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Se!tember 11, 19-l
0n onday, Senio, Staff nenbers and I had an extenaea mornins-luncneon discussior with Dr. Tsunoda,
Chief Librarian of the Diet, about rhose ligh !1ace in Japanese LDP councils I have already inforned you. l9e rareed across a bload spectrun of itens in the bilateral, trilateral and quadrilateral relationships. Dr. Tsunoda's persistent thene uas that the ruling LDP is nost anxious to hea, fron l{ashington a ctear statenent conceming the U.s. "G"ard Design" in East Asia, especiatly ir relation to Taivan and (orea, vith inplicarions for the future of rhe U.S, Japanese a11iance. l{e pointed out that one cannot alwars publicize his convictions and his intentions too unequivocally {ithout perhaps jeopardizinc other objectives he nay be trying to achieve. l"e also noted rhar sone of ihe inherent in !he rre.enr d:p.onar.- s:rrar.oo "nbisu:ries nay be advantaaeous. (For exanple, {e no carry on relations eith both 1ai?ei and Peking--an a!rangenent {hich the PRc had lors resarded as unacceptable.) I thinn Tsunoda understood the inportance of this achievenent in u.S, diplomacy to{ard China, but he definitely convc/ed to us a sense .f confusion and unease within the Tol<yo governnent as to the directior in ,hich nrerican policy nay be terdingi ard he holes that a cariqll.-o-y clr-'li.i' ron md. be lo.,hco rne. During the tu.cheon ,e conversed at length on the need for cortiruoxs ald intensified connunicati.ns amono alli-s, throL!h eoue,n'-n-1' "ntl nonEo\er r",r"l cn,nn"i., a ..1s trr. perr.d oâ&#x201A;Ź npcess,ry yet;er:.ar, rrdlrrriol. Lc dsrccd rh"r "ttrc,, "hor pa. ey:rC L:rr ad\cr"a' i.s, should leeo oach orh-y'nlom!a J" ro rlri- i'renrLon>i . I r \c/ d. 10t . tl'e .. . d' ce can or i(Ir\ becone i ''rro-Dled oa'rne'.t p." 1o borros )o.' p.rd.c.