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231431Z MAR 96

DIRECTOR 700784

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STAFF

TO:

IMMEDIATE TOKYO.

231431Z DIRECTOR 700784

FROM: LIMIT C/EA/J INFO CHIEF/EA, DCEA/OPE, EA/XO

SLUGS : • WNINTEL

SUBJECT: EYES ONLY - OFFICIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF TOKYO STATION

REF: NONE

TEXT:

1. ACTION REQUIRED: PLEASE PROVIDE STATION'S EXPEDITED

COMMENTS.

2. ON 22 MARCH WE WERE INFORMED THAT THE PRESIDENTIALLY

*APPOINTED<JFK ASSASSINATION>RECORDS REVIEW BOARD. HAS DECLARED ITS

INTENTION TO RELEASE THE FACT THAT CIA HAD A STATION IN TOKYO IN

THE EARLY 1960'S.

APPARENTLY THERE IS SOME CORRESPONDENCE OR

CABLE TRAFFIC FROM THE EARLY 1960'S ON THE SUBJECT THAT INCLUDES

TOKYO STATION ON THE DISTRIBUTION LINE. WE HAVE NOT YET. SEEN THE

ACTUAL TRAFFIC BUT WE HAVE BEEN TASKED WITH PROVIDING COMMENTS ON

HOW THIS ACTION WOULD "AFFECT CURRENT OPERATIONS, LIAISON

RELATIONSHIPS, ASSETS, JAPANESE/AMERICAN RELATIONS, ETC." GIVEN

THE PRESS SCRUTINY OF CIA ISSUES -IN JAPAN, THERE IS NO DOUBT IN

OUR MIND THAF SUCH A RELEASE WILL BE NOTICED BY THE JAPANESE

MEDIA.

3.

PLEASE PREPARE YOUR ARGUMENTS IN AS COMPLETE A MANNER AS

POSSIBLE:

WE RECOMMEND THAT QUOTES FROM AMBASSADOR MONDALE,

SUPPORTING STATION'S POSITION, SHOULD ALSO BE INCLUDED. ACCORDING

TO THE INFORMATION PROVIDED US, THE ADDO HAS ADDRESSED THE BOARD

TWICE, MOST RECENTLY LAST MONDAY WHEN HE BRIEFED THEM ON WHY WE

CANNOT REVEAL OUR INSTALLATIONS IN SCANDINAVIA, INDIA AND •

AUSTRALIA EVEN 30 YEARS AGO.

THE BOARD ACCEPTED OUR ARGUMENTS ON

SCANDINAVIA AND INDIA BUT REJECTED AUSTRALIA.

ONCE THE BOARD

OVERRULES US, OUR ONLY RECOURSE IS TO APPEAL TO THE WHITE HOUSE.

4.

ONCE WE HAVE STATION'S ARGUMENTS IN HAND WE WILL PREPARE

THE NECESSARY MEMORANDUMS TO SUPPORT YOUR POSITION.

FOR THE SAKE

OF STRUCTURE, WE ASK THAT YOU ORGANIZE YOUR ARGUMENTS ALONG

SUBTITLED THEMES SUCH AS IN PARA 2 ABOVE,

INCLUDING THE RECENT

PRESS ATTENTION ON CIA ACTIVITIES AND THE HISTORICAL REFUSAL OF

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LIAISON COUNTERPARTS TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE OUR PRESENCE. FYI,

THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE ALL TOP SECRET CLEARED.

5:

OUR DEADLINE ON THIS MAY BE VERY SHORT SO PLEASE EXPEDITE

YOUR RESPONSE. • WE APPRECIATE YOUR UNDERSTANDING.

6.

CL REASON: 1.5 (C); DECL: X1.

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