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JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS

June 9, 1972

LEAD STORIES: The Asahi highlighted the Fourth Defense Plan question, as its frontpage top story, carrying the headlines "'Fourth Defense Plan' to Be Decided by Present Cabinet; Plan to Be Formulated during Next Month: JDA Director General; In Direction of Strengthening 'Rear Support Setup'."

Other morning papers carried the frontpage top-story headlines Negotiations; Foreign Minister Instructs Administrative Authorities to Sound Out Albania's Intentions; Part of Multi-Polarized diplomacy" (Tokyo Shimbun); "Japan-US-Soviet Joint Development of Oil on Continental Shelves around Sakhalin Expected; Gulf Oil to Participate in Project; Survey Mission, Headed by IMASATO, to Visit USSR in August" (Mainichi); "Equalization of Tax Burdens on Corporations and Private Individuals Planned; Taxation System Research Council to Start Discussions on Taxation System for Next Fiscal Year, from June 23" (Nihon Keizai); "Lower House Pollution and Environment Committee Approves Responsibility-without-Fault Law Bill; LDP Swallows Opposition Side's Revision Plan" (Sankei); and "Personnel Strength of SDF to Be Fixed at 300,000; JDA Clarifies 'Peace-Time Formation' Plan; MSDF and ASDF to Be Strengthened by Total of 40,000 Men; 'Cope-with-Emergency' Structure Will Remain Unchanged" (Yomiuri).

The Mainichi frontpaged a report under the captions "Special Assistant KISSINGER to Arrive in Japan Today; Readjustment of US-Japan Relations Expected; Showing Strong Interest in 'Post-SATO' Problem, Too." The report said: At the invitation of the US-Japan Economic Consultative Council (Representative Sponsor: Fuji Bank Board Chairman IWASA), US Presidential Special Assistant KISSINGER will come to Japan on the night of June 9, and will stay here for four days until the 12th. During that period, he will hold talks with Prime Minister SATO, Foreign Minister FUKUDA, ITI Minister TANAKA, and others. The Government strongly expects that through these talks, views will be exchanged on the new situation in Asia after the Sino-US and US-Soviet summit talks, and frank discussions will also be conducted on such problems as the readjustment of US-Japan relations which have been continuing to witness an economic confrontation since the US-Japan textile question. KISSINGER is said to be showing strong interest also in the moves of the post-SATO political situation. He is also scheduled to hold talks with Takeo MIKI, Masayoshi OHIRA, Yasuhiro NAKASONE, and other influential LDP members.

KISSINGER's scheduled visit to Japan has become a topic of conversation since last autumn, but it has been postponed twice, due partly to the intensification of the Vietnam war. This plan will finally be realized this time. At KISSINGER's talks with Government leaders, the Foreign Ministry wants to explain frankly the Japanese side's stand on the China problem, US-Japan economic problems, and other questions.

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As for its foreign policy, the Government, though considering US-Japan relations to be the "basic axis," regards it as urgent diplomatic tasks to break the Japan-China impasse and to promote the conducting of Japan-Soviet peace treaty negotiations. In this connection, the Government also thinks it is very significant to hold talks with KISSINGER on the way of US-Japan relations after the reversion of Okinawa.

It is observed that at the scheduled talks, the Japanese side will emphasize its policy of normalizing Japan-China relations and of improving Japan-Soviet relations, in response to the easing of Asian tension, and that the Japanese side will urge the US side to understand this policy, while pointing out the "independent nature of Japan." (Full Translation)

The Nihon Keizai frontpaged a report under the captions "US-Japan Administrative-Level Trade Negotiations to Be Held in Japan Late Next Month; Exchange of Views Expected on Import Restriction Measures." The report said: According to a clarification made by a Government source on June 8, the Japanese and US Governments have agreed to open US-Japan administrative-level trade negotiations, the holding of which was decided at the recent ITI Minister TANAKA-US Presidential Special Representative for Trade Negotiations EBERLE talks, in Japan, late in July. The detailed points of this plan will be decided by June 15. However, the proposed negotiations are slated to be held at Hakone, and EBERLE and Foreign Vice-Minister HOGEN are scheduled to become Chief US Delegate and Chief Japanese Delegate, respectively. Before the start of the proposed negotiations, moreover, the US is to dispatch a technical survey mission to our country early in July, in connection with the electronic computer liberalization question which will become the biggest focal point of the trade negotiations. Thus, the prospects are that after early July, the US-Japan trade war will be resumed, with Japan as the arena.

EDITORIALS: The Asahi, in its first editorial titled "What We Desire of Mr. KISSINGER Coming to Japan," said that "US Presidential Assistant KISSINGER's visit to Japan is virtually an official visit as an envoy of President NIXON." The paper hoped that "Mr. KISSINGER will reveal, above all, the views held by the White House on the future of Taiwan and the way of ending the war in Vietnam." The paper also said that "The Japanese side should clarify its own views on the problems concerning China and Vietnam so that the talks with the US Presidential Assistant will become fruitful." In its second editorial titled "American Masses Seeking New Politics," the Asahi expressed the view that the victory scored by George McGOVERN in the primary in California reflects the smouldering feeling of discontent among the American masses at the present situation. The paper pointed out that McGOVERN has been arguing for "new politics" and "desertion from old policies." The paper said it is impossible for President NIXON, who is to stand for re-election, to ignore the fact that there is an unexpectedly strong desire for a change among the American people.

The Mainichi, in its first editorial titled "Special Assistant KISSINGER Should Have Correct Views on Japan," said "There is a

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fundamental gap in views between the NIXON Administration and Japanese politicians on the way of dealing with international problems." The paper noted that "The view is becoming influential, even among members of the LDP, that Japan can maintain its peace and security if it follows a policy of friendship and peaceful co-existence with China and the Soviet Union, regardless of whether it can rely on the American nuclear umbrella." The paper said "It will be difficult for President NIXON and Presidential Assistant KISSINGER, who hold that international peace can be maintained mainly by the balance of military power, to understand this view." The paper said, however, that "The future of Japan-US relations will become very difficult if the US side adheres to the policy of relying on the balance of military power and presents to the Japanese side various demands based on this policy." The paper hoped that "Presidential Assistant KISSINGER will listen to the Japanese views modestly." In its second editorial titled "Start Efforts to Raise Age Limit to 60 Years," the Mainichi upheld the Labor Ministry's plan to raise the age limit, which is 55 years in most cases at present, to 60 years. The paper pointed out that there is an acute shortage of young workers due to the decline in the birth-rate.

