(ESTIMATED PUB DATE) JAPAN'S CHANGING RELATIONS WITH CHINA AND THE USSR

Created: 1/1/1981

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Union has been unwilling to take the steps that Tokyo believes are necessary to improve iJiiarj^aTrcktiorts and objects to friendly relations between Japan and China. Moreover, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan has heightened Japanese concerns about Soviet foreign and defense policies.esult, Tokyo has decided to consolidate the link with Beijing and wait for Moscow to indicate an interest ineasonable sciilcmcni of their outstanding issues.