JAPAN LODGES PROTESTS WITH SOVIETS ON SATELLITE INCIDENT

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06771547
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• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: March 16, 2020
• Case Number: F-2018-02723
• Publication Date: January 28, 1978

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(TEXT) TOKYO JAN 26 Ky000--JAI-A:\i SA1 LAO AY Els)DGEU
c.) PROTEST ITH THE SOVIET UNION AGAIASI THE SOVIET FAILURE
TO INFORM JAI-PAN IN ADVANCE OF 1 HE U ISj..i LC,H AT Tu..4
N AR- i-VoiEREU SOVIET SATELLITE liVEit ;AirAD A 1. UESO AY. iH.
I-3R EST HAS CONVEYED dY YASUSHI MI YAZ AY1 A , IREL:T OR LE NER
OF HHE FOREIGN ABISTR Y' S EURIJPEAN �gi.JLAIU
Ai-FAIRS dUriEAU, TO i3L)ri IS Nel�. Z 1 4LIIJEY L;IJL1.5�LL-J.1
THE SOVIET �Em3ASSY HERE.
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JAPAN DEMANDED Ii TI-E PROTESI. iH,i ThE S,.) V 1E1 (ULR 4...1�4
o INFOrtM IT OF THE DETAILS O 1HE SA1 ELLI1L iluriPs
FOR PREVENT ING RECURRENCE OF Stich AcCIDENI 5,
ANT IPOLL UT ION mEA SURE S I 1. HE A mOSrnizAE. J.Ar. AL S.:. SIU-hi
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INFORMATION A 3OUT OTHER, SOVIET SA1 EEL I;.ES 1�4 ,;Rorl
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mIYAZ APIA EXPRESSED THE JAPANESE PEOPLE' S GA
Ad OUT THE INCIDENT 13E CAUSE 1HE SA1 ELL IT E AS r:.,.,ERED Y ,��
O NUCLEAR REACTOR.
THE SOVIET DIPLOMAT PROMISED iU ONVEY 1db. pit() EST i 0 HIS
HOME GOVERNMENT. BUT HE ToLu MI I AZ Aw4A THAT HIS CjUN1 Y ri
ANNOUNCED THE LAUNCHING PL AN AND I I- S &UUSL HEN THE SitIE
rtiAS PUT INTO OR 3 IT LAST SEPT EM3ER . 1h. IN1U;LE AR .rAL.TOr, AS
L, DESIGNED SO THAT IT YV ILL dE FOLLY .iE1iUYEU A ND ci 'yc_D .HLE
� ENTER INC THE ATMOSPHERE, HE SAID.
4E4N'iVH1LE, FOREIGN MINISTER SUNAL) SONO.) A ,NEFORTED THE
_1 JAPANESE PROTEST AGAINST THE SOV IE I JNI.uN TO I HE HOUSE Ur-
() REPRESENTAT IVES 3UDGET COMMITTEE THE SAME DAY.
SONOD A SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT ILL EXER1 ALL EFFORTS Fa-%
EARLY RATIFICATION OF THE TI-tiEE it.EATILS DEALING AI H SUH
PROBLEMS AS COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGE JAUSEO dY MANMADE ....4.,3,11:.4,TS
a FROM SPACE. HE REVEALED HIS iJESIR O SECURE DIET 0 V AL
FOR THE RAT IF ICAT ION OF THE TREATIES 1flH THE JJOPERA) I
THE OPPOSITION PARTIES.
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THE FOREIGN MINISTER AL SO MADE Li LLt.-:M I HAT THE LO vERNvc-r.
< IS ALREADY MAKING PREPAR AT IONS TO PROPOSE MEASURES FOR
--I PREVENT ION .OF THE RECURRENCE OF ACCIDENTS I. SP,,
PLACES AS THE UN COMMITTEE ON f HE PE AuEFUE USES .jr- :uTErt
SPACE.
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