The Yomiuri, in its first editorial titled "Demand for Rigid Enforcement of Prior Consultation System," said "Japan is virtually an 'enemy' of North Vietnam because it is co-operating with the US Forces engaged in such activities as supply and repair." The paper said that "The Government should make effective use of the prior consultation system to keep the country outside the Vietnam war." In its second editorial titled "Pollution of Inland Sea Cannot Be Let Alone," the Yomiuri said there is no denying that the Inland Sea is becoming a "dead sea" due to pollution. The paper denounced the Government and local public entities for having stepped up the industrialization of the Inland Sea area without considering the necessity of preventing environmental pollution.

The Tokyo Shimbun, in its first editorial titled "Suspicion over Oil Loans," noted that unsavory rumors are afloat about the Government's decision to offer "oil loans" totaling $300 million to Indonesia. The paper pointed out that the decision to offer such loans was made suddenly at the conference between Indonesian President SUHARTO and Prime Minister SATO over the heads of administrative authorities concerned. The paper also said it is difficult to understand why the Government has decided to give Indonesia enormous assistance with strings attached, in defiance of international rules. The paper urged the Government and private circles concerned to clarify the truth of the loans. In its second editorial titled "Background of McGOVERN Whirlwing," the Tokyo Shimbun said that the victory scored by Senator McGOVERN, who is known as an honest, progressive "anti-war" politician, indicates that the American people are eager for a change, because of their dissatisfaction at soaring prices, unemployment, heavy taxes and the Vietnam war.

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The Nihon Keizai, in its first editorial titled "KISSINGER'S Visit to Japan under Fluid Situation in Asia," said "There is no doubt that US Presidential Assistant KISSINGER, who is scheduled to arrive in Japan on the 9th, is most interested in the China and Asia policies of the new Japanese Cabinet to be established after the resignation of Prime Minister SATO." The paper hoped that "The Japanese side will exchange unreserved opinions with the US Presidential Assistant so that the US side will gain more correct knowledge about the reality of Japan and Asia." In its second editorial titled "Reform Wheat Control Fundamentally," the Nihon Keizai pointed out a remarkable decline in the acreage reserved for wheat, barley and rye, and a rapid increase in the import of wheat. The paper said it is time for the Government to revise its control over wheat and barley fundamentally, and liberalize wheat imports.

The Sankei, in its first editorial titled "What We Desire of Assistant KISSINGER," hoped that "US Presidential Assistant KISSINGER, who is scheduled to arrive in Japan on the 9th, will exchange opinions with Japanese leaders frankly." The paper said that "Mr. KISSINGER is one of those who is responsible for the growth of a feeling of distrust toward the US among the Japanese people." The paper said that "The Japanese side hopes, above all, that he will clarify the details of the recent US-China and US-Soviet summit talks." In its second editorial titled "Expand and Establish School Zones," the Sankei pointed out the remarkable effects produced by the establishment of the so-called school zones as a means of preventing traffic accidents.

The Dallas Morning News

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Vice-President
and Secretary

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Vice-President

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Treasurer

SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1972

Kissinger's Courtship

HENRY KISSINGER has been sent to Japan to try to thaw the chill between the two countries. President Nixon's representative will need all of the persuasive powers he can muster to overcome strong feelings that have developed against the United States.

Reasons for the abrupt change from the friendly cooperation that existed between Japan and the United States for 25 years have been widely publicized. They are largely the result of the Nixon decision to alter former policies toward Russia and Red China, and to bolster the U.S. economy by calling on Japan and others to reduce exports to the U.S., directly or through changes in currency relations.

JAPAN and the U.S., writes our former ambassador to Japan, Edwin O. Reischauer, "are in desperate need of a true dialogue."

In trying to talk realistically to the Japanese, Kissinger labors under a personal handicap. In Japanese eyes, he has been a leading architect of the Nixon policy of friendship toward Russia and Communist China —Japan's two big rivals in Asia. In addition, Kissinger ignored several invitations from Japan and then postponed twice the visit now being made.

Politeness may hide Japanese resentment of Kissinger and Nixon's policy changes, but it is deep-seated. Misunderstanding between the two countries is nothing new; it has been

commonplace since the middle of the last century, and bitterness over World War II has not been erased from the hearts of many in both countries.

All of this adds up to major significance for the Kissinger visit. Economically and politically, both countries need to find a common ground for agreement and friendship.

We need Japan as a market; it has been our largest overseas buyer for years and many of the commodities exported there originate here in Texas.

We also need Japan as a political ally in the Pacific. A friendly Japan would be of infinite value to us in any future conflict.

Japan needs our friendship just as much, if not more. Certainly her economy is more dependent upon our purchases. Her exports to the U.S. last year were valued at $7.5 billion, or 31.2 per cent of Japan's total foreign sales of $24 billion.

AS THE WORLD'S only victim of atomic disaster, Japan fears nuclear power but needs our capability of this protection in the event of war.

Now is the time for concerted efforts to bring the two nations back to the closer cooperation that existed a short time ago. We are on the eve of a national election. Japan faces the end soon of the record-long administration of Sato, who has been a friend of the U.S.

Kissinger is on a crucial mission. Its success or failure is likely to influence world history significantly.

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Dallas Demo

By MIKE KINGSTON
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DALLAS' CONSERVATIVE Democrats can be excused if they wake up in the middle of the night to the sound of liberal footsteps behind them. Liberal Democrats are coming on strong in this county.

Single-member districts, of course, have liberalized the makeup of the legislative delegation—and this fall they also will Republicanize it.

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Kissinger Returns From Japan

TOKYO (UPI) — Presi-
dential adviser Henry A.
Kissinger completed a
three-day visit to restore
Japanese confidence in
America yesterday by an-
nouncing that President
Nixon has invited Emperor
Hirohito to the United
States.

The announcement and
the response by a govern-
ment spokesman that the
emperor's trip to the
United States would pave
the way for a return visit
by Nixon to Japan left no
doubt that the Kissinger
mission was a success.

Kissinger, the President's principal foreign policy adviser, was dispatched to Japan to try to regain the rapport strained by Nixon's failure to give the Japanese advance warning of his visit to China and by U. S. economic policies adversely affecting Japanese business.

Kissinger returned to
Washington in late after-
noon and immediately
conferred with the Presi-
dent. However, the White
House disclosed no details
of their meeting.

