20. Joint Communique of The Seventh Ministerial Conference

for the Development of Southeast Asia, Saigon, December,
1972

....83

6.

7.

Tokio, el 14 de marzo de 1972

.57

Joint Statement on the occasion of the Visit to Japan by
a Canadian Science and Technology Mission, March 15,
1972 .......
......61

Comunicado Conjunto del Presidente de la República del
Paraguay, General de Ejército Don Alfredo Stroessner, y
el Primer Ministro del Japón, Señor Eisaku Sato, dado en
Tokio, el 18 de abril de 1972
....62

8. Joint Communique on the Establishment of Diplomatic
Relations between the State of Bahrain and Japan, May
2, 1972........

.......64

9. Joint Communique on the Establishment of Diplomatic
Relations between the United Arab Emirates and Japan,
May 4, 1972 ....

.....65

10. Joint Communique on the Establishment of Diplomatic
Relations between the Sultanate of Oman and Japan, May
8, 1972......
11. Joint Communique on the Establishment of Diplomatic
Relations between the State of Qatar and Japan' May 9,
1972 ......

....65

....65
12. Joint Statement following Meetings between the Head of
Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Prime
Minister of Japan, Tokyo, May 14, 1972......

....66

...68

.........68

13. Press Release; on the Incident at Tel Aviv Lod Airport of
the State of Israel, June 9, 1972.........

14. The 6th Japan-U.S. Conference of Cultural and Educational
Interchange, June 17, 1972

15. Japan-United States Joint Statement following the Meeting
between Prime Minister Tanaka and President Nixon,
September 1, 1972

.70

16. Announcement of Ingersoll-Tsurumi Talks, September, 1
1972 ...

.73

17. Joint Communique, on the Occasion of the Visit to Japan
of the Right Honourable Edward Heath, the British Prime
Minister, 19 September 1972

.74

18. Joint Communique of the Government of Japan and the
Government of the People's Republic of China, September
29, 1972

19. Joint Communique of the First Meeting of the Australia/

.76

I.

Speeches and Addresses by Prime Ministers, Foreign Minis-
ters and others

1. Policy Speech by Prime Minister Eisaku Sato at the Sixty
Eighth Session of the National Diet, January 29, 1972 ....
Foreign Policy Speech by Foreigh Minister Takeo Fukuda
at the Sixty-Eighth Session of the National Diet, January
29, 1972

1

.11

3. Foreign Minister Fukuda's Message to the Conference of
the Committee on Disarmament, February 29, 1972............20
Statement by the Chief Cabinet Secretary on Lod Incident,
May 31, 1972...

4.

.21

5.

Address by Foreign Minister Ohira, to the America-Japan
Society, August 11, 1972

..22

6. Address by Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka to the America-
Japan Society, October 18, 1972

..28

7. Foreign Policy Speech by Foreign Minister Ohira at the
70th Session of the National Diet, 28 October 1972............32
8. Policy Speech by Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka at the
Seventieth Session of the National Diet, October 28, 1972...38
Address by Foreign Minister Masayoshi Ohira at the
Seventh Ministerial Conference for the Economic Develop-
ment of Southeast Asia, Saigon, December 11, 1972 .........44

9.

II. Press Releases, Statements and Joint Communiques

Japan-United States Joint Statement following meeting
between Prime Minister Sato and President Nixon, January
7, 1972..........................

.......50

2. Joint Communique of the Fourth Meeting of the Thailand-
Japan Joint Committee on Trade, Tokyo, January 25,
1972 ......

..52

3.

Joint Statement on Intirnational Economic Relations, Fe-
bruary 10, 1972.......

...55

5.

Communiqué à l'occasion de la visite officielle au Japon
de Son Excellence Monsieur Franco Maria Malfatti, Pré-
sident de la Commission des Communautés Européennes,
18 février 1972, à Tokyo

........56

Comunicado Conjunto del Presidente Constitucional de los
Estados Unidos Mexicanos, Licenciado Luis Echeverria, y

This is a collection of major political speeches, communiques, press releases and other information material issued in English, French or Spanish in Tokyo during 1972