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...development that cheered the Reagan Administration was Nakasone's readiness to strengthen Japan's defenses. In a sense, some U.S. analysts concluded, Nakasone was making a sort of trade-more on defense but less than the Reagan Administration wanted on increased access to the Japanese market. Indeed, he raised some protests among antimilitarists at home by asserting that he intended to make Japan "an unsinkable aircraft carrier" that would provide air defense against Soviet long-range Backfire bombers. He also said he would improve his country's defenses against Soviet submarines and surface ships. The Prime Minister...
...embassy officials felt there was more to the dispute than Ochoa's reluctance to move to the diplomatic backwater of Uruguay. They speculated that Garcia had wanted to transfer the popular Ochoa in order to strengthen his own political ambitions as a potential challenger to right-wing Constituent Assembly President Roberto d'Aubuisson. Garcia has generally supported increased U.S. involvement in El Salvador and land reform, while D'Aubuisson has not. At the same time, U.S. officials feared that Ochoa, a military classmate of D'Aubuisson's, was being used by D'Aubuisson...
...architect of the Defense Agency Establishment Law and the Self-Defense Forces Law [which allow for limited Japanese armed forces]. Our self-defense capability has continued to improve, and the operation of the Japan-U.S. security treaty has been undergoing changes. What Japan can do is strengthen our own capabilities to defend the Japanese archipelago, and we can and are giving the fullest cooperation in consultation with the U.S. in deploying [forces] in the most effective strategic and tactical posture. I believe Japan's own defense capabilities and U.S. capabilities, centering on the Seventh Fleet...
...been acting head of the Archdiocese of Riga, is the first Latvian and the first resident of the Soviet Union ever to be made a Cardinal. Józef Glemp, 54, who succeeded Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski as Poland's Primate, was also elevated, a move that could strengthen his hand in delicate dealings with the Communist regime...
...chemistry, cardiac output and other vital signs are checked. After a morning visit from his doctors, Clark rests briefly and then is helped into an overstuffed recliner chair, where he sits until 5 or 6 p.m. His frequent catnaps are interrupted by two 20-minute sessions of exercises to strengthen his muscles and improve his circulation...