Documents / FOIA release
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 INR BRIEFING NOTE GIST: Japanese Foreign Minister Miki Goes to use close friends to establish bridges to China TO: The Director, INR DATE: June 10, 1969 TIME: a.m. COMMENTS CONTAINED IN INR BRIEFING NOTES ARE INITIAL AND TENTATIVE. SOURCE(S) CLASS./CONTROL(S) PDC-311/09223-68 Secret-Noform Miki discussed Japanese-Chinese relations with Haruo Okada and Akira Okada and told them that he hoped that although they were of different political groups, they could each act as bridges to China. PFA Comment: Haruo Okada is a leader of the far left of the Japan Socialist Party and has long been in the forefront of those advocating recognition of Peking. He is probably a prime source of Chinese information on matters Japanese. Maruo's brother, Akira Okada, is a senior member of the Japanese Foreign Service. He has held a number of important posts in the past, including that of Chief of the China Section of the Foreign Office (several years ago). He has taken part in joint US-Japanese meetings and there is no indication that the Japanese have any doubt about his security. He is now slated to go to Hong Kong as Congen. Miki has long been a close family friend. He obviously hopes that he can utilize them to obtain information on China and perhaps as one of his means of communicating with the Chinese (Miki also is interested in the possibility of establishing contact at the Ambassadorial level). This report has passed through a number of hands before it got to us and we do not know what relationship, if any, Miki intended the brothers to have with each other as they construct their bridges. INR OFFICE BRIEFER Farrior/Keoph EXTENSION 4675 FORM DS-1118 6-66 MW 31097 DocId:33061196 Page 48
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 132 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.