SECRETARY WEINBERGER VISIT TO JAPAN

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• Publication Date: March 30, 1982
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SUBJECT: SECRETARY WEINBERGER VISIT TD JAPAN
REF: Al TOKYO 0446. 81 TOKYO 04821
1. SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT
2. SUMMARY: SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CASPAR W.
.TO RJENC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9451
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INFO RUEHUL/AMEMBASSY SEOUL IMMEDIATE 5599
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RUFHOL/AMEMBASSY BONN 6668
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WEINBERGER AND PARTY VISITED JAPAN MARCH 26-28
FOR PERIODIC CONSULTATIONS WITH HIS JAPANESE
COUNTERPART. WHILE HERE, HE MET WITH PRIME
MINISTER SUZUKI AND FOREIGN MINISTER SAKJRAJCHI
AS WELL AS JDA DIRECTOR GENERAL LTO. SECDEE TOLD
iJAPANESE LEADERSHIP THAT GOJ BUDGET DECISION
LAST YEAR WAS IMPORTANT STEP IN RIGHT DIRECTION,
BUT THAT BOTH JAPAN AND US NEEDED TO DO MUCH
MORE IN VIEW OF MAGNITUDE OF SOVIET THREAT.
SPECIFICALLY, HE EMPHASIZED THAT CONSIDERABLE
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR JAPAN
TO FULFILL DEFENSE ROLES OUTLINED LAST MAY BY
PM SUZUKI. SECOEF'S FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO
JAPAN ENALILED JSG TO UNDERLINE TO HIGHEST
LEVELS OF GOJ OUR INTEREST IN JAPAN'S DEFENSE
EFFORTS AT CRUCIAL TIME -- BEFORE NEXT FIVE-YEAR
DEFENSE PLAN IS COMPLETED AND PRIOR TO NEGOTIATIONS
FOR NEXT YEAR-S BUDGET CEILINGS. SECRETARY'S
FORCEFUL AND FRANK PRESENTATIONS SHOULD MOVE
JAPANESE THINKING AWAY FROM NEBULOUS GOALS
(SUCH AS THOSE SET FORTH IN NATIONAL DEFENSE
PROGRAM OUTLINE) AND FINANCIAL BALANCING TOWARDS
MORE RATIONAL AND REALISTIC MATCHING OF
RESUJRCE OUTLAY WITH MISSION. WHILE IT IS STILL
EARLY TO ASSESS IMPACT OF HIS EFFORTS, WE SEE
VISIT AS DEFINITE PLUS FOR OUR EFFORTS HERE TO
MOVE JAPAN IN RIGHT DIRECTION. END SUMMARY.
3. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WEINBERGER VISITED JAPAN
FROM 25-28 MARCH FOR PERIODIC CONSULTATIONS WITH
HIS JAPANESE COUNTERPART, MINISTER OF STATE FOR
DEFENSE SOICHIRO ITO. DURING VISIT SECDEF PAID
COURTESY CALL ON PM SUZUKI AND FORM IN SAKURAUCHI,
HELD CONSULTATIONS WITH JDA DIRECTOR GENERAL ITO,
VISITED US AND JAPANESE DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS
AND CONFERRED WITH AMBASSADOR MANSFIELD, COMMANDER
SEVENTH FLT VADM M. STASER HOLCOMB, COMUSJAPAN LT. GEN
CHARLES L. DONNELLY, JR. AND OTHER US COMMMANDERS.
HE ALSO MADE MAJOR SPEECH AT JAPAN PRESS CENTER, MET
WITH LDP DEFENSE LEADERS AND GROUP OF INTELLECTUALS
WHO SPECIALIZE IN SECURITY AFFAIRS. DETAILS OF PARTY
AND ITINERARY CONTAINED IN REF A.
4. IN PRELIMINARY COURTESY CALL ON ITO, SECDEF
EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR INVITATION TO VISIT
(JAPAN AND FOR EFFORTS FOR DEFENSE GOJ IS MAKING
IN FY 1982 AND OFFERED CONFIDENTIAL US ESTIMATE
UN LEVELS OF JAPANESE DEFENSE SPENDING REQJ[RED
TO ACHIEVE CAPABILITIES JAPAN IS NOW STRIVING
REFTEL C).