In three days Kissinger
met with a total of 85
ranking government

business and intellectual
leaders, including four
hours of talks with Prime
Minister Eisaku Sato and
lengthy sessions with all
five candidates to succeed
Sato. The prime minister
is expected to announce his
retirement this month af-
ter nearly eight years in
office.

The purpose of his visit,
twice delayed because of
crises in Vietnam, was "to
deepen confidence and for
me to learn, on behalf of
the President, how Japan
feels," Kissinger said at a
news conference.

"Before I came here my
relationships with Japan
was primarily an intellec-
tual one," he told the 200
newsmen. "I can say now
that on the basis of the
courtesy I have received
here, it is an emotional one
as well."

"Our basic view," he
said, "is that Japan should
be able to take care of the
defense of the home
islands, and there will be
no pressure to get Japan
to expand its defense role
to the rest of Asia."

But he said he believed
a "comprehensive policy"
was necessary to overcome
present difficulties between
Japan and the United
States and avoid future
crises.

Kissinger made clear the
United States accepted
Japan's concept of its role
as a major economic
rather than military power
and said it was "not the
policy of the United States
that Japan should go
nuclear."

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The three-judge committee cited Troy, not only for "excessive use of bail" but with noncompliance with the law regulating bail practices and noncompliance with the law regulating right to counsel and rights during trial."

It said there was no indication Troy discriminated against any particular defendants "with the possible exception" of those accused of non-support of dependents on welfare.

Robinson's order calls for the Judiciary Committee to file a report by June 28.

He said yesterday he expected action within a week or 10 days and, failing that, he would "take a different course."

In a weekend announcement of his intent to file the order, Robinson alleged that "somebody's stalling for some reason ... I just don't think we can let it go any longer."

## Reds Ham It Up

MOSCOW (AP) — Soviet acateur radio operators made 330,000 contacts with 220 countries and territories during a 105-day project, the news agency Tass reported, calling it "the greatest event in the history of radio hamming."

The funds currently are in jeopardy because of the city's alleged failure to comply with the racial imbalance law.

The measure, proposed by City Councilor Lawrence S. DiCara, was approved by the Council May 15. With the signature of the mayor it now goes to the Legislature. The funds would be released upon passage by the Legislature and signature by the governor.

Under the terms of the petition $22.5 million in state aid funds now being withheld and another $30 million due this year—with the prospect it will be withheld—would be released to the city while the dispute is pending in the courts.

White said his signing of the petition "should not be construed as disagreement with the policy underlying the racial imbalance act. The sole issue is the inappropriateness

of sanctions. It is obvious that, among those who will suffer most as a result of these sanctions will be the very children the racial imbalance act was intended to help."

The city currently is challenging the state's action in the state and federal courts.

In other action, the Council voted to approve acceptance of $7.7 million in federal funds for a fourth-year action plan for the Model Cities program. Only Councilor Albert L. O'Neil dissented.

The vote was conditioned, however, on acceptance of a motion by Joseph M. Tierney, chairman of the Urban Development Committee, that federal authorities must in future make greater effort to involve Spanish-speaking minorities in neighborhood board elections.

Last year less than 8 percent of those eligible to vote on Model Cities proposals actually did so in Boston, and the meagre returns included almost none from Spanish-speaking neighborhoods.

## Julie Nixes Marijuana Parties

Julie Nixon Eisenhower, the President's daughter, thinks that current penalties for smoking marijuana are too high, it was reported Monday.

Mrs. Eisenhower made the statement during a taped interview for the Mike Douglas Show to be aired Friday, June 23, on Boston's Channel 4.

Douglas asked Julie what she would do if she were attending a party and some people were smoking marijuana.

"I think that I would leave the party," she told Douglas, "because I think that anyone who smokes marijuana is fully aware it is still illegal but I think the penalties in many cases are too high."

"It still means that people involved in marijuana could serve up to seven years in prisons," Mrs. Eisenhower added. "I think it's just foolish to stay at a party where marijuana is being smoked. You'll have a criminal record. It could ruin the rest of your life."

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THE NEW YORK TIMES

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JOHN B. OAKES, Editorial Page Editor

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CLIFTON DANIEL, Associate Editor

HARRISON E. SALISBURY, Associate Editor

TOM WICKER, Associate Editor

Kissinger to Tokyo

Henry Kissinger's belated trip to Japan, crucial as it is, comes too late to restore to full health America's most vital alliance in Asia. The confidence and trust in the United States that existed before last year's three "Nixon shocks" on China, currency and textile trade cannot be revived by a three-day visit after eleven months of disregard. But there is an opportunity nevertheless to stop the rot and begin the search for a new, if more wary, form of partnership.

The route to that partnership lies through humility, not muscle. The time has come to admit frankly that Mr. Kissinger should have informed and consulted Japan before his first trip to Peking last July. The limited results of President Nixon's Peking visit in February undoubtedly could have been achieved with much less drama and trauma by lower-level contacts—and probably would have been, if a Presidential election were not approaching.

China policy, far more than economic conflict, lies at the heart of the Japanese disenchantment with the United States. It is the hottest issue in Japanese politics. Proximity, trade and cultural intimacy convince most Japanese that close relations with China are vital and that the United States, after blocking that relationship for two decades, has leapfrogged Japan to establish a new position for itself at Tokyo's expense.

These reactions certainly are somewhat paranoid. The facts suggest that Japan's relations with China are and will remain much closer than those of the United States for a long time. Japan is China's biggest trading partner; Chinese-American trade is infinitesimal and unlikely to grow very fast. Japan has a resident trade mission in Peking; China has not agreed to an American trade mission. There are Japanese newsmen resident in Peking, but Americans come only on short-term permits. Japanese businessmen travel to China by the thousands; only a handful of American businessmen were admitted to the last Canton Fair.

Moreover, Japan is weighing a break in diplomatic relations with Taiwan to open diplomatic relations with Peking. The Japanese investment flow into Taiwan has declined to a trickle. Washington, on the contrary, is favoring American investment in Taiwan, which continues to flow at a high level. President Nixon has foregone diplomatic relations with Peking by insisting on maintaining diplomatic ties with Taipei. The American security treaty with Taiwan continues, as does American participation in the joint Taiwan Defense Command.

