Cablegate: Fmct: No Change in Japan's Position
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RR RUEHWEB
DE RUEHKO #3260 1650129
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 140129Z JUN 06
FM AMEMBASSY TOKYO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 3177
INFO RUCNDSC/DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE COLLECTIVE
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 2878
UNCLAS TOKYO 003260
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MNUC PREL PARM KNNP CDG JA
SUBJECT: FMCT: NO CHANGE IN JAPAN'S POSITION
REF: STATE 92033
Per reftel instruction, ESToff delivered USG points on the
Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty (FMCT) to MOFA Arms Control
and Disarmament Division Desk Officer Ayako Hashida on June
12, 2006. Hashida told ESToff that the points are
substantively identical to the USG statement at a May 2006
Conference on Disarmament meeting in Geneva; there has been
no change in Japan's position on the FMCT since that time.
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