¶4. (S) Saiki lamented that the DPRK believes that 2002 was
""a mistake""--referring to when North Korea admitted that it
had abducted Japanese citizens. The DG xxxxxxxxxxxx
explained that the fate of Megumi Yokota was the biggest
issue, since she was still relatively young (in her forties)
and the public was most sympathetic to her case. xxxxxxxxxxxx Saiki was

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concerned that the new minister in charge of abductions,
Hiroshi Nakai, was a hardliner. Saiki concluded by saying
the Japanese needed to sit down with the North Koreans to
decide how to make progress on the abductions issue, and that
the new Japanese government would be just as attentive as the
Liberal Democratic Party was to the problem.

２箇所のxxxxxxxxxxxx部分は黒塗りと思われるが、WikileaksのFAQsに以下の通りあることから、これは朝日がその選ばれた5つのOld Mediaのひとつで"scrutinizaing"の過程で黒塗り扱いにしたものと思われる。

Why did you choose established "old media" as your initial media partners for the release?

Wikileaks makes to a promise to its sources: that will obtain the maximum possible impact for their release. Doing this requires journalists and researchers to spend extensive periods of time scrutinising the material.

The established partners chosen were among the few with the resources necessary to spend many weeks ahead of publication making a start on their analysis.

Even with this much effort, the five current media partners will only scratch the surface of this material. As a result, Wikileaks will continue seeking media partners to work on the embassy cables.

そもそも、Wikileaksの本旨は情報の完全公開であるのだから、Wikileaksに対して日本人としてその黒塗り部分も含めた公開を求めていくべきものと考える。