Ambassador Hatano (then serving as Japan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations) informs the Foreign Minister of the results of the talks between Prime Minister Hosokawa and President Clinton held on September 27, 1993. Summaries of the different aspects of the talks were sent in several subsequent cables.
September 28, 1993
Cable No. 5516, Ambassador Hatano to the Foreign Minister, 'Japan-United States Summit Meeting (Separate Telegram 3)'
Number: [TN: blacked out]
Primary: North American Affairs Bureau Director-General
Sent: United Nations, September 28, 1993, [TN: time blacked out]
Received: MOFA, September28, 1993, [TN: time blacked out]
To: The Foreign Minister
From: Ambassador Hatano
Japan-United States Summit Meeting (Separate Telegram 3)
No. 5516 Secret Top Urgent
(Limited Distribution)
Outgoing Cable No. 5513 Separate Telegram 3: China
(Prime Minister) Chinese leaders will probably attend the APEC non-official summit meeting. On the political side, there are various issues, but Japan hopes that the US-China relationship goes well. The United States has some concerns about China, which our country shares, but our country thinks it desirable, basically, to respond positively to China.
Passed to all [Japanese] diplomatic missions in the United States (except for Agana and Detroit), China, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, ASEAN, Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Permanent Mission of Japan to the International Organizations in Geneva, and Republic of Korea. (End)
Prime Minister Hosokawa encourages positives relations between the United States and China.
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Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, File No. 2014-00539. Translated by Stephen Mercado.
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