOO?R HODGSNOW TOKY1 588
T+ THE wHITE HOUSE ,- FOR RTCHAR SMYSER.# NSC
RE ARD1NG THE PRESIOEr,,T'S vIS?ITs THE BIG GnA-L$ AR
KING ON At THIS END ARE:
ON-FILE NSC RELEASE
INSTRUCTIONS APPLY,
1., *0 KEEP THE VISIT FROM 8FC3TOMING QVNR.?FDRMAL. (THE ROLE of
Tike jMPFRIAL FAMILY ANDJAW+At4ESO" F PHAS IS ON PROYOCOL WOULD TEND TO
TILT I T THAT WAY-)
P. rO DFVISE WAYS TO O'MF:FUSE THE NUCLEAR W64PON ISSUE... ALMOST
T>-IlE r Pot v CONTENTIOUS ISSUE IN C jRRENT U.S.1.iAPAN RELATIONS,
(SENATOR SCOTT WHO HAS BEEN HER PLANS, T"0 DISCUSS THIS WIT 4 THE
PRESIDENT UPON SCOTT'S RETURN Ti THE U.S.)
3. TO FOCUS THE VISIT flN AN AFF IRNAT'IO1P4 ON LDNG-TER04 CON
GOAi?5 PLUS PRDVIDING REASSiuRAWCrS ON POLICY CONT1NU1tV ANON
ClINSULTATION ARRANGEMENTS.
?4. TO AVOID BLUNDERS IN THE AR.E*S Of SECURITYs NA'tIONAt. SENSIT-
IVITY, TRADITION ANDLOCAL pOTLITICA.L RELATIONSHIPS.
WItH RESPECT TO THE LATTER SUBJECT, TMF CURRENT POLITIrAL
O USITIO}v Of THE PRIME MINISTER f~:Es.ERVES SPECIAL ATTENTION. 11Y
O1-TI', E MEASURES I T I S SuAKY ROTH NI TH `Nf GENERAL PURL If' AND
WITHIN HIS OWN LDP PARTY. AN UNPOPULAR BLUSTERING PERSONAL STYLE
ALIENATES MANY. HE INHERITS THr- ANIMUS THAT FtlhWS FROM A
O E TEP I OA AT I $G, AND Q* I F T t,NG NAT I NAL ECONOMY MARN(Ef BY PFRS I S TFN
lNFLATILIN OA SUBJECT HE SFFMS T' HAVE TREAT IT WITH CtNSPICUrtJS
INATTENTION) * NHIS G?IIVO R$MFNTIS POTSITION ON THE NUS. NUCLN A: WEAPON
I $Sm- Ts CONS IO!.lkED UNSAT I SFACTpity i AND NOw A FUROR HAS ARISEN OVER
""wATERG4,TE-LIKE" EXPOSt*ES of HiS PRIVATE LIFEs INCOME AND POLITICAL
PPACTICF;S.' THE RESULT IS THAT OPINION POLLS GIVE HIM ONLY tb PCT.
PURL I C "?UPPORT t SEVERAL T P RUc 1 f4ESS AND O THE LEADERS PURt.ICL Ys
Akio MANv MORE PRIVATELY, PROFFS" GREAT DISPI EASURE WITH HIS G(]VERN-
MC NKT! SFWE*AL LOP AND POLITICAL LN ADERS HAVE EITHER DPE14LY ROKEN
WITH MI4 OR ARE E.DGIHG AWAY FRO4 HIN.
HE IS SUSTAINED By TW(l TH1 wGS ? ... NIE INr; A CONFIDENT ACs. RFSS IVE
MAN HE HAS AS YET AV O,1010 rEINI DRIVeN INTO A OFFENSIVE PUO4~ IC PDSTUR
MORE 1$ )ORTANTLY HIS OIPPISITION LACKS BOTH COHESION ANOFOCOI :.
nPPCNSITIDN PANtTIO=S ARE WE AX AND SPLIT. WITi4IN THE LOP NO "NATURAL
* s * *WHS* COMMENT 4* * * * * A
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/04/21 : LOC-HAK-166-2-3-2
SMYSER
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 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/04/21 LOC-HAK-166-2-3-2
REPLACE eNT IS ON THE HORt7DN. - ' .I ITEF4ER DEFUSE OR
Af,CF"PTk~LE ALT'E'RNATIVES ARP UNC!'F09 #`' RAREE.1f TF TELL
w!4ETHI?R CURRENT DISCLOSURES wILt. PER`sUM) rA 9. TO 6007 FROM TH IR TRADITIONAL I .IOIFF 1t FEC ; JP, wk,~!,,t,ONAS PRIVATE
CONDUCT AND POLITICAL PRACTICES' .
i WAVE MUCH SYMPATHY WITH TANt SIT N,, . $AHY t Lh HIS
TPOO LEES ARE NOT OF HIS OWN MAKIN(1? is- A EEN"DESK
UogT I FO STALES AND HE I S A 14AN Or- F415 WORD. YET IF. THE VI'SIT
IS 7Cr ArHJEVE ITS BASIC DR.jFCTIvt OF ENHANCING LONG; TERMFAvfRABLE
U.S. eJAMAN REALTIONS, 17 SHOULD NOT BE EXCESSIVELY "TANAKA-
CENTERErl". IT SHOULD LARGELY Ayb D 'PEERS.UNAL DIPLOMACY
AND INSTEAD REFLECT REL'ATI,yNS Cf>NSIDERATIONS.
T4F FOR-GO1N.G IS A WHOLLY rpERSO AL,.ASSESSMENT. I HOP I
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