European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes wednesday August 30, 1978 rated rethought the United states had its Back against the Wall and we were going to save the free  now Downey knows that is All bunk. Id  so Luu Kanemaru minister of  been urging a budgetary increase it clearly insinuated ground that the us Fleet can no longer protect Japan s line. A look at a Good map exp Alna w estimated there is a dotted line of to Nese tankers ships roughly 0 my to and from the persian Gulf. A. Ant Tanker has a dead weight of400,000 tons which Means it Canil navigate Only one Indonesia Lombok. Tankers up to 200,000 tons can manage the Strait of Malacca i Malaysia and Singapore on one a Indonesia on the other. At the other n the journey the Strait of Koran Katf persian Gulf is deep but narrow. The defense of the persian Gulf t left to Iran and saudi Arabia both Load their crude there but what to Acca and Lombok each could i mined by subs and Indonesia to for its anti submarine warfare i Deavors. The British have a trivial t to in Malaysia but if the protect the right of free it T these choke Points nobody now Oil i the japanese Purchase of our t " " Orion As aircraft. R. The japanese suspicion that Ware the Hill As an East and Sou Fiatt a Power is also reflected in two diplomacy. For several Yean been Hung up Between a pact with ets and one with peking. The problem was the chinese. An anti Heg monism clause in to a sock in the jaw to socialist  As became evident in Hue s recent foray to Yugoslavia mania and his Calls of let s beat anti Heg monism Moscow takes charge very personally. Tokyo inched in Way Forward torn tween fear of soviet Power and the us ble potential of playing the chinese and reviving the great East As j Prosperity  the first signal Way the decision would go was the 1 Ary announcement of a 130 billion Merit loan to peking. Moscow culminated but did sweeten its offer by say offering the return of several Kurile Island were taken after world War u and ban conceivable Utility to the soviet 0� part the United states obviously " aged prime minister Takeo Fukuda the peking route. The result which got virtually no our press was the recent treaty and Friendship Between Tokyo and possibly the most significant Dlf shift of this decade. Symbolically a pm has once again launched herself at asian Power after living with the myth d trilateral ism with the illusion she a u.s., and the european economic Conan nity had a Supra regional common test. When the soviets protested japanem., Cep Tance of slightly camouflaged a Heg monism the latter in essence rep they took this pledge at least As i As the russians did Helsing rights guarantees in other words for better or won japanese have not forgotten How Layard Ball and the thought of Tell Igent mobilized chinese tandem with Japan s Superb a assets must terrify the Kremlin pact of Tokyo s new marriage to National interest is hidden in r but we cannot continue to Amor a Potence. Oking Ntim the. Opinions a Umid in in Cahow of to Toj Conw mrm  to i ndilrlb.iorlli.unh.dslmw9iv.rnm.nl