CABLE TO HENRY A. KISSINGER FROM BRENT SCOWCROFT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-260-2-7-3
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: February 22, 2010
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: May 18, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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PLEASE DELIVER TO BREMER/RUDMAN FOR THE SECRETARY
MAY 180 1974
TO: HENRY A. KISSINGER
FROM: BRENT SCOWCROFT
FOLLOWING IS THE PROPOSED TALKING PAPER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S
MEETING WITH OHIRAs ON TUESDAY, MAY 21 AT NOON. WOULD APPRECIATE
YOUR CONCURRENCE OR MODIFICATIONS.
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1. PURPOSE
TO UNDERLINE YOUR PERSONAL INVOLVEMENT IN US.-JAPANESE
AFFAIRS AND YOUR DESIRE FOR CONTINUED PROGRESS IN OUR RELATIONS
WITH THAT COUNTRY.
II. BACKGROUND, PARTICIPANTS R PRESS PLAN.
A. BACKGROUND: FOREIGN MINISTER OHIRA IS COMING TO THE U.S.
TO RECEIVE AN HONORARY DEGREE FROM YALE UNIVERSITY ANr TO
ADDRESS: THE JAPAN SOCIETY IN NEW YORK. HE REQUESTED THE
OPPORTUNITY TO CALL ON YOU.
RELATIONS BETWEEN JAPAN AND THE U.S. ARE GOOD AND THERE,.,
ARE NO CONTENTIOUS ISSUES. TO DISCUSS. THE FOREIGN MINISTER
CAN BE EXPECTED TO RAISE THE SUBJECT.OF JAPANESE RELATIONS
WITH THE SOVIET UNION, PARTICULARLY THE PROPOSALS FOR
JOINT RUSSIAN-JAPANESE DEVELOPMENT OF SIBERIAN RESOURCES.
(AT TAB A IS A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
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NOW UNDER CONSIDERATION. THESE ARE THE PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS
WHICH TANAKA SAID HE WOULD SEND YOU WHEN YOU MET WITH HIM
IN PARIS.) THE FOREIGN MINISTER WILL ALSO WISH TO REVIEW
JAPANESE RELATIONS WITH THE PRC.
PARTICIPANTS: FOREIGN MINISTER DHIRA JAPANESE AMBASSADOR
YASUKAWA; JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTRY HEAD OF AMERICAN
AFFAIRS, MR. OKAWARA; SECRETARY KISSINGER.
C. PRESS PLAN: PRESS PHOTO OPPORTUNITY. MEETING HAS BEEN
ANNOUNCED.
III. TALKING POINTS
1, I AM PLEASED THAT THE OCCASION OF YOUR BEING HONORED AT,
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESENTED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MEET.
2. I WAS GLAD TO HAVE A CHANCE TO EXCHANGE VIEWS WITH PRIME
MINISTER TANAKA IN PARIS LAST MONTH, AND HOPE TO CONTINUE
FREQUENT EXCHANGES OF VIEWS BETWEEN US PLEASE EXTENn MY
PERSONAL GREETINGS TO THE PRIME MINISTER.
3. I APPRECIATE THE CLOSE COOPERATION BETWEEN JAPAN AND THE
UNITED STATES ON INTERNATIONAL ISSUES OF MUTUAL INTEREST AS
WELL AS THE MANY BILATERAL MATTERS WHICH CONCERN OUR TWO
COUNTRIES.
4. PLEASE THANK PRIME MINISTER TANAKA FOR THE MEMORANDUM HE
SENT ME ON YOUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE SOVIET UNION ON PROJECTS
FOR SIBERIAN DEVELOPMENT. WE ARE STUrYING IT CLOSELY AND I
WILL SEND A REPLY SHORTLY. WE APPRECIATE THE WAY YOU ARE
KEEPING US INFORMED ON THESE PROJECTS, WE WOULD BE INTERESTED
IN PARTICIPATING IN PROJECTS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL
RESOURCES, BUT EXIM RANK FINANCING OF SUCH PROJECTS IN THE
SOVIET UNION IS NOW A CONTENTIOUS SUBJECT WITHIN OUR CONGRESS.
WE SHALL TRY TO RESOLVE IT. I DOUBT, HOWEVER, THAT WE WILL
FIND IT POSSIBLE TO SUPPORT TH.E SIBERIAN RAILWAY PROJECT.
5. THE INTERNAL POLITICAL SITUATION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC
OF CHINA IS MURKY. WHAT IS YOUR PERCEPTION OF THE CURRENT
INTERNAL POLITICAL SCENE IN THE PRC? HAS IT AFFECTED THEIR
RELATIONS WITH YOUR COUNTTY?
(IN RESPONSE) I APPRECIATE THE DESCTIPTION OF YOUR EFFORTS
TO NORMALIZE RELATIONS WITH THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
I HOPE WE WILL ALSO KEEP IN CLOSE TOUCH ON THIS MATTER. THE
FUNDAMENTAL COURSE TOWARD NORMALIZATION OF OUR RELATIOONSHIP
WITH THE PRC IS CONTINUING.
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6. 1 AM PLEASED THAT RELATIONS BETWEEN OUR TWO COUN-
TRIES ARE EXCELLENT. WE SHALL DO ALL WE CAN TO
KEEP THEM THAT WAY, LIKE ALL AMERICANS, I ATTACH
THE GREATEST IMPORTANCE TO THE ALLIANCE BETWEEN
JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES.
PROPOSALS FOR JOINT RUSSIAN-;IAPANESE
DEVELOPMENT OF SIBERIAN RESOURCES
1. YAKUTSK NATURAL GAS EXPLORATION PROJECT, TO WHICH
JAPAN HAS AGREED, SUBJECT TO U.S. PARTICIPATION.
JAPAN WOULD LIKE AN ANSWER BY OCTOBER (THE DEAD-
LINE IN THEIR AGREEMENT WITH THE SOVIETS), BUT
IS PREPARED TO WAIT LONGER.
2. A YAKUTSK COKING COAL PROJECT, TO WHICH JAPAN HAS
AGREED.
A TIMBER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO WHICH JAPAN HAS
AGREED.
THE TYUMEN PIPELINE PROJECT, WHICH JAPAN IS
DISCUSSING WITH THE SOVIETS AND IN WHICH JAPAN
WOULD LIKE U.S. PARTICIPATION. THE SOVIETS
RECENTLY ASKED JAPAN TO HELP CONSTRUCT A RAILWAY-
RATHER THAN THE PIPELINE---TO CARRY OIL. FROM
YAKUTSKTO VLADIVOSTOK? JAPAN TOLD THE SOVIETS THAT
U.S. PARTICIPATION IN ANY RAILWAY CONSTRUCtION
WILL BE NECESSARY; IN FACT, THEY HAVE NO INTENTION
OF HELPING THE SOVIETS WITH A RAILWAY BUT WOULD
LIKE OUR OPPOSITION AS AN ADDITIONAL EXCUSE.
5. OIL AND NATURAL GAS EXPLORATION ON THE SAKHALIN
CONTINENTAL SHELF, WHICH JAPAN IS DISCUSSING
WITH MOSCOW AND IN WHICH JAPAN WOULD ALSO LIKE
U.S.. PARTICIPATION.
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