Although there has been a change in the atmosphere of Chinese-American relations, substantively very little has happened as yet. But Tokyo, in an effort to appease Peking, has begun to hedge on the 'Nixon-Sato communique' of 1969, which declares Taiwan's security important to Japan. Since that is the ground for Tokyo in a crisis to permit American use of its bases in Japan and Okinawa for the defense of Taiwan, a major split between Tokyo and Washington on this issue is becoming a possibility.

Patience is essential on economic issues; another year or more will be needed before it will be possible to judge the effect of revaluation of the yen on the American trade deficit. Meanwhile, the immediate key to the Japanese-American relationship lies in achieving a clear understanding on China policy that puts Japanese suspicions to rest. Mr. Kissinger, as the initiator of the China negotiations, can begin that process this weekend. But an early visit to Japan by President Nixon himself is essential to convince the Japanese that the United States is not focusing on its adversaries to the detriment of its friends.

that in addition to having "his own points to make," Mr. Connally intends to listen to the leaders on whom he will call. That, at least, would be a welcome change.

NEW YORK TIMES

12 June 1972

KISSINGER ASSURES
JAPAN ON CHINESE

He Pledges Tokyo Will Be
Consulted Before the U.S.
Negotiates With Peking

By TILLMAN DURDIN

Specialist to The New York Times

TOKYO, June 11 — Henry A. Kissinger, chief adviser on national security to President Nixon, told Foreign Minister Takeo Fukuda today that the United States would not undertake any major negotiations with China without consulting Japan.

Last year President Nixon suddenly moved toward better relations with China without prior consultation with the Tokyo Government.

Mr. Fukuda revealed Mr.

Kissinger's promise at a news briefing after they had spent three and a half hours this morning discussing matters of interest between Japan and the United States.

He said he and Mr. Kissinger had broadened this commitment by agreeing that the two countries would consult each other should either one take a major action affecting the other.

In answer to a question, Mr. Fukuda said he understood this applied on the United States side to actions with regard to the Soviet Union as well as to China.

Mr. Kissinger's sessions with Foreign Office officials began a crowded day that included a luncheon with leaders of the ruling Liberal Democratic party, an afternoon meeting with senior editors of Japanese newspapers, a discussion with Matsatsugu Ishibashi, secretary general of the leftist Socialist party, and a dinner with six former Foreign Ministers.

The main object of Mr. Kissinger's three-day visit is to ease frictions and to reassure the Japanese of the United States desire for continued

friendly ties and close cooperation.

Mr. Kissinger had talks over breakfast with Mr. Fukuda, other Japanese Foreign Office officials and the United States Ambassador to Japan, Robert S. Ingersoll. Afterward Mr. Kissinger and Mr. Fukuda talked alone for an hour.

Wide-Ranging Discussions

In his press briefing, Mr. Fukuda said the talks had ranged over Vietnam, Taiwan, China, the Soviet Union and general security questions. He indicated that Mr. Kissinger had made numerous points that he had already advanced in meetings with Japanese yesterday.

On Vietnam, Mr. Fukuda said Mr. Kissinger emphasized that the United States intended to settle the war through negotiations and not through military victory.

Mr. Kissinger, he added, said that the communiqué on Mr. Nixon's China talks completely covered the United States attitude on Taiwan.

The Foreign Minister reported that they had agreed on a statement by Mr. Kissinger that there was no need to revise the United States-Japan security pact even though changes have occurred in Asia

and elsewhere.

Mr. Fukuda said he had told Mr. Kissinger that Japan would not become a military power but would instead use her economic means to improve facilities at home, combat poverty abroad and promote stability and peace in the world. He said he and Mr. Kissinger were in full agreement on these goals.

Economic Accord Proposed

He reported that Mr. Kissinger had said he did not realize that the announcement on July 15 last year of Mr. Nixon's plan to visit China would cause such a shock in Japan and had assured him, "It will never happen again." Mr. Kissinger had lunch with the leaders of the Liberal Democrat party at a Japanese-style restaurant, where they were served by kimono-clad women. Afterward Yasuhiro Nakasone, head of the party's executive council, said Mr. Kissinger had been interested but noncommittal about a proposal by Mr. Nakasone that the United States and Japan should conclude an economic agreement that would include automatic remedies for problems between the two countries.

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WASHINGTON POST

12 June 1972

# J.S. Adviser Predicts
End of Anloc Siege

By Peter Braestrup

Washington Post Staff Writer

CHONTHANH, South Vietnam—"Well, maybe it'll take two days, maybe a week," the U.S. adviser said about attempts to break the two-month-long siege of Anloc.

Sitting in a bunker near Highway 13, 12 miles south of Anloc, the American spoke as a nearby battery of South Vietnamese 105mm howitzers fired steadily to support another try at cleaning out a North Vietnamese force dug in on either side of the road.

"Of course," the adviser said, "the NVA (North Vietnamese Army) are dug in so deep an artillery round won't scratch 'em. The artillery just keeps their heads

casioned the most prolonged infantry combat of the Vietnam war.

Last month, the South Vietnamese simply leap-frogged troops by helicopter over the Chonthanh road-block—and over a smaller North Vietnamese force on Highway 13 near Tan Khe hamlet five miles below Anloc. The idea was that each North Vietnamese pocket would thus be squeezed out by pressure from north and south.

The pressure was not strong enough. South Vietnamese infantry complained that supporting tanks were too timid. Vigorous enemy mortar and rocket fire pinned down the infantry.

NEW YORK TIMES

10 June 1972

# Negotiating Season

"Presidential adviser Henry Kissinger has repeatedly predicted that serious negotiations with Hanoi will resume when the current Communist offensive in South Vietnam comes to an end. The offensive, after some spectacular gains, now appears to be slowing down with the beginning of heavy monsoon rains. The season for negotiations appears to be approaching again.

President Nixon evidently has tried to prepare the way for the next negotiating round during his Peking and Moscow visits. In Moscow, he later reported, Vietnam was one of the "most extensively discussed" subjects on the agenda. Whether China or the Soviet Union will exert some pressure on Hanoi to help bring about a settlement has yet to be seen. But Hanoi clearly has been concerned about this possibility as well as about the welcome given Mr. Nixon by Peking and Moscow, North Vietnám's two chief allies and arms suppliers, at a time when the United States has been escalating its air and naval war against North Vietnam.