CALL ON PM SUZUKI AND FOREIGN MINISTER SAKURAUCHI
5. FOLLOWING EXCHANGE OF COURTESIES, PM NOTED
THAT US-JAPAN RELATIONS LATELY HAVE BEEN
UNPRECE DENTEDLY STRONG AND GOOD. HE ALLUDED
TO HIS OWN EXCELLENT PERSONAL RELATIONS WITH
(PRESIDENT REAGAN, NOTED THE CONSTANT CONSULTATIONS
BETWEEN CABINET MINISTERS OF BOTH COJNTRIES
(INCLUDING FM SAKURAUCHI'S VERY GOOD MEETINGS
WITH THE PRESIDENT AND, OTHERS IN WASHINGTON
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RECENTLY), AND CONCLUDED THAT AS A RESULT,
MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING HAD BEEN DEEPENED. ON
DEFENSE COOPERATION, HE SAID THAT LAST YEARNS
SSC MEETING IN HONOLULU AND FORMER MINISTER
OMURA'S MEETINGS IN WASHINGTON CONTRIBUTED
IMMENSELY TO THE FORMULATION OF JAPANESE DEFENSE
POLICY. THE PA NOTED THAT HE HAS ASKED ITO TO
VISIT WASHINGTON AT AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO
CONTINUE THESE DISCUSSIONS.
6. SECRETARY WEINBERGER SAID THAT HIS VISIT
TO JAPAN HAS HELPED LAY THE FOUNDATIONS FOR
CLOSER RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES
AND THE TWO DEFENSE MINISTRIES IN PARTICULAR,
THAT HE WAS ANXIOUS TO CONTINUE USEFUL
DISCUSSIONS, AND THAT HE HOPED ITO WOULD VISIT
US 14 EARLY FALL. THE SECRETARY X_PBFi5Ft7 HIS
APPRECIATION FOR THE FINE EFFORTS MADE BY THE
i GOJ SEC E-I~ ET.
HE LIE SULUKI?S TELLING PRESIDENT REAGAN
THAT HE WAS A FISHERMAN, NOTED THAT PM HAD
CAUGHT A "BIG FISH" THIS YEAR, AND SAID THAT ALL k~.
FISHERMEN APPRECIATE CATCHING ONE THAT IS 7.8
PERCENT BIGGER THAN THE ONE CAUGHT LAST YEAR.
7. PA SAID THAT HE WISHED TO REITERATE TO SECRETARY
WEINB PRESIDENT REAGAN LAST
AR ABOUT JA ANE E ATTITUDES TOWARDS DEFE .PM
NOTED THAT JAPANESE PEOPLE RECENTLY HAD COME TO
UNDERSTAND SEVERE INTERVAtIONAL SITUATION AND THE
!ffKL- E ENSE EFFORTS. THESE PERCEPTIONS
WERE IMPORTANT. HE NOTED, AND LLL_Di~UER TO NURTURE
tEEM--FU_RLHE-R, WE MUST NOT PULL THE FISHING LINE TOO
HARD AND THUS LOSE THE I. IN ALLUSION 70 JAPANESE
MILITARY ADVENTURISM WHICH LED TO WORLD WAR II, HE
EXPLAINED THAT JAPAN HAD MADE A HUGE MISTAKE IN THE
PAST, AND PEOPLE HAD BEEN HJRT. AS A RESULT, THEY
WERE CAUTIOUS ABOUT JUMPING UP TWICE TO THE SAME
BAIT. THUS THERE WAS A NEED FOR-NATIONAL CONSENSUS
'0N DE FENSE EFFi1RTS, Ley TtiE BASIS OF WHICH THE GOJ INTENDED
NCREASE STEADILY ITS DEFENSE SPENDING. PM
INDICATED IMPORTANCE OF JAPANESE PEOPLE REALIZING
THAT THEY MUST MAKE EFFORTS TO DEFEND THEIR COUNTRY.
TO THIS END, GOJ WOULD ACHIEVE THE LEVEL OUTLINED IN
THE DEFENSE PLAN AA.S.-SOON ASP OSSI LE,PM AD,3ED THAT
LATERAL SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS ARE IMPORTANT NUT
ONLY FOR THE US AND JAPAN BUT FOR ASIA AS A WHOLE,
AND SAID THAT TO SECURE EFFECTIVE AND SMOOTH
jOPERATION OF THE MST, THE GOJ WAS NOW ENGAGED IN
!SHARING THE COSTS OF THE US MILITARY IN JAPAN.
8. FOLLOWING THE CONVERSATION REPORTED ABOVE, THE
PRIME MIN INVITED ONLY SECDEF AND AMBASSADOR TO
JOIN HIM, FOREIGN MIN AND CHIEF CABINET SECRETARY
IN A MORE RESTRICTED MEETING WITHOUT AIDES. SUBSTANCE
OF THIS MEETING WILL BE SUBJECT OF SEPARATE REPORT.
