[JP]: Message to the United Kingdom

[John]

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Encrypted/Private​

Subject: Evacuation of Embassy Staff
Recipient: Lawrence Adams, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, United Kingdom (Jamie)
Sender: Yōhei Kōno, Minister of Foreign Affairs, State of Japan
CC: Andrew Evans, Prime Minister, United Kingdom; Jason Green, Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom

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Good evening Minister Adams,

As far as we are aware, the Japanese Embassy is currently safe from threat of attack in the city of Paris - however we can not always guarantee the safety of our embassy staff. We are looking to forward deploy a single vessel to the Eastern Atlantic to place ourselves in a position to evacuate our embassy staff if need be. If at all possible, I would like to request your permission to access a port in the United Kingdom to station our vessel before initiating the rescue of our embassy staff. If you approve our request and have any suggestions on where our vessel could make port, that would be most helpful. However, we have already picked two locations which we think would be suited, these locations being:

• Portland Harbour on the Isle of Portland, Dorset
• Her Majesty's Naval Base Devonport in Plymouth, Devon

I look forward to and hope for a quick reply.

Many thanks,
Yōhei Kōno
Minister of Foreign Affairs
State of Japan

 

[Jamie]

UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
Security Classification: TOP SECRET

To: Yōhei Kōno, Minister of Foreign Affairs, State of Japan John
Cc: andrew.evans@parliament.uk
Subject: Re: Evacuation of Embassy Staff

Good Afternoon,

Unfortunately, due to the situation occurring in France and the risk of escalation, a vessel is not something we would be able to authorize into a UK port for the purpose of evacuations from France.

We would, however, be able to offer a replenishment at sea from the Royal Fleet Auxiliary to re-supply your vessel in international waters.

Alternatively, we are in the position to accept airliners from Japan to refuel in the United Kingdom when evacuating your diplomatic staff.

Kindest Regards,
Lawrence

Lawrence Adams | State Secretary of Foreign Affairs |