ABSTRACT
The Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement (80STA) was not being revised nor being renegotiated, it was being replaced. This is an important point to keep in mind throughout the nine months of negotiations. The basic principles endorsed by the Economic Policy Council were reiterated and endorsed but no inkling about the other measures was included in the draft agreement given to the GOJ in late August 1987 which were intended to commit the GOJ to various methods of control and supervision. Based on available documents, there was no analysis by the USG of this issue for the purposes of negotiating an science and technology (S&T) relationship with Japan before or during the bilateral negotiations. One of the few memorable issues for Japanese officials from these negotiations was the USG attempt to link the broader issue of national security with an S&T agreement, and not the more narrow issue of an implementation agreement for the Defense Patent Secrecy Agreement (DPSA).