In an unusual number of press conferences and interviews in Paris before and after Mr. Nixon's Moscow visit, North Vietnamese Politburo member Le Duc Tho has emphasized that the war will have to be settled with Hanoi, not Moscow or Peking, and that he looked forward to early resumption of his talks with Mr. Kissinger. He has denied that Hanoi wants to impose a Communist government on South Vietnam, while insisting that President Thieu's resignation and a political settlement must precede the ceasefire, release of American prisoners and

# Kissinger: 'playboy' of the Eastern world

By Crocker Snow Jr.
Globe Asian Bureau

TOKYO — The geishas now call him "iro goto shi." A kind translation would be "playboy" — an unkind one, "dirty old man." Maybe the most accurate is "secret swinger" with a dash of sexuality thrown in.

The appelation is applied to Henry A. Kissinger.

The President's right-hand man touched down in Tokyo for three days last week to impress upon the Japanese government that it still stands high in US concerns. Amid busy conferences and af-

fairs of state, he also left quite an impression on this city's distinctive geishas.

"He's got a low voice, so soft, so sexy," teased one with a smile as she adjusted the tight kimono wound around her torso. "Unfortunately, we couldn't entertain him properly or play card games or anything because he had too many bodyguards and stuffy Japanese politicians around him."

"He's got a dumpy figure, like a dai-kon (Japanese turnip.) But still he's very attractive — a real iro goto shi," offered another, who like many geishas, is pretty dumpy and daikon-shaped herself.

SWINGER, Page 18

A JAPANESE GEISHA

ST. ATTY. GEN. NELSON
finding the consumer fraud

y. Gen. David S. Nelson, chief of
Consumer Protection Division.

criminal prosecutions have been
completed or are pending after being
pushed by the attorneys and investi-
gators of Nelson's staff.

"Thirteen may not sound like much, but it's probably a dozen more in the past history of the state," Asst. Atty. Gen. Paul Connolly, Nelson's chief aide, said.

The change in approach was de-
cided upon by Atty. Gen. Robert H.
Quinn toward the end of last year.

"It is a radical departure for the state Attorney General's Office to seek criminal complaints," Nelson said. "In fact, there had been a prohibition against it."

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Nelson said.

"Even though there has never been any official announcement, I have established as policy that when it appears that criminal prosecution will have a wider, more pervasive effect on the particular problem areas, then we are going to choose to go criminally rather than civilly," Nelson said.

"For example, there was a large number of complaints on odometer (automobile mileage meter) setbacks.

"We found that people considered this rather acceptable — they didn't think it to be against the law.

"Civil action would have no deterrent effect, but an announcement or news story that certain auto dealers were being prosecuted criminally would have a greater deterrence," Nelson said.

The consumer protection chief said there are many such cases now under investigation. "It's a tedious effort, but it's worth it," he said.

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The Hackman get his 'Oscar'

decorated pilot. He would not. Then at Chicago, in front of the California del·egation, he wiped up McCarthy and Humphrey. "I'm out of it," Wallace said. "But you should do something."

I began to look around the next day. A leader would be the best thing for McGovern. I knew Marvin Cristenfeld in Nassau. He'd be for Muskie, I figured. In Queens there was a new leader. Matty Troy, the councilman. He would be perfect for McGovern. Ev·erybody thought McGov·ern support consisted only of college students and the usual liberal whimps. Matty Troy, a 220-pound Queens Village old-line Democrat, would be sensa·tional. And maybe it could do something for Troy. Al·ways, a Catholic living on Long Island automatically is considered a conserva·tive Neanderthal. That was the politics of the matter. There was one other small reason for trying it. I thought it was right.

I called Frank Mankiewicz

"All these guys sit around like they're smart and they go to the last minute and then they pick losers."

"Let's look them over," I said.

"Nobody's even notice me if I came out for Muskie," he said. "For Queens, Jackson would be the best. But he's for the war. I got a kid old enough to get killed soon. I'd commit su·cide if anything happened to him."

"Who's the last guy you would think of?" I said.

He though for a minute. "Oh, no, you're not going to push that guy on me. McGovern? You got to be crazy."

I handed him the envelope of McGovern position papers. He was built to take chances, I knew that.

That Sunday George McGovern was on television. He was strong. Matty Troy sat home watching him and reading the position papers. Particularly one calling for a GI Bill for policemen. It showed thought Matty called me

mate of yours. He sends his love."

"Teddy?" Troy said. "We were in the Army together in Georgia."

"I know. He told me all about you," Mankiewicz said. "I told him we were seeing you."

Whatever they were doing and are doing now and will do in Miami next month, they were doing it from the start. The Kennedys were. This conversation was last June.

The one name was all Troy had to hear. Now he sat forward and began to hang on McGovern's words. McGovern, in the room, talking about taxes and war, had instant believability. When Troy walked out of the suite that night, he had made a date to endorse George McGovern at a public ceremony in Queens in August.

I personally picked the date and arranged the staging. It was for a Monday morning in August. The publicity would be

television cameras only wanted their brief reaction to Lindsay's switch. At Gracie Mansion, the largest single political press conference New York probably ever had had taken place. On the news, stations had a full half-hour of film on Lindsay's switch. McGovern got 10 seconds on one channel, answering a question about Lindsay. The New York Daily News ran 10 full pages of Lindsay stories the next morning. The Chicago Tribune had Lindsay stories on pages 1, 2, 6 and 8. Troy's endorsement of McGovern got a paragraph in the New York Times, and never made papers around the country.

I went back to the book. In September, Frank Mankiewicz said they were putting together delegates'

slates in New York. How did I feel about trying the Sixth Congressional District?

"The last two times I came out of the house, it was to waste time around some stupid movie and then for that thing in August. Let me stay home and root for you."

A week later, Bill Friedkin called. He said he had just finished cutting the movie the night before and he wanted to show it to me.

"I'll see if I can make it." I still wanted to let him know who the bigshot was.

I decided to be gracious and went into watch the movie. On the subway, I was practicing a speech I was going to give him about staying away from

stupid ideas if he wanted his career to continue. In the screening theater at 20th Century Fox's building on 55th street in Manhattan, the lights dimmed and the picture called "The French Connection" came on. I watched it. Actually, I didn't watch it. I got lost in it. Lost in its pace and incredible energy. And in the smell of New York streets. Friedkin is a genius, the way he made the streets smell. I got lost watching Roy Schneider become a major actor. And I got lost watching Gene Hackman.

When the picture ended, Friedkin hit me on the back. "Genius," he yelled at me. "Are you going to come and see Gene Hackman get his Oscar Are you, genius?"

I went home and called

Matty Troy. I told him whatever he did, make sure that I was going to have a shot to be one of the six people running on the McGovern slate in the Sixth.

