丸山です。amlとkeystoneに同報。

Stripes Online（星条旗新聞のオンライン版）の４月１日付けEditor's Choiceに
面白い記事が載っています。もしかしたらエイプリルフールかも。

http://www.pstripes.com/edw.html

　Wednesday, April 1
 Marines court Okinawa favor

　実弾演習は本土に移転したし、SACOの合意で返還対象となっている土地の９７％以
上は海兵隊のものであり、これ以上海兵隊の基地を減らさないために何をしたらよい
か。
　沖縄県は頭が固くて「うん」と言いそうもないので、地域との交流を密にして、地
域住民の心をつかまなくてはいけない。

　といった内容。中でも傑作なのは、

I think it really says a lot when a Marine corporal walks
up to a farmer just to ask him how his crops are doing or
whether he's in good health," Rann said.

野良仕事をしている人に、「今年の出来はどうだい、たっしゃかねにしてるかね」と
声をかけることも大事だ。そうです。

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asahi.com　http://iij.asahi.com/
東京新聞ニュース速報　http://www.chunichi.co.jp/news2/soku/soku.htm

　などに、米国防総省報道官が「将来、横須賀に原子力空母配備の可能性」と発言し
たと報道されています。

　国防総省のホームページに記者会見の内容がでています。

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Mar1998/t03311998_t0331asd.html

Q: One more follow-up on the nuclear carrier question. The United States
has not yet, but will eventually run out of non-nuclear carriers to base
at Yokuska, Japan where the Japanese government has been opposed to
having a nuclear carrier based there. What are you going to do at that
point when you don't have any more fossil fuel carriers to put there? Is
there any consideration of making some fossil fuel carriers for that kind
of a situation?

A: I'm not sure I accept your description of the Japanese government
view. It is true right now we have a conventional carrier there, the
Independence. When the Independence leaves, she'll be replaced by
another conventional carrier, but ultimately we're going to run out of
conventional carriers at the current plan.

I think that one of the Japanese concerns is making significant
maintenance actions to the propulsion system in Japan, and that's
something that could be done in the United States. Other significant
maintenance could be done in Japan, but the propulsion systems could be
taken care of elsewhere. That's one type of change that could be made to
accommodate Japanese concerns.

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沖縄タイムス
http://news.yahoo.co.jp/headlines/dom/mai/0117320000.maidom001.html

1998年4月1日（水） 17時32分
＜米国＞普天間代替は、名護沖移転が最善ーー米報道官（毎日新聞）

の報道は米国務省のホームページにあります。

http://secretary.state.gov/www/briefings/9803/980331db.html

QUESTION: Another subject - yesterday you took a question on the US
response to the Okinawan Governor calling for more equitable burden-sharing
for US bases between Okinawa and the Japanese mainland. Is there any
response?

MR. RUBIN:
 The US maintains forces in Japan to fulfill its obligations to defend
Japan under the US-Japan Security Treaty. The Special Action Committee
on Okinawa  was established in November 1995 to look for ways to ease
the burden on the people of Okinawa. It contained recommendations to
re-align, consolidate and reduce US facilities in areas. We continue
to work with the government of Japan to implement the remaining
recommendations. We continue to believe that the sea-based facility
offers the best alternative to the existing facility at Futenma.
 
 

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　MARUYAMA K.　　kaymaru@jca.ax.apc.org
　　　　2GO GREEN
　http://www.jca.ax.apc.org/~kaymaru/2GG_JCANET.html