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Clinton e-mail: U.S. asked Japan to talk with China before buying Senkakus
By KENJI MINEMURA/ Correspondent
WASHINGTON--In a private e-mail forwarded to then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a high-ranking U.S. official asked Japan to consult with China before the Japanese government put the Senkaku Islands under state ownership in September 2012.
The correspondence is among the 1,000 e-mails disclosed by the U.S. State Department on Jan. 29 in response to the controversy that Clinton was using her private e-mail server for official duties while serving as secretary of state.
The e-mail, dated Sept. 3, 2012, was written by Kurt Campbell, then U.S. assistant secretary of state, and sent to several high-ranking U.S. government officials. One of the officials forwarded the message to Clinton.
The e-mail suggests that the United States was concerned that the purchase of the islands, located in the East China Sea, would worsen relations between Japan and China, which also claims them.
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/politics/AJ201601310039
