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This is a compilation of Department of State Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) briefing notes to the Director of INR, mostly dated June 12, 1968, with some from June 6, 1968. The notes cover world events, including student riots in Paris, East German passport and visa rules for West Germans, a UN resolution on South West Africa, a change of Komsomol leadership, Sino-Nepalese relations, and the Colombian presidential resignation crisis. Unrest in Senegal and Somalia is also covered. None of the notes discuss UFOs.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE GIST: Japan: Head of GOJ investigating team tells press that Swordfish may be proved "guilty" of coolant discharge. TO: The Director, INR DATE: 11 June 1968 TIME: 0730 COMMENTS CONTAINED IN INR BRIEFING NOTES ARE INITIAL AND TENTATIVE. SOURCE(S) CLASS./CONTROL(S) Tokyo 9110 Confidential According to Embassy Tokyo, the head of the GOJ investigating team, Yamazaki, told press on June 6 that there is a strong possibility of proving Swordfish "guilty" of primary coolant discharge, based on further analysis of water taken at time of incident (May 6). Water sample shows presence of nuclide which, according to Yamazaki, looks "suspiciously like Iron 59." Embassy believes that this is attempt to fuzz US argument that if another substance, Cobalt 60, not present in sample, then no discharge took place. Announcement apparently timed to counteract effects of Japanese STA announcement of June 4 that no nuclide activity was observable in water sample. Announcement specifically excluded presence of Iron 59. JCP paper carried story to contrary June 6, complete with graphs and data. Yamazaki called for formation of scientists commission to further investigation free from GOJ influence; Commission founded, includes 3 JCP members, 2 anti-SSH activists of 5 members Yamazaki's JCP membership, though known to no police, FonOff and possibly others, has not surfaced in press, but Embassy hopes info will trickle in without US involvement. INR COMMENT: The Embassy notes that Yamazaki's statement sounds impressive to average reader, who apparently is all too willing to believe that US continues to contaminate Japan with assorted radioactive materials. JCP sources for this info also do not seem to discourage non-JCP (but still nuclear-allergic) press from picking it up. INR OFFICE REA BRIEFER Keogh EXTENSION 4582 NW 31097 DocId:33061196 Page 41 (Classification)
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 132 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.