DIPLOMATIC BLUEBOOK

FOR 1972

 

 

 

 

Review of Foreign Relations

April 1972 - March 1973

 

 

Japan Reference Series

No. 3 - 73

 

 

December 1973

Public Information Bureau

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Japan

 

 

 

 

CONTENTS

 

CHAPTER 1. MAJOR 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 the United States and the People's Republic of China

Section 4. Relations between the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union

Section 5. Situation in Mainland China

Section 6. Situation in the Korean Peninsula

Section 7. Situation in Indochina Peninsula

Section 8. Situation in Other Southeast Asian Countries

Section 9. Situation in the Indian Subcontinent

Section 10. Situation in Oceania

Section 11. Situation in the Americas

Section 12. Situation in Europe

Section 13. Situation in the Middle East and Africa

Section 14. Moves of Nonaligned Countries

Section 15. Trends of the World Economy

Section 16. United Nations Undergoing Transformation

Section 17. Increasing gravity of North-South Problem

Section 18. Development of "Frontier Diplomacy"

Section 19. Resources Diplomacy

 

CHAPTER 2. KEYNOTES OF JAPANESE DIPLOMACY

Section 1. Basic Problems

Section 2. Promotion of Relations with Other Countries

Section 3. Strengthening of the United Nations and Japan's Cooperation

Section 4. Japan's External Economic Attitude

Section 5. International Problems of Resources and Energy

Section 6. Contributions to Solving the North-South Problem

Section 7. Promotion of international Mutual Understanding and Cultural Exchange

 

 

 

 

Diplomatic Bluebook for 1972

 

 

The following is a translation of Part I, General Remarks, of the 1972 Diplomatic Bluebook, published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, covering the one year period from April 1972 to March 1973.