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Japan-United States: Agreement on Procedures for Mutual Assistance in Administration of Justice in the Lockheed Matter*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 April 2017

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Treaties and Agreements
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 1976

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Footnotes

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[The text of the Agreement appears at I.L.M. page 279. On March 29, 1976, similar agreements were signed with Italy and the Netherlands.In the case of Italy, however, enabling legislation must precede entry into force of the agreement. In the case of the Netherlands, the partyto the agreement is the Commission of Three, established by the Council of Ministers on February 9, 1976, to conduct the investigation. Bothagreements are available in the Library of the American Society of International Law.]

References

** [Reproduced from the text provided by the Embassy of Japan at Washington, D.C. The text appeared in the Japanese press.[The confidentiality of documents and the use of documents for law enforcement actions by responsible authorities in the United States andhost countries were the subjects of a letter from the U.S. Secretary of State to the U.S. Attorney General, dated November 28, 1975. The textof that letter appears at I.L.M. page 282.]

* [Reprinted from the text provided to International Legal Materials by the U.S. Department of Justice.]

* [Reproduced from the text provided by the U.S. Department of State. On December 11, 1975,the Department of Justice filed a Suggestion of Interest of the United States in the U.S.District Court for the District of Columbia. The above letter was appended as Exhibit A; Exhibit B was a suggested draft for an Order requiring obedience to subpoena in the case Securitiesand Exchange Commission y_. Lockheed Aircraft Corp. On December 17, 1975, a Memorandum andOrder were issued by the District Court, which set forth guidelines for protecting the confidentialityof the documents subject to the subpoena of the Securities and Exchange Commission.]