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...last remaining obstacles to a peace treaty between Japan and the Soviet Union formally ending World War II is the fate of four small islands north of Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost province, that have been occupied by the Russians since 1945. Shortly after Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko visited Tokyo last January, Soviet officials hinted that they might agree to a "lease" arrangement that would implicitly recognize the Japanese claim over the islands-recognition that Tokyo has made a precondition to any treaty. But before starting talks on the treaty as the Russians wished, Japan's new Premier...
...first bilateral sessions held between U.S. and Chinese diplomats since President Nixon made his journey to Peking, China's Deputy Foreign Minister Chiao Kuan-hua dined in Rogers' private apartment last week (and discussed broadening trade and cultural ties). Rogers also dined with Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and lunched with his close friend, Britain's Sir Alec Douglas-Home, and with France's Maurice Schumann...
Despite Rogers' grim litany of terror, only Israel and the South American countries, long bothered by urban guerrillas of their own, backed his plan wholeheartedly. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, while sharply condemning the murders in Munich, generally applauded the Palestinians in their battle with Israeli "criminals." British Foreign Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home saluted the U.S. effort, but Britain, along with France, Japan, Australia and other nations dependent upon Middle East oil, offered no support for any treaty that would include sanctions. As for the Middle East combatants, Eban claimed that terrorism was simply "a recognized...
...turns out, they are worried about a new threat: the advent of satellite-transmitted television broadcasting. In a letter to U.N. Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim last week, Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko called for an international treaty to prohibit such broadcasting from one nation to another-except by mutual consent-as "interference in the internal affairs of other states...
Primarily, the Soviets are concerned about TV broadcasts from the U.S. and China that might some day be transmitted to Russia without a ground relay station. Any government is capable of jamming satellite TV broadcasts. Gromyko's proposal calls for the legalization of such jamming. By implication, it would also permit nations to destroy offending foreign satellites. The Soviets evidently intend to push hard for their proposal at this fall's General Assembly session. Western countries are bound to regard the Russian proposal as an outrageous attempt to paralyze the free international movement of thought...