August 1, 1985
Cable No. 643, Ambassador Kato to the Foreign Minister, 'Problem of the Release of the American Hostages (Special Message to Foreign Minister Shara)'
Number: R105008
Primary: Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau Director-General
Sent: Syria, August 01, 1985, 13:58
Received: MOFA, August 01, 1985, 19:59
To: Foreign Minister
From: Ambassador Kato
Problem of the Release of the American Hostages (Special Message to Foreign Minister Shara)
No. 643 Secret Urgent (Priority Handling)
(Limited Distribution)
Re: Your Telegram, Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau Director-General’s Telegram No. 387
On the 1st, I paid a call on [Walid] Muallem, Cabinet Director of the Foreign Minister, and delivered orally the content of the Minister’s special message to Foreign Minister Shara. I requested that he deliver the message to Foreign Minister Shara, at which time he promised to deliver it.
Passed to the United States (End)
A telegram from Japanese Ambassador Kato to the Foreign Minister regarding the delivery of a message to Foreign Minister Shara about the American hostages in Lebanon.
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