DIPLOMATIC BLUEBOOK

FOR 1971

 

 

Review of Foreign Relations

April 1971- March 1972

 

 

Japan Reference Series

No. 1-72

 

 

July 1972

Public Information Bureau

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Japan

 

 

 

 

CONTENTS

 

CHAPTER 1. DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WORLD

 

Section 1. Characteristics of the Period

Section 2. Relations between the United States and the Soviet Union

Section 3. Relations between China and the Soviet Union

Section 4. Relations between the United States and China

Section 5. Situation in Mainland China

Section 6. Indochina Problem

Section 7. Situation in the Korean Peninsula

Section 8. Situation in the Indian Subcontinent

Section 9. Other Parts of Southeast Asia and Oceania

Section 10. Situation in Europe

Section 11. Situation in the Americas

Section 12. Situation in the Middle East and Africa

Section 13. International Communist Movement

Section 14. Current of the World Economy

Section 15. North-South Problem

Section 16. United Nations Stands at a New Turning Point

Section 17. Promotion of "Frontier Diplomacy"

 

CHAPTER 2. KEYNOTES OF JAPANESE DIPLOMACY

 

Section 1. Basic Guidelines

Section 2. Promotion of Relations with Other Nations

Section 3. Strengthening of the U.N. and Japan's Cooperation

Section 4. Maintenance and Promotion of the Free Trade System

Section 5. Contributions to Solving the North-South Problem

Section 6. Promotion of International Mutual Understanding

 

 

 

Diplomatic Bluebook for 1971

 

 

The following is a translation of Part I, General Remarks, of the 1971 Diplomatic Bluebook, published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, covering the one year period from April 1971 to March 1972.