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American forces in Japan 美国驻日军队 Another lost year 又一年的迷失 Some unspoken truths about Japans securityrelationship with America 日本与美国安全关系方面几个不言而喻的真相 LESS than amonth aftera new government took office in Japan in September2009, American officials talked their Japanesecounterparts through a longstanding frustration:stalled plans to build a new airbase for Americanmarines on the southern island of Okinawa. Accordingto confidential minutes of the meeting sent toWashington, DC by the American embassy in Tokyo,leaked by WikiLeaks, Kurt Campbell, an assistantsecretary of state, said a new airstrip was necessarybecause of Chinas growing military strength. But thatcould not be discussed publicly, for obviousreasons. 2009年9月日本新政府走马上任，在此后不到一个月的时间里，美国官员与他们的日本同行讨论了这个持续已久的麻烦事美国海军要在冲绳岛南侧修建新空军基地的计划陷入僵局。会议的秘密记录从东京的美国大使馆送到了华盛顿特区，但是被维基解密泄露出来，根据这份记录，美国国务卿的助理柯特??坎贝尔认为：由于中国军事力量日益强大，修建新的空军基地势在必行。但是由于某些明显原因，这种话题显然不能拿到桌子上谈。 | 
