Hi everyone and welcome back to part five in our little

ch.

H.P ten year anniversary special program.

Lauslle Montgomery here.

Let's get right on it.

We left off last time with Kissinger's trip recap memo where he briefed his boss, Richard M. Nixon, on all the points

discussed at the secret meeting held in Beijing with Joanne Lye between July 9 to 11, 1971.

In picking up where we left off,

Kissinger had some rather interesting things

to say to Nixon about Japan.

In his memo he had written, quote,

Joe repeatedly expressed concern about the revival of Japanese militarism,

and I have no doubt that the PRC relationship with Japan

is in fact a serious matter for the Chinese.

Joe maintained that the rapid development of Japanese economic power

would inevitably carry rearmament in its wake.

In this, he said that Japan's economic expansion

would lead to political expansionism.

And he pointed to the great budgetary increase

of Japan's fourth defense plan over its predecessors as case and point.

He quoted Sato as mentioning that Japan's rapid economic growth would permit this plan to be completed in two to three years

rather than the five originally contemplated."

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