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-- The US has encouraged Japan's improvement of its relations with China.
-- We are organizing the consumers for the consumer-producer dialogue because it is important that Japan and Europe not be left in the position that they feel their future is in the hands of forces totally out of their control.
-- The Soviets proposed to President Ford at Vladivostok to have consultations on Sino-Japanese relations and to prevent them from becoming too close. We refused this. We have told the Japanese about this in a general way, including the fact of our refusal.
