Chapter 89 To resolve the issue of the resumption of diplomatic relations between China and Japan, Japan still relies on the Liberal Democratic Party government[1]

(September 27, 1972) Since you have come to Beijing, the whole world is trembling.Mainly one Soviet Union, one America, these two great powers.They don't feel at ease, they know what you are doing there. The United States is better, but it is also a little uncomfortable. It is said that they came here in February this year and did not establish diplomatic relations. You went ahead of them, and you always feel a little uncomfortable. An agreement may not be reached for decades or hundreds of years, or the problem may be resolved within a few days. Now each other has this need, and this is what President Nixon [2] told me.He asked if we both needed each other and I said yes.I said that I am now colluding with the rightists, and my "reputation" is not good.There are two parties in your country. It is said that the Democratic Party is more liberal and the Republican Party is more right.I said that the Democratic Party is not very good, I don't appreciate it, I'm not interested.I told Nixon, I voted for you when you ran for the election, but you still don't know.

This time we also voted for you.As you said, if you, the main force of the Liberal Democratic Party, do not come, how can you solve the issue of the resumption of diplomatic relations between China and Japan? So some people accuse us of colluding with the rightists.I said, your Japanese opposition party cannot solve the problem, and the solution to the issue of the resumption of diplomatic relations between China and Japan depends on the government of the Liberal Democratic Party. According to the "Mao Zedong Diplomatic Selected Works" published in 1994 by Central Literature Publishing House and World Knowledge Publishing House.

-------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] This is part of Mao Zedong's conversation with Kakuei Tanaka, Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party.During Kakuei Tanaka's visit to China, China and Japan held talks on the normalization of diplomatic relations between the two countries. On September 29, the two governments issued a joint statement, announcing that "the government of the People's Republic of China and the government of Japan have decided to Diplomatic relations were established on September 29, 1972".

[2] Nixon, elected President of the United States in 1968.During his first visit to China in February 1972, Mao Zedong met him.He held talks with Premier Zhou Enlai on the normalization of bilateral relations and other issues of mutual concern.On the 27th, China and the United States issued a joint communiqué in Shanghai, which normalized Sino-US relations.