【普天間返還】名実共に破綻した06年日米合意と09年グアム協定Ⅷ～検証：米下院軍事委公聴会に於けるウィラード太平洋軍司令官の証言内容～ #普天間

民主党スミス筆頭委員が普天間問題について質問

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「4700人移転」と辺野古移設を「最善」とした発言は事実

【重要】グアム移転以外は、分散と移転の組合せで対応

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Rep. Adam Smith (D), Ranking Member:
Admiral, just give us a little bit of a look at the repositioning of troops between Okinawa, Guam, mainland Japan and Hawaii-- and also particularly concerning it impacts in Guam, and when those plans are going to be finalized, and how you see us resolving the continuing difficulty on Okinawa in terms of how we place Marine Corps base there, since we're trying to shutdown Futenma,but we can't find new place, how do you see that coming out in our bias? The sooner the better for all involved, but particularly for Guam to understand exactly what they're going to have. Just give us a little preview on what's happening with that.

Adm. Willard, USN Commander, PACOM:
As you know we're still in discussions with the Japanese on this: we have working groups on both sides that're attempting to finalize plans for the 8,000 or so Marines that we committed in 2006 to redistribute from Okinawa. And you refered to a Futenma Replacement Facility, the airfield that actually contains most of the rotary wing left for the Marines that are currently on Okinawa. And as a separate issue within the Defense Policy Review Initiative, the shift of the location of that airfield from the urban area in Okinawa to Camp Schwab, area further north on the island.

In the past, within the Defense Policy Review Initiative DPRI, the two were linked together; the FRF, and the movement of the 8,000 Marines. One of the agreements between Japan and the United States recently was to de-link that so that the policy challenges that have been posed have caused delays in FRF could be dealt with separately from the issues of Guam and our other sites for our Marine Corps.

And at the same time, the Marine Corps, Secretary Panetta, and U.S. Pacific Command in the course of deliebrations on the optimum sites for our Marines, given both the economic enviroment that we are in and the specific strategic needs of U.S. Pacific Command in the region, to have those Marines sited properly, have been working on the distribution of both the headquarters elements from Okinawa, and the Marine troops from Okinawa, and where they should be located.

And presently, the view is for about 4700 Marines to be located on the island to Guam and others to be distributed to sites such as Hawaii, and as you know, on rotational presence out of Darwin, Australia. Those combinations are part of the ongoing working group deliberations with Japan and the United States. There is a way to go with it, and the FRF issue has resulted in strong advocacy by Tokyo, by the goverments there, and by continued challenges loccaly in OKinawa. And we think that Camp Schwab remains the best option, the GoJ appears to sanction that, we will continue the deliberations with them and attempt to see progress made over the coming year.

現在、我々は4,700人程度を沖縄からグアムに移転し、その他をハワイ等に分散移転、そしてご存じのように豪ダーウィンへはロテ－ションによりプレゼンスを確保する予定であります。これらの組合せについては、日米双方の作業部会の中で継続して協議中です。これが方法論であり、普天間問題は中央、地方、そして沖縄現地の強い主張が絡む問題でありますが、我々はキャンプシュワブが最良の選択肢であると考えており、日本政府もこれを是認しています。日本政府とは今後も協議を続け、年内には何らかの進展を目指したいと考えております。

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