Now I am not only running as a delegate, but I'm going to be elected. I'm going to Miami Beach and drink whisky and smoke cigars and be on the floor taking part in a very big decision. Maybe only a small part, 13000th. But then again, maybe not that small after all. Theodore H. White called the other day and asked if he could do a preliminary interview with me for the election book he always does, "The Making of the President." I told him I would try to grant the request. I hope the guy gives me a real good write-up, too.

(Newsday)

BEER AND SODA — Author Jimmy Breslin, relaxing (left) at a Cambridge bar during a 1970 visit to Boston

area, turned down the "French Connection" role which netted Gene Hackman (right) an Academy Award.

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The Miami Herald
Sun., June 11, 1972 21-A

Soviet War
On Writers
Continues

Vladimir Maximov
Is Latest on 'List'

By WILLIAM L. RYAN

Associated Press Writer

The long war continues between the ruling Soviet Communist Party and Russia's writers. Another literary figure is reported to be in grave danger — Vladimir Maximov, a poet and novelist.

A group of Western intellectual leaders has appealed to the Kremlin in his behalf. Thirty persons, including Gunter Grass, Ignazio Silone, V. S. Pritchett, Iris Murdoch and Stephen Spender, sent a petition from Rome asking Leonid I. Brezhnev to use his authority "to save for humanity one of its best sons."

"Vladimir Maximov belongs to the group of Russian writers about whom the

Vladimir Maximov
... 'solitary man'

world has spoken much in recent years," one petition says. "Our own consciences suffer because of the fate of Borish Pasternak, Andrei Sinyavsky and Alexander Solzhenitsyn. Are their sufferings not enough — the death of one, the imprisonment of another, the cruel harassment of the third?

"VLADIMIR Maximov is a solitary man' he needs attention and solicitude. He should be given the choice of leaving his country to join his sister and continue his life's work unmolested."

Maximov's sister, wife of an Israeli, lives in Israel. He has hoped for permission to join her, but the authorities

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UPI-105

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WASHINGTON--DR. HENRY KISSINGER, PRESIDENT NIXON'S NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR WHO WAS SCHEDULED TO LEAVE ON HIS TWICE POSTPONED TRIP TO JAPAN TODAY FACES THE DIFFICULT TASK OF TRYING TO MEND THE RELATIONS BETWEEN TOKYO AND WASHINGTON.

KISSINGER WAS SCHEDULED TO DEPART FROM ANDREW'S AIR FORCE BASE AT 4:30 PM, EDT. AFTER A REFUELING STOP AT ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE IN ALASKA, KISSINGER WAS DUE TO ARRIVE IN TOKYO AT 9:00 A.M. FRIDAY, EDT. HE IS DUE TO RETURN TO WASHINGTON SOMETIME MONDAY AFTERNOON.

HIS PARTY INCLUDES JOHN HOLRIDGE, WHO ACCOMPANIED KISSINGER AND NIXON TO PEKING; WINSTON LORD, PETER RODMAN AND ROBERT HORMATS, ALL OF KISSINGER'S STAFF.

JAPANESE OFFICIALS REGARD KISSINGER AS THE CHIEF ARCHITECT OF MOST OF THE U.S. POLICIES THEY DO NOT LIKE. KISSINGER'S WEEKEND MEETINGS WITH JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER EISAKU SATO AND OTHER OFFICIALS ARE EXPECTED TO BE POLITE BUT TOUGH ONES.

WHEREAS KISSINGER USUALLY TRAVELS AS AN ADVANCE MAN FOR PRESIDENTIAL SUMMITS, AS HE DID IN PEKING AND MOSCOW, THIS TIME HE APPEARS TO BE ON HIS OWN.

IT IS REGARDED THAT NIXON WILL BE TOO PREOCCUPIED WITH HIS REELECTION CAMPAIGN NOW TO DO ANYMORE TRAVELING.

KISSINGER WILL NOT ONLY BE BRINGING TO JAPANESE OFFICIALS NIXON'S VIEWS ON TOP FOREIGN POLICY MATTERS; AS THE MOST INFLUENTIAL MAN IN THE ADMINISTRATION ON FOREIGN POLICY MATTERS, KISSINGER PERSONIFIES THOSE POLICIES.

KISSINGER IS UNDERSTOOD TO BE A RELUCTANT EMISSARY EVEN AT THIS TIME. HE HAS TWICE POSTPONED PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED TRIPS TO JAPAN THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE VIETNAM SITUATION. SOURCES CLOSE TO HIM SAID RECENTLY HE WAS RELUCTANT TO MAKE THE TRIP TO TOKYO NOW BECAUSE HE IS TIRED OF TRAVELING. THE TRIP WAS ON, HOWEVER, THE SOURCES SAID, BECAUSE IT WAS FELT THE JAPANESE WOULD NOT TOLERATE A THIRD DELAY.

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T040815 TOKYO KYODO IN ENGLISH @719 GMT 4 JUN 72 T

(EX CERPTS) TOKYO JUNE 4 FOUR KYODO--THE COMING VISIT OF HENRY A. KISSINGER, U.S. PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON'S ADVISER ON NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS, WILL PRODUCE A PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECT ON THE CURRENT POWER STRUGGLE WITHIN THE RULING LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY, POLITICAL OBSERVERS HERE BELIEVE.

OBSERVERS SPECULATE THAT ONE OF KISSINGER'S PRIMARY TASKS
HERE WILL BE TO ASSESS THE JAPANESE POLITICAL CLIMATE IN
RELATION TO THE COMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF THE RULING
PARTY WHICH WILL DECIDE ON PRIME MINISTER SATO'S SUCCESSOR.

FOREIGN MINISTER FUKUDA, A LEADING CONTENDER TO THE LDP
PRESIDENCY, SAID THE POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF KISSINGER'S
VISIT HAD BEEN LOST AS IT WAS DELAYED. HE PROBABLY WANTS
TO STUDY THE JAPANESE POLITICAL SITUATION, FUKUDA OPINED.

FUKUDA'S MAJOR RIVAL IN THE FORTHCOMING LDP PRESIDENTIAL
RACE, TANAKA, GAVE A TERSE REACTION TO KISSINGER'S VISIT,
ONLY SAYING "I'LL MEET HIM."

TAKEDO MIKI, FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER AND ANOTHER PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE, SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT A LONG RANGE
PICTURE OF JAPAN-U.S. FRIENDLY RELATIONS WITH KISSINGER.

