[41577] in Cypherpunks
Japan-CIA
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anonymous)
Mon Oct 16 07:40:04 1995
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 12:31:29 +0100
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: nobody@REPLAY.COM (Anonymous)
Japan-CIA
Tokyo (AP) -- Japan said that its relations with Washington
could
be seriously damaged if a report that the CIA spied on Japanese
representatives at auto talks proves true. The New York Times
reported Sunday that the CIA eavesdropped on conversations
between
Japanese negotiators and automakers during the talks in Geneva
this
year, reporting the results daily to U.S. Trade Representative
Mickey Kantor. According to the report, Kantor was provided
with
summaries of conversations between Japanese bureaucrats and
executives from Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. Toyota
called the alleged eavesdropping ``unthinkable,'' but refused
to
comment further.
