Buildup Should Not Exceed Self-Defense Role: Hu
China OKs Limited Japanese Military.
BEIJING (Kyodo) China's Communist Party-leader, Hu Yaobang. warned. a Japan
Pacific region.
-Hu also declined to discuss the JSP's criticism of Naka-
Socialist Party( (JSP)sone's defense buildup policy,
delegation here Thursday that Japan should not be overarmed while at the same time he ad mitted the importance of a self defense capability for Japan
Hu, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) made the comment during a meeting with Masashi Ishibashi, new chairman of the JSP
The three-hour meeting held at Zhongnanhai in Beijing highlighted the week-long visit to China by Ishibashi and his party, the first top-level contact between the JSP and the CPC since they established official party-to-party relations last March
The Chinese party leader told. Ishibashi that China would not: agree to a Japanese military force greater than the level required for self-defense or national security.
A self-defense force should be used to protect a country, not: to expand it," Hu told Ishibashi- The Chinese official however; did not refer to ther marmed. neutrality policy= the JSP chairman-has-ad vocated for Japan or Ishibashi'së recent proposal made during his visit to China to establish United Nations committee on disarmament in the Asia-
saying he feared intervening in Japan's domestic affairs, they said
In the talks. Hu mentioned the questions of Taiwan and Hong Kong and said China has never demanded an inch" of land of any country other than to have. Taiwan returned to the motherland and regain the according to the sources Sovereignty of Hong Kong.
He reportedly said China would guarantee the economic interests of Japanese com- panies in Hong Kong after it regains Hong Kong's sovereign- ty__
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