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Mr. Aichi said that it would be

difficult for Japan to increase its

assistance so as to include India and

Pakistan. He would study the question

further. Bat In recent discussions in

Japan Mr. Pearson had stressed the

inadequacy of the debt-repayment

capacity of India and Pakistan.

JAPANESE SECURITY

32.

Mr. Aichi stated that Japan's

foreign policy was based on close

relations with the United States in

the political, economic and other fields.

This partnership between Japan and the

United States would continue for a long

time. The security and freedom which

Japan had enjoyed had enabled her to make

great economic progress. The security

of Japan could not be separated from

peace in kia. Japan was therefore

keenly interested in future developments

in the Far East after the end of the war

in Vietnam and also in the situation in

the Korean peninsula, which had a close

and direct bearing on Japan's security.

33. The primary objective of Japan's

foreign policy was to promote the

relaxation of international tension.

Since the United Nations had not

established a system of international

security, Japan had maintained forces

within the limits of her capacity but

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