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Other Holding Document Lists 1st Seminar – 1958-59 “Problem 1 – Analyze U.S. and Sino Soviet Bloc Capabilities in selected less developed countries in North Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia during the next five years and recommend courses of action to maximize the U.S. position” – June 12, 1959 “Problem 2 – Analyze […]
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Virtual Diasporas Diasporic Communication in the Contexts of International Conflict and Cooperation Phineas Baxandall, Harvard University Good Capital, Bad Capital: Dangers and Development in Digital Diasporas (abstract) Karim H. Karim, Carleton University Diasporic Communication in the Contexts of International Conflict and Cooperation. Michel Laguerre, MIT/UC Berkeley “Virtual Diasporas: A New Frontier of National Security” (op-ed) […]
Description: Japan Under the US Nuclear Umbrella
Hans M. Kristensen PAPER (HTML) Introduction and Summary The Early Years The Battle over Okinawa The “Secret” Agreement Nuclear War Planning in Japan About the Author MEDIA COVERAGE Asahi Shimbun, August 25, 1999, p. 5. English evening edition. Available in HTML-format or PDF-format. The Mainichi Newspapers, August 5, 1999, p. 8. English evening edition […]
Aircraft Carrier Homeporting in Yokosuka and the U.S. Understanding of Japanese Nuclear Approval
JULY 19, 1999 More than a year after the reversion of Okinawa to Japan in May 1972, the U.S. government prepared for the homeporting of the nuclear-capable aircraft carrier USS Midway (CV-41) to Yokosuka. Although the Japanese government publicly assured that Japan’s three non-nuclear principles prohibited nuclear weapons on warships visiting Japanese ports, CINCPAC concluded […]
U.S. Navy Rejects State Department Proposal To Offload Nuclear Weapons Before Entering Japan
JULY 19, 1999 During preparations for homeporting the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Midway (CV-41) to Yokosuka in 1972, the U.S. State Department proposed offloading the carrier’s nuclear weapons prior to entering Japan. This proposal was rejected by the Chief of Naval Operations, however, as “operationally unacceptable.” The Japanese government nonetheless has assured publicly that U.S. […]
Department of Defense Responds to Proposal to Homeport U.S. Aircraft Carrier in Japan Without Nuclear Weapons 1999 July 19
july 19, 1999 Department of Defense Responds to Proposal to Homeport U.S. Aircraft Carrier in Japan Without Nuclear Weapons Original FOIA document In response to a proposal from the U.S. Ambassador to Japan that homeporting of a U.S. aircraft carrier to Japan be done without nuclear weapons onboard, U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird responded […]
Nuclear Exercises On USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) Around Crisis Deployment Hint At Nuclear Weapons In Yokosuka in 1979
Shortly after its visit to Yokosuka in October 1979, the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) was dispatched to the East China Sea to defend against a possible North Korean aggression against South Korea. During its deployment, the carrier exercised both nuclear anti-submarine and nuclear strike operations, strongly suggesting that the ship was nuclear armed […]
Joint U.S.-Japanese Exercise Test “Nuclear Broadcast Procedures”
July 19, 1999 Joint U.S.-Japanese air defense exercises in the early 1960s included nuclear weapons operations. One of three joint air defense exercises held during 1962, for example, exercised “nuclear broadcast procedures.” Obtained under provisions of the U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by the Nautilus Institute January 1994 Full Excerpt From Document:U.S./Japan Exercises: U.S. […]
1967 Contingency for Deployment of Genie Nuclear Air-to-Air Missile to Japan
July 19, 1999 At the time the Japanese government reiterated its three non-nuclear principles in 1967, the U.S. had contingency plans for deployment of the Genie nuclear air-to-air missiles to Japan. The relevant page in the 1967 CINCPAC History that contains the details remains classified, but the Genie and its nuclear armament is identified by […]