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!i:ss!s-:-13.P3{s- s-Pelrs-yiclll& At the Chicfs ot Mission heeting in Tokyo last Novehber you as]reil tLat a study he mad€ or the possible directions Japants fo.eign policy hitht take ov€r the next live to ten -aears. The .ttached paper !as been prepared with huch help Iioh our Enbassy in Tokyo ana in .onsultation eilh !he intereEted bureaus ol the Deparimeni and other agen.ies ol the goverlne,t. It rellc.ts ma,y of ihci. wi.vs and comments but has not beer formally cl.ared vitn ihem, thougn -Ambassador Inge.soll agrecs virh the basic !hrust and conclusions. llre lave also aone ove- i. \ ith consulra-_" t' on B ook:nes.
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i, tle paper, vhici is generally corcurrcd 1- by all vlo vo'\ed on '', ,s rrarl,Iy -easeur'rC .Japan slould continue to value ad want a parrnership eitn fhc losition
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S. cwen tloug! it hay vell seek io rcdu.c vhat it pe..eives as politi.at ald e.onomi. ihbalar.es 6erreen us and to dos,ngrade somcvhat the.eed for close security cooperalion. A ?olicy of still close but sohevlat looser aliAm€n! vith lhe U.S. is Japan's mosr lihely .oursc ir $e ciicubstances ve foresee over the live to ten y.ar period projccted i. the paper, although clcarly ihe larthcr in the future we r,!oject rhe more
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the pap.i is too lengthy aor you to read in full. I lecohhc.d, hovcver, that you rcad tlc first nart: Ovc.wicv Slnmary and Conclusionsi as rvcn as Seclion Iv oh Japanrs I