Hosokawa and Clinton make small talk concerning the appointment of Walter Mondale as U.S. Ambassador to Japan and a potential golf outing together.

Hosokawa voices support for the Japan-US Business Conference at the end of his meeting with Clinton.

Hosokawa and Clinton express hope for the successful conclusion of the Uruguay Round.

Clinton thanks Hosokawa for Japan's monetary support for the Middle East.

The contents of this cable, apparently dealing with the North Korean nuclear issue, were withheld in their entirety by the Japanese Foreign Ministry.

Hosokawa says that he has invited Yeltsin to visit Japan in October 1993 and hopes to resolve the Russo-Japanese territorial dispute. Clinton hopes for positive political and economic developments inside Russia.

Prime Minister Hosokawa encourages positives relations between the United States and China.

Hosokawa, Clinton, and Warren Christopher discuss US-Japan economic relations.

Hosokawa and Clinton discuss health care reform in the United States and political reform in Japan.

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.