Nixon to meet Japan's new premier

Workers Press no. 826, 27 July 1972 · scan pages 7, 8

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CORRESPONDENT PRESIDENT Nixon will fl for a two-day conference premier Kakuei Tanaka on countries, the White House The sudden decision to meet, on Nixon's initiative, follows Tanaka's acceptance of an invitation from 1 Chou En-lai to visit China.

Relations between Tokyo and Washington have been strained since August last year when Nixon imposed a 10 per cent tariff on Japanese exports and forced a crippling yen revaluaSince Nixon visited Peking earlier this year—a trip arranged behind the backs of the Japanese government — Japanese industrialists have been campaigning for the opening up of commercial relations with China.

Desperate for markets, they see China as potentially a large outlet for Japanese goods and hope to be able eventually to ake part in joint projects to exploit Chinese mineral wealth.

The resignation • of premier Eisaku Sato, a long-standing US stooge, and the appointment of Tanaka has opened the way for a dramatic turn in Japanese foreign policy.

Japanese officials have already made the first contacts with Chinese representatives, opening 'working contacts' through the to Hawaii Augus with the new Japa 'elations between the innounced yesterday.

Chinese commercial mission Tokyo.

Chou En-lai has set out three principles for the resumption of relations with Japan. These are that the People's Republic is the only legitimate government of China, Formosa is an inalienable part of China and the 1952 peace treaty between Japan and the Formosa government must be scrapped.

Tanaka has said he can 'understand' Chou's principles, a remark which has thoroughly alarmed the Chinese Nationalists on Formosa. Chiang Kai-shek's regime is heavily dependent on Japanese capital and Japan is one of its chief markets.

The Chiang government has a rigid policy of breaking diplomatic relations with any country which recognizes the Peking zovernment. march which went to Pentonville jail on Tuesday to show their solidarity with the five London dockers who were released by the NIRC yesterday.

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