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 CIS NO: 74-S381-22
 TITLE: Japan -- United States Friendship Act.
 SOURCE: Committee on Foreign Relations. Senate
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: iii+115 p.
 DATE: May 1, 2, 1974
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 93-2              SUDOC: Y4.F76/2:J27/4
 ITEM NO: 1039
 LC CARD NO: 74-601953               MC ENTRY NO: 09202(74)

 Hearings on S. 649 (text, dept rpt, p. 2-12), the Japan-U.S. Friendship
 Act, to create a trust fund, employing 10% of the proceeds from the Okinawa
 Reversion Agreement of 1971 to promote scholarly, cultural, and artistic
 activities between Japan and the U.S.
   Also considers alternative Administration proposal of using "Government
 and Relief in Occupied Areas" (GARIOA) funds for the purpose.
   Includes submitted statements (p. 25-31, 96-97). Appendix contains:
 a. Justification data for FY65 appropriations for education and cultural
     exchange with Japan, excerpts from House appropriation hearings, 88th
     Congress, 2d session (p. 99-108).
 b. "Economic Assistance -- Settlement of Postwar Economic Assistance,"
     agreement between U.S. and Japan, signed at Tokyo, Jan. 9, 1962, and
     exchanges of notes (p. 108-111).
 c. Morehouse, Ward (dir, Center for Intl Programs and Comparative Studies,
     State Educ Dept, Univ of NY State), statement in support of S. 649 (p.
     111-115).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Japan-US Friendship Fund, estab
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): CULTURAL RELATIONS;
     EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGES; INTERNATIONAL.COOPERATION.IN.SCIENCE; TREATIES
     AND CONVENTIONS; JAPAN-U.S. FRIENDSHIP ACT (Cultural exchange trust
     fund, estab); MOREHOUSE, WARD; JAPAN
 BILLS: 93 S.649
 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF: P.L.94-118

 74-S381-22 TESTIMONY NO: 1         May 1, 1974 p. 12-25
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     JAVITS, JACOB K. (Sen, R-NY)
 STATEMENT: Importance of U.S.-Japan cooperation; need for S. 649.
 INSERTION: Correspondence and articles on similar 1972 proposals H.R.
     16152 and S. 3872 (p. 16-25).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Japan-US Friendship Fund, estab

 74-S381-22 TESTIMONY NO: 2         May 1, 1974 p. 31-60
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     WARD, ROBERT E. (dir, Center for Research in Intl Studies; prof,
        Stanford Univ)
     OWEN, HENRY (dir, Foreign Policy Studies, Brookings Instn)
     HALL, JOHN WHITNEY (prof, Yale Univ)
 STATEMENTS: Importance of U.S.-Japanese relations; efforts of Japanese
     government to promote mutual understanding through Japan Foundation. (p.
     31-47)
 DISCUSSION: Merits of using Okinawa reversion payments or GARIOA funds;
     desirability of U.S.-Japanese economic and cultural ties as alternative
     to Japan's isolation. (p. 48-60)
 CONTENT NOTATION: Japan-US Friendship Fund, estab
 DESCRIPTORS: JAPAN FOUNDATION

 74-S381-22 TESTIMONY NO: 3         May 2, 1974 p. 61-81
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     RICHARDSON, JOHN, JR. (Asst Sec of State for Educational and Cultural
        Aff)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Desirability of and suggested mechanism for
     GARIOA funds' use; differences between S. 649 and State Dept proposed
     bill (text, p. 76-78); Administration opposition to creating new trust
     fund.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Japan-US Friendship Fund, estab
 DESCRIPTORS: DEPARTMENT.OF.STATE

 74-S381-22 TESTIMONY NO: 4         May 2, 1974 p. 81-85
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     WYATT, WENDELL (Rep, R-Oreg)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Opposition to State Dept proposal.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Japan-US Friendship Fund, estab

 74-S381-22 TESTIMONY NO: 5         May 2, 1974 p. 85-96
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     REISCHAUER, EDWIN O. (prof, Harvard Univ; former US Ambassador to
        Japan)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Importance of increased U.S. understanding with
     Japan; advantages of S. 649 over Administration proposal; appraisal of
     Japan's military, economic, and cultural status.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Japan-US Friendship Fund, estab