CONFIDENTIAL
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MDTTAN 3440
EXPERTS MEETING ON HOW THIS MIGHT BE USED, IN, FOR INSTANCE, NUCLEAR REACTORS. SAITO AGREED THAT THE QUESTION OF SCIENTISTS WAS AN URGENT ONE. THE US / GERMAN / RUSSIAN PROPOSALS WERE ESSENTIALLY ACCEPTABLE AND THE JAPANESE WANTED TO BE INVOLVED IN THE DISCUSSIONS ON THIS. THEY HAD PROPOSED THAT THE DISCUSSIONS SHOULD ALSO ENCOMPASS PEACEFUL USE OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS.
NON-PROLIFERATION
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THERE WAS AGREEMENT ON THE NEED FOR NORTH KOREA TO RATIFY ITS SIGNING OF AN IAEA SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENT. SAITO POINTED OUT WITH A GRIN THAT THIS SHOULD NOT DIFFICULT UNDER THE NORTH KOREAN SYSTEM. IT WAS IMPORTANT TO KEEP THEM TO THEIR WORD, WHICH THEY HAD GONE BACK ON MANY TIMES, AND TO ENSURE THAT THEY ALLOWED ACCESS TO THEIR FACILITIES. THE JAPANESE WOULD CONTINUE TO PRESS INDIA, PAKISTAN AND BRAZIL TO SIGN UP TO THE NPT. SAITO SAID THAT THE JAPANESE HAD ASKED THE CHINESE TO IMPLEMENT THE CONVENTIONAL ARMS TRANSFER RESOLUTION, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD ABSTAINED IN THE VOTING.
CFSP
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MR SAITO ASKED IF THE JAPANESE COULD BE BRIEFED ABOUT THE POLITICAL COMMITTEE AND FAC AGENDA BEFORE MEETINGS TOOK PLACE. MR APPLEYARD SAID THAT WE WERE MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR YOU TO BRIEF THE JAPANESE MFA AFTER MEETINGS. PRIOR BRIEFINGS COULD BE MORE SENSITIVE FOR OUR PARTNERS BUT WE WOULD LOOK INTO THE POSSIBILITIES. (WE WILL TAKE THIS FORWARD IN SEPARATE CORRESPONDENCE).
CSCE
23. MR SAITO SAID THAT JAPAN WANTED TO BE ASSOCIATED IN SOME WAY WITH THE CSCE PROCESS BUT WAS NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THE BEST APPROACH WOULD BE. MR APPLEYARD SAID WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO DISCUSS THIS WITH THEM WHEN THEY HAD THOUGHT FURTHER.
SIGNED S R SHERRINGTON
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