European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes Tetsuya Kataoka and Ramon Myers ., Japan must reassess Pacific partnership the current  Partnership with Japan is simply not the Way to manage american Security inter ests in Asia and the Pacific with so important an ally As the japanese. To prevent further serious deterioration in  A Japan relations we recommend that both partners re assess their Security Alliance. We must facilitate a new role for Japan to help inc United states protect the Pacific Basin. This Security relationship must be based on greater Equality and Mutual responsibility rather than one based on dependency growing ill will and deep mistrust. . Policy makers arc locked in an intense debate Over the exact role thai Japan should play in fulfilling Security commitments in Asia. Some say the  Japan Alliance should not be altered because it is work ing satisfactorily. Another argument based on the idea of Burden sharing Daman Dythal he United states ask More Money from Japan. Lioio Points of View Are wrong and endanger the .-Japan Alliance in the near future Japan must share in the costs for maintaining our  the Pacific and also must become an equal partner with the United slates in the decision making process in that Region. ,. Kor almost 20 years Japan has spent Only about i percent of its Gross National product for is defense. In contrast the United states pumps almost 7 percent of its Gnu into defense. Why should the United slates outspend the japanese five to seven times for defense while going deeper into debt ,. ,. Moreover the United slates can no longer afford to maintain its current Security commitments. Among ils problems the United slates suffers from a falling Sav Ings Rale sagging productivity and a slowing Pace of innovation. New. Economic Competition from abroad. His jolted Manyin inc United Stales to reassess Ameri Ca s economic capabilities. It is highly questionable anal the cd Unity can continue to meet its Security commitments in various parts of the Globe unless ils econ omy can be revitalized Japan has been constrained from defending itself by acceptance of inc famous article in in its Constitution. This article pledged Japan to forever renounce War As a Sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of for cease Means settling International disputes.". Craig r. Whitney Rill Iii world of the 1940s is Long gone and we face a very d i of Cronl set of Condi Lions in the i 990s, Japan is an economic superpower. It  Strong supporter of  Policies and a major trading partner. For the first time Many japanese arc openly expressing a concern about the new expansion of soviet military Power in the Pacific Basin and a possible  Withdrawal from that Region. We propose a cooperative agreement with Japan based on a nato Type arrangement. The United states could lease to Japan pan of ill naval facilities in the Pacific for an agreed upon sum. The iwo nations could then closely cooperate to provide for the defense of Japan As Well As the Pacific Basin. We can Only guess at the possible savings for the United states during a transition period thai might Lake As Long As a decade to Complete. Such savings might be s3 billion or j4 billion a year with savings accumulating rapidly to 130 billion or 140 billion Over the decade. The Money saved could be allocated to the .Treasury the United states and Japan arc now at an important crossroad this new partnership would enable Japan to develop a new defense Force capability commensurate with is economic Power and Diplo Matic responsibilities. Rather than threatening other countries in the Region this new relationship would represent a momentous step Forward for Allied Cooper Alion. Katasha ii Tensor raw Chiow it Dmya iia Aiti Sitf . N Stafl tend unt Vertuli r. Up dal to the lot fcnn1" times her Fth Schmidt cite Lack 0f european each ers i a \ Prophet is nol without Honor save in his own countr so it in t surprising that  Helmut Schmidt of West Germany and former prime minister Edward Heath of Britain b Oil think Europe could have achieved  Market Long before 1992 if Only people had listened to them.  t be a  these idiots find the courage to take the further Steps necessary to make it a True common Market Schmidt said Liy i Csc idiots he seemed to mean everybody in european politics since his generation left office nol any current Leader in particular. Think Whai kind of internal Market of d have in. The United Stales if there  currencies Between Seattle and Boston Schmidt said in a recent talk in Hamburg where he is publisher of the weekly die Zecil the  in 1992 won t amount to much until there s a single european currency and there wont be one until there s a  european Central Bank he and another figure from the past former president Valery Giscard d is Lainof France Laid inc foundation fora single currency 10 years  said Bui our successors arc Loo cowardly logo through with is the Freedom to judge one s successors even without naming thenis one Consolation of political failure at least for older men Schmidt who is 70, knows thai his social demo cratic party has moved Well to the left since he lost his parliamentary majority in 982, and he has nothing Jalall to say in Public about German politics. Heath now 72, who brought a reluctant Britain into the common Market in 1973, is stills member of the House of commons where he is ,5cs up few opportunities 10 Tell Margaret Thatcher v Ial he thinks of a policies. Since she ousted him As party Leader after he lost the 1974 elections he thinks very Little of them indeed. At his country House the other Day. He described her sceptical View of european  arrant non sense we ought lol a been in the european monetary system years ago he said. What Kepi lir Ilain out Only mrs. Thatcher she just warns to keep her Little bit of  he said. Bui there is nothing whatever to Slop the remaining 11 countries saying we re going to have our own Central Bank and we re going to have our own currency and the British if they want to be a second rate Sec Ond tier country can Sta out where they Are but we Hall go ahead that is what will happen. In 1971 we had the first european Summit Confer ence in Paris and there we  in the communique the whole program the , a Cen trial Bank a common currency the european monetary system and1 All the other things which arc now being discussed to be achieved by 1980," Heath said the tragedy is that because of the two Oil crises and the heavy inflation of the second Hal of inc 1970s, the Community lost ils momentum and never achieved what had been planned for 1980." and if British business is now Only slowly seeing the advantages of the  that Heath says is Thatcher s fault too. Part of the explanation is hat the govern Nicini has never done anything to commend the Community he said. The prime minister has done nothing but Bash the Community on every possible occasion. Nothing unusual in that she bashes everything she can within Range but it docs mean that people Don l Start saying to themselves what a Good thing this is 1 really must gel a bid in for it so we re being caught with our pants Down. The French the germans and the italians Are Way ahead in making he necessary preparations speaking of inc giant european corporations Philips the dutch electronics  in Italy do Uisch Bank , and others Schmidt said they lend to believe their governments about the importance of 1992. Bui what icy really need is one currency in which to express their multinational bal Ance sheets. How do you figure the profile when you have constantly fluctuating Exchange Rales and your subsidiary in Italy gives you a figure in lire  Sidary in Spain gives you one in pesetas and another one in inc Federal Republic of Germany and still another in Belgium yet 1992 is Only three years  right now there s no leadership in Europe Schmidt lamented. Ted Heath is a genuine european in our sense of the world. Margaret Thatcher s vision of Europe is a restrictive one not an inspiring one. There s really no one else though Felipe Gonzalez in Spain seems to be a promising  Heath does not hesitate to speak out even if it hurts him. When he tried to argue with Thatcher Sal lacks on the european Community s bureaucracy at the conservative convention Iti Bournemouth last october the party faithful booed him. In Salisbury he again criticized Thatcher on the the european Community bureaucracy a lacks. The total number of the bureaucracy of the european commit Sion in Brussels is 9,100, responsible for 320 million people at Saint Andrew s House in Edinburgh we have a bureaucracy responsible for Scotland alone that consists of 11,900 people responsible for a Popula Tion of 5.5 million  f