9. SECRETARY WEINBERGER HELD CONSULTATIONS WITH
MINISTER OF STATE FOR DEFENSE ITO AT JDA FROM
0930-1130 MARCH 27. IN COURSE OF WELCOMING SECDEF
TO PERIODIC CONSULTATIONS, ITO_MENTIONED THAT
US-JAPAN SECURITY RELATIONSHIP WAS---IMPORT-MIT- PILLAR
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F FAR EAST PFACF AND STARII Ely A,N THAT j,-A2-ERE-
_c. tATED~EGDE~' S EEEnay5 TO STRENGTHEN OUiLftLLTERAt
TIES. SECDEF AGREED WITH ITO AND EXPRESSED HJPE THA
Ham-COULD REPAY HIS HOSPITALITY BY WELCOMING HIM
TO WASHINGTON IN FALL, PERHAPS IN SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER
TIME FRAME. SUMMARY OF TOPIC OF DISCUSSIONS FOLLOWS:
A. GENEVA TALKS:
SECDEF AS ; GENEVA TALKS ON INTERMEDIATE RANGE
MISSILES AS "PROGRESSING WELL" BUT NOW IN RECESS
UNTIL MAY (FORMAT IS TO ALTERNATE TWO MONTHS
TALKS WITH TWO MONTHS RECESS). US HAS PLACED A
DRAFT TREATY BEFORE SOVIETS WHICH INCLUDES PRESI-
DENT'S SUGGESTION PROPOSING REMOVAL OF ALL (SOME
300) IRBM SS-20S (WHICH ARE VERY MOBILE AND THEREBY
PROTECTIBLE) AS WELL AS OLDER SS4S AND SS5S IN
IRETU2N FOR NATO DECISION TO REFRAIN FROM DEPLOYING
PERSHING IIOS AND CRUISE MISSILES. ALL OF THESE
SOVIET MISSILES ARE CAPABLE OF HITTING ANY EUROPEAN
TARGET FROM EAST OF URALS. THEREFORE, THE RECENT
SOVIET SUGGESTION THAT WE FREEZE DEPLOYMENTS NOW
OF SUPERIORITY IN THIS AREA. SOVIETS HAVE MADE COUNTER-
PROPOSAL CONTEMPLATING LEAVING 300 SS-20S IN PLACE
BUT NOT PROMISING BAN ON DEPLOYMENT EAST OF URALS
FROM WHICH THESE MISSILES COULD REACH ANY ASIAN
TARGET. SOVIET PROPOSAL WAS NOT MADE IN TREATY FORM
AND THEY HAVE NOT FORMALLY REJECTED JS PROPOSAL.
MINISTER ITO ASKED WHETHER US POSITION REMAINED TO
SEEK TNF DISMANTLING, NUT ONLY FUR EUROPE, BUT FOR
ASIA AS WELL. SECDEF CONFIRMED THAT THIS REMAINED
PRESIDENT'S POSITION. WITH REGARD TO STRATEGIC
NUCLEAR ARMS LIMITATION :START), PRESIDENT'S GOAL
REMAINS ACHIEVEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL, VERIFIABLE
REDUCTIONS IN JRUER TO PERMIT MUTUAL DETERRENCE
AT LOWER LEVELS. WHILE PRESIDENT WOULD LIKE TO
PROCEED WITH SUCH STRATEGIC ARMS NEGOTIATIONS, IT
WILL DEPEND ON INTERNATIONAL SITUATION AND REQUIRE
PRIOR CONSULTATIONS WITH OUR NATO ALLIES. IN ANY
CASE, NO DEFINITIVE DATE FOR THESE NEGOTIATIONS
HAS BEEN SET.
(B) US-PRC RELAT I ThL$
SECDEF EXPRESSED BELIEF THAT GOOD US-PRC RELATIONS
WERE VERY IMPORTANT TO ASIAN PEACE AND STABILITY.
