CIS Microfiche Library 1970-2002 (CIS Asia Pacific Collection)

 CIS NO: 76-H461-85
 TITLE: Shifting Balance of Power in Asia: Implications for Future U.S.
     Policy.
 SOURCE: Committee on International Relations. House
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: iii+236 p.
 DATE: Nov. 18, Dec. 10, 1975, Jan. 28, Mar. 8, Apr. 7, May 18, 1976
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 94-1; 94-2        SUDOC: Y4.In8/16:As4/2
 ITEM NO: 1017
 LC CARD NO: 76-603056               MC ENTRY NO: 77-1034

 Hearings before the Subcom on Future Foreign Policy Research and
 Development to follow up Aug. 1975 investigative mission to Japan,
 Indonesia, the Philippines, and South Korea to gather information relative
 to formulation of future U.S. foreign policy.
   Full Committee Members Stephen J. Solarz (D-NY), Benjamin A. Gilman
 (R-NY), Robert J. Lagomarsino (R-Calif) and other Members of Congress,
 Herman Badillo (D-NY), and Norman Y. Mineta (D-Calif), questioned the
 witnesses. Appendix (p. 217-236) contains:
 a. Center for Defense Information, "Korea and U.S. Policy in Asia"
     reprint from The Defense Monitor, Jan. 1976 (p. 217-225).
 b. CIA, "Indonesia 1965; The Coup that Backfired," declassified
     intelligence rpt excerpt, Dec. 1968 (p. 226-236).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Asian political situation, implications for future US
     policy
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): SUBCOM ON FUTURE FOREIGN
     POLICY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. HOUSE; INTERNATIONAL.RELATIONS;
     SOLARZ, STEPHEN J.; GILMAN, BENJAMIN A.; LAGOMARSINO, ROBERT J.;
     BADILLO, HERMAN; MINETA, NORMAN Y.; CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
     ("Indonesia 1965, The Coup that Backfired," declassified 1968 rpt);
     NATIONAL.DEFENSE; MILITARY.ASSISTANCE; JAPAN (Relations with US);
     KOREA (Relations with US); FOREIGN.ECONOMIC.RELATIONS; ASIA

 76-H461-85 TESTIMONY NO: 1         Nov. 18, 1975 p. 1-32
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     HABIB, PHILIP C. (Asst Sec, East Asian and Pacific Aff, State Dept)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Overview of present and prospective internal
     political situations of, and U.S. political, strategic and economic
     obligations and relations with, non-Communist Asian countries, focusing
     on U.S.-Japanese relations; briefing on status of mutual security
     treaties with Asian nations including deployment of U.S. troops in South
     Korea.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Asian political situation, implications for future US
     policy
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): DEPARTMENT.OF.STATE;
     TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS (Asian-US mutual security treaties status)

 76-H461-85 TESTIMONY NO: 2         Dec. 10, 1975 p. 34-58
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     GAYLER, NOEL (Adm.) (Cmdr in Chