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
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 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 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.