AT SAME TIME, US HAD STATUTORY OBLIGATIONS TO
TAIWAN WHICH WE MUST CAREFULLY FULFILL. HE EXPRESSED
VIEW THAT PRC. EVEN IF BOTHERED BY IT, UNDERSTOOD
THE US POSITION. US HAD CONCLUDED THAT ITS OBLIGA-
TIONS TO TAIWAN ENTAILED CONTINUATION OF F5E LO-
PRODUCTION BUT IT HAD TURNED DOWN PROVISION OF MORE
ADVANCED F5G OR F-16/79 FIGHTERS. US WILL CONTINUE
TO PRESENT THESE POINTS TO CHINESE AND HOPE FOR
BROADER CONTACTS ON MANY FRONTS, INCLUDING DEFENSE,
EVEN THOUGH WE DO NOT HAVE AN ALL LANCE. -_S_E_cOEF SAID
I HE NOTED JDA STAFFER NISHIRO'S TR IP TO PRC W H-_
ED HOPE THAT DOD AND JDA_W_O11L.R
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SHIP WAS IMPORTANT IN COPING WITH SOVIET THREAT,
BU HE__E_LATIONSHIP NOW SEEMED TO BE JETERLDRATING
__UVER THE-1F ARMS SALES TO _TAI WN_W DB_R17HNEV
WAS TRYING TO TAKE ACVANTAGE OF IT BY OFFERLNb ALIVE
5 ORS TO PR C. K E F -TO E V.k uATF----
H~ IS SITUATION IN STRATEGIC CONTEXT. SE(,JtF SAID
THAT WHILE HE WOULD DEFER TO SECRETARY OF STATE ON
SUCH AN ISSUE, HE PERSONALLY BELIEVED THAT THE
PRC EVALUATED THE BREZHNEV APPROACH IN THE SAME WAY
AS wE OLD--A SOVIET ATTEMPT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
PERCEIVED COOLING IN US-PRC RELATIONS. US POLICY OF
LMPRJVLNG RELATIONS WITH PRC WAS A FIRM ONE, WITH
THE USA INTERESTED IN CONTINUING TO DISCUSS WITH THE
CHINESE WAYS TO ASSIST THEIR DEFENSE EFFORTS AND
IN FOSTERING OVERALL BILATERAL RELATIONS. HOWEVER,
THE JS WILL CONTINUE TO FULFILL ITS ObLIGAT NOt TO
TATW N, a TE-V S THE PRC WILL REGOOG(y_IZE HT D
DUES NOT THINK THIS SHOULD WEAKEN US-PRC TIES.
TjHE_PRG.BL-EM_ SH?]JLD BECOME LEU E AS R P- R-SJES
EFF0RIS TO REUNIFY TAIwANN wITH._IHE__. MAINLAND.
IC) JS-JAPAN NEFENS_E_._RDLE.S ..
Ill EF RFcn E-;~-H` }~ DME-LIBUS=JAPAN
SUMMIT MEETING LAST MAY IN COUR5 ()_ _WjLC PM
SULUKI MADE STATEMENT AT NATIONAL PRESS CLUB
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M6_E R1lLES_.1A~AN-C11D- GLtNS~i~i-r rnNe L L Y
F I L L :
--DEFENSE OF NATIONAL TERRITORY
EFENSE OF SJRkOUNDINO SEAS, SKIES
--DEFENSE OF SEA LANES. TO 1000 MILES.
SEGIIEF_SAIt7 IHA SSJ~H A J[VtSIpN~F RU FS wnUL0 BE
SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTI0N TO OUR MJTUAL SECURITY
BY PROVLDIN% ADDITIONAL PROTECTION AROUND JAPAN,
nfH-IC,T W-OULU_ENA8[ US TO___IN EAS~.CIJR~ E .EN.F IN
AND SUPPLY AJ0 LT I.UNAL P T E C_L.LOa_T-O__LE--L -4P_0 K.LAlYT
SEA LANES OF INDIAN OCEAN AND SOUTHWEST ASIA.
SE~DE SUG~EIE'7t7 TRATI~IOFZKii~iG OUT ~ETAtLS OF SUCH
'A DIVISION OF LABOR WOULD REQUIRE SUBSTANTIAL EFFORT
BY BOTH SIDES AND MIGHT SUITABLY BE DISCUSSED AT
NEXT SECURITY SUB-COMMITTEE MEETING IN H 4ALL.
(2) MINISTER ITO ASKED WHETHER SECDEF WOOL. OFFER
MARITIME NATION AND ITS GEO-POL.[TLCAL C LRCU -
-yEt - SECDEF RES_PONDE_D THAT, LN HIS VIEW, JAPAN
WAS MOVING IN RIGHT DIRECTION. IMPROVED AIR DEFENSE,
ANTI-SUBMARINE CAPAB~.LLTY_t- AN[) GRUUN0 EQUIPMENT w E
ESSEVTLAL AND SHni1L1] r_nn~T1NUE TO R ,IVE~fRIORITY.
1N__ADDILLON,_AGQJISITION OFACAPAti.LL_LT_Y___OE_DfFENDING
SEA LANES UP TO llU. -M.RFSFRn__M_J!APAN WILL REQUIRE
S OM AuD>_T jpNAL EFFORT IN DIRECTL ON S fLEFERF $OM
THOSE NOW BEING UNDERTAKEN. VAIN HARA OFFERED VIEW
THAT JDA VIEWED DEFENSE OF SEAS UP TO 1,000 MILES
AS INVOLVING PRIMARILY INCREASED ASW CAPABILITIES,
SUCH AS MORE P3CS AND MISSILE-ARMED SHIPS9 AND SAID
JDA WAS DETERMINED TO PROCEED IN THAT DIRECTION.
SECDEF SAID THAT AS ASS( Wn 1 D RF ntfF jC~l~ r TQ
u~_-i;rnKF ~tiri ~i~r ~nNrr a nF SKIES, LT WOULD BE
NECESSARY TO CONSIDER IGH FR CQV FR A 'D THAT US
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