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4 is a .lrall NSSM oh .Iapan, rewised ar you asked to caU alter poteariat tion to confli.rs Lehveen U. S. and Japanese objecrives, policies, and to ast for alte ative mean3 Jor dealing virh th€se diweraetrcies. .At Tab
on vhi.h the Depart_nents are asked to focus are defined Boh€vhat more specifically tla, is lsual in NSSM r€quests. More particularry, fie issnes ask tlat tne study focls botl o! $lat ve want from Japan {objectiwes) atrd o. hov ve vourd pr.ceed to tly to gei it (poli.ies). Corcepinally, this should lroduce a tighter, more coherent relationohi? in fte study betveen the deliniiion o{ U. S. inie.ests, objectiwes, and policy opriohs -- th. tack of lyhicl detractcd f.or tle
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Mort importanrly, this appr.ach t. &c study should set tLe stage lor mole specilic Presidcntial guidance on Jatan Policy, and thns shonld reduce some of t]le slippage 6et{een policy Jormulaiion and poricy imllementarjoa on Japan. This !eed, ior example, dists parliculdrly as legaras ihe probleh ol adjusring our basic relationship {iih Japa, tosardE greater eqnality and re.i?rocity. Sirce this nev .lirecrior in our policy loward JaPa, vae alticutated early lasr year i! tlle President's Foreigh Policy Report, ihe Departmerts -- palricularly State, which should take th€ read here -- lawe ilone notably titrl. on this score. The Japan specialists sly away froh movement on this qu€stion, contedins (a) tlat it vould Place additional strai.)s on our v al ielationsli! witl Japar, vlrich tley note ve ralLe! slould ihaintai! ahil strenSthen,r,and (h)that dr. Jalaaese Psychologicatly have no bactgroud fo! uhiterstanditrg an equal retationshiD and thai se thelefore hust nor try io lorce lhem towar.ls one witl ouieelves. Thus, to pro.l tle blrcaucracy on tnis poinr, ihe NSSM requ.sl asks the Deparl ents ro prop.3e J@ itar a tuore equal, reciprocal relationslrip tuight rnke, as well as rois lor rrying ro adjusi it in tnar direction, A sinrilar need lor mo.c poticy guidance on Japan exisls in olher as?ects ol ou policy. '!!citic