ANOTHER CONTENDER, FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER MASAYOSHI
OHIRA, SAID KISSINGER WILL BE VISITING HERE TO IMPROVE THE
STRAINED RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. THE U.S.
PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER WILL NOT GO SO FAR AS TO SOUND OUT
POLITICIANS ABOUT A SUCCESSOR TO PRIME MINISTER SATO, OHIRA
OBSERVED.

ANOTHER ASPIRANT, YASUHIRO NAKASONE, CHAIRMAN OF THE LDP
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND FORMER DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE DEFENSE
AGENCY, SAID HE CHANGED HIS MIND AND WOULD MEET KISSINGER.

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JAPAN PAPER ON TALKS WITH PRC

T050725 TOKYO ASAHI EVENING NEWS IN ENGLISH 5 JUN 72 P 1 T

(TEXT) THE FOREIGN MINISTRY BELIEVES THAT GOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS FOR NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS BETWEEN JAPAN AND CHINA CAN BE STARTED POSSIBLY WITHIN THIS YEAR.

THE MINISTRY PLANS TO BEGIN SPECIFIC PREPARATIONS FOR SUCH TALKS WHEN THE POST-SATO GOVERNMENT IS INAUGURATED.

GAIMUSHO OFFICIALS BELIEVE THAT WHILE NOT COMPROMISING ON ITS PRINCIPLES FOR NORMALIZATION, CHINA IS SHIFTING TO A REALISTIC AND FLEXIBLE STAND. THEY ALSO POINT OUT THAT JAPAN AND CHINA ARE IN AGREEMENT IN THEIR DESIRES FOR NORMALIZATION.

THE FIRST INDICATION OF A CHANGE IN THE CHINESE ATTITUDE, ACCORDING TO THE MINISTRY OFFICIALS, IS PREMIER CHOU EN-LAI'S STATEMENT IN MAY TO A VISITING CLEAN GOVERNMENT PARTY (KOMEITO) DELEGATION THAT A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE POST-SATO GOVERNMENT WOULD BE WELCOME IN CHINA IF EFFORTS WERE EXERTED ON THE BASIS OF CHINA'S THREE PRINCIPLES FOR NORMALIZATION.

THE GAIMUSHO INTERPRETATION OF THIS STATEMENT IS THAT AS A PRECONDITION TO THE START OF NORMALIZATION TALKS, CHINA WILL ASK FOR NOTHING MORE THAN A CLEAR JAPANESE ATTITUDE THAT THE JAPAN-TAIWAN TREATY WILL BE ABROGATED. IN EARLIER STATEMENTS, PEKING INSISTED ON THE SCRAPPING OF THE TREATY AS A PRECONDITION.

THE MINISTRY IS ALSO ENCOURAGED BY A MORE RECENT STATEMENT BY MR. CHOU TO YOSHIMI FURUI, A LEADING PRO-CHINA MEMBER OF THE RULING LIBERAL-DEMOCRATIC PARTY, THAT CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN TO JAPANESE ASSETS ON TAIWAN WHEN THE ISLAND IS LIBERATED BY PEKING.

IN THE VIEW OF GAIMUSHO OFFICIALS IN CHARGE OF THE CHINA ISSUE, CHINA WANTS PROMPT NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS WITH JAPAN BECAUSE THE SOVIET UNION, WHICH HAS SETTLED ITS EUROPEAN PROBLEMS, IS EXPECTED TO LAY EMPHASIS ON ITS FOREIGN POLICY ON ASIA.

FROM THE JAPANESE STANDPOINT, THE CENTRAL QUESTION IN SEEKING GOVERNMENT-LEVEL TALKS WITH PEKING IS WHAT TO DO WITH THE JAPAN-TAIWAN TREATY, ACCORDING TO THE FOREIGN MINISTRY.

THE MINISTRY'S VIEW IS THAT WHILE JAPAN CANNOT INVALIDATE OR SCRAP THE TREATY, THE QUESTION OF TERMINATION OF THE TECHNICAL STATE OF WAR WITH CHINA CANNOT BE BY-PASSED IN THE NORMALIZATION TALKS AND A NEW WAR SETTLEMENT MUST BE MADE WITH PEKING IN SOME FORM.

MINISTRY OFFICIALS BELIEVE THAT A REALISTIC DISPOSITION OF THIS ISSUE IS POSSIBLE, SINCE TO CONDUCT NORMALIZATION TALKS WITH PEKING, RECOGNIZING IT AS THE SOLE LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT OF CHINA, IN ITSELF MEANS THAT THE JAPAN-TAIWAN TREATY WILL LOSE ITS BASIS AND MEANING.

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1. MOST NEWSPAPERS, CITING JUSEC SOURCES, HAVE FRONT-PAGED GENERAL OUTLINE OF DR KISSINGER'S SCHEDULE IN JAPAN, BUT EDITORIAL AND OTHER MEDIA COMMENTARY HAS THUS FAR BEEN SCARCE, PERHAPS BECAUSE OF THE WIDE MEDIA COVERAGE GIVEN TO MOSCOW SUMMIT AND TEL AVIV AIRPORT INCIDENT DURING SAME PERIOD. IN ONLY MAJOR PRESS COMMENTARY, TOKYO SHIMBUN JUNE 6 CARRIED AS LEAD STORY ARTICLE BY WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT WHICH WELCOMED CONFIRMATION OF KISSINGER'S PLAN TO VISIT JAPAN AS INDICATING THAT US HAVING COMPLETED PRESIDENTIAL VISITS TO PRC AND SOVIET UNION, IS NOW TURNING ATTENTION TO FIRMING UP RELATIONS WITH JAPAN. NOTING THAT VISIT HAD BEEN DELAYED SEVERAL TIMES, TOKYO SHIMBUN THOUGHT THAT NOW WAS MOST USEFUL TIME FOR KISSINGER TO COME TO JAPAN. POINTING OUT THAT IT IS QUITE UNUSUAL FOR HIGH US GOVT OFFICIAL TO TRAVEL ABROAD WITHOUT SPECIFIC PURPOSE, TOKYO SHIMBUN WELCOMED FACT THAT PRIVATE SPONSORSHIP OF VISIT WOULD ALLOW KISSINGER TO MEET WITH WIDE RANGE OF JAPAN'S GOVERNMENT AND OTHER LEADERS AND MAKE THOROUGH REVIEW OF US JAPAN RELATIONS. IN JUNE 5 EDITORIAL, MAINICHI REFERRED TO KISSINGER VISIT TO JAPAN AS ANOTHER STEP IN US EFFORTS TO BRING ABOUT RELAXATION OF WORLD TENSIONS REFLECTED PRIMARILY IN PRC AND USSR VISITS.

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2. AS FOR MATTERS WHICH GOJ MAY TAKE UP WITH DR KISSINGER, NIHON KEIZAI ARTICLE ON JUNE 5 QUOTED FONOFF SOURCE AS SAYING GOJ WOULD SEEK KISSINGER'S VIEWS ON DESIRABILITY OF HOLDING PERIODIC TALKS AMONG US, JAPANESE AND EUROPEAN GOVT LEADERS CONCERNING POLITICAL (AS OPPOSED TO ECONOMIC) MATTERS OF WORLD WIDE INTEREST. PRIME MINISTER SATO, IN RESPONSE TO OPPOSITION QUESTION DURING DIET SESSION JUNE 6, SAID HE WOULD BRING UP SUBJECT OF OPERATION OF PRIOR CONSULTATION SYSTEM UNDER MST WITH KISSINGER. EXEMPT INGERSOLL

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UPI-61

(KISSINGER)

WASHINGTON -- PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER HENRY A. KISSINGER IS EXPECTED
TO FLY TO TOKYO SOMETIME NEXT WEEK FOR HIS TWICE-POSTPONED TALKS
WITH JAPANESE LEADERS.

KISSINGER TOLD REPORTERS HE WILL ANNOUNCE HIS DECISION ON THE
TIMING OF THE THREE-DAY VISIT SATURDAY. TENTATIVELY, HE PLANS TO
LEAVE WASHINGTON ON THURSDAY AND RETURN THE FOLLOWING MONDAY.

HE WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO BE IN TOKYO FROM APRIL 15 TO 18
TO DISCUSS WITH PREMIER EISAKU SATO AND FOREIGN MINISTER TAKEO
FUKUDA THE ADMINISTRATION'S CHINA POLICY AND PRESIDENT NIXON'S
RECENT SUMMIT MEETINGS IN PEKING AND MOSCOW.

BUT THAT TRIP AND ANOTHER WHICH HAD BEEN PLANNED IN MAY WERE
BOTH POSTPONED BECAUSE OF THE VIETNAM WAR DEVELOPMENTS.

KISSINGER PLANS TO FLY TO FLORIDA SUNDAY FOR A BRIEF REST.

6-2 BP1111A

UPI-62

(OIL)

BEIRUT -- IRAQ TOOK OVER

Ziegler Announcement on HAK Japan Trip

Saturday, June 3, 1972

As you know, Dr. Kissinger met on May 3 with Mr. Yoshizane Iwasa, Chairman of the Japan-U.S. Economic Council, who reaffirmed the Council's invitation to Dr. Kissinger to visit Japan. Dr. Kissinger at that time expressed his intention to go to Japan as soon as possible after the Moscow Summit.

The dates of the visit have now been decided. Dr. Kissinger will be in Tokyo from the evening of Friday June 9 to the afternoon of Monday June 12. His hosts are a distinguished group of Japanese businessmen, and he hopes also to meet informally with many Japanese political, business, and academic leaders, including Prime Minister Yamanashi, Sato, Foreign Minister Frick, and Minister Yamanashi, in the future.

The President of course attaches the greatest importance to this visit and to the opportunity it will afford for a new high-level dialogue with our Japanese friends on the course of our partnership over the long term future.

Q's & A's on HAK Japan Trip

2 June 1972

Q: Will Dr. Kissinger visit other countries on this trip?

A: No. He will go to and from Japan directly, staying there for three days.

Q: Who will accompany Dr. Kissinger?

A: He plans to take some members of his staff.

Q: What is this Japanese-U.S. Economic Council? Who is Mr. Iwasa?

A: Mr. Yoshizane Iwasa is Chairman of The Fuji Bank, Ltd. and also serves as the Chairman of the Japanese-U.S. Economic Council. The Council was established in the spring of 1971 by a group of Japanese businessmen and bankers with the aim of establishing mutually beneficial economic relations through the exchange of opinions between non-government economic leaders of the U.S. and Japan. The U.S. counterpart organization is the Advisory Council on Japan-U.S. Economic Relations headed by Mr. Najeeb Halaby,

Q: How will Dr. Kissinger travel? Why is he using government aircraft on an unofficial visit?

A: He will be travelling on a government plane. As you know, because of hijacking and security problems, high government officials have been using exclusively government aircraft as a precautionary measure.

Q: Will Dr. Kissinger visit only Tokyo?

A: His itinerary there is not yet firm. It is expected that he will spend all three days in Tokyo.

Q: Will this trip pave the way for a visit to Japan by the President or a visit here by the Emperor?

A: No, this is not the purpose of the trip which, as we said, is unofficial.

Q: Is this trip designed to reassure the Japanese about the President's China and Moscow trips?

A: No, as the announcement says, the idea of Dr. Kissinger's unofficial visit dates back several months. It is for the stated purpose of exchanging views informally with Mr. Iwasa and other Japanese leaders. The discussions will presumably cover a wide range of topics.

Q: Does this mean Marshall Green was unsuccessful in reassuring Japanese leaders about the Peking summit?

A: No. Our extensive consultations here and in Tokyo, and most especially Marshall Green's conversations with Japanese leaders, have been very successful in explaining the purposes of our China policy and the results of the President's trip to China. Dr. Kissinger's visit has no connection with this issue. He hopes to concentrate on the U.S. -Japanese relationship for the future.

Q: When was this trip arranged?

A: Mr. Iwasa first invited Dr. Kissinger last October, and Dr. Kissinger agreed in principle last fall to go to Japan on this unofficial basis when his schedule permitted. As you know, the press of business made it necessary for him to postpone his scheduled trip.

Q: Who will Dr. Kissinger see in the Japanese government? Prime Minister Sato? Foreign Minister Fukuda?

A: This remains to be determined. He is, of course, prepared within the time available to talk to any Japanese leaders, in the government or outside, who would like to see him.

Q: Will Dr. Kissinger be carrying any message from the President?

A: No, nothing specific. He will, of course, take the occasion to reaffirm the high value the President attaches to our alliance partnership with Japan.

Q's & A's on HAK Japan Trip

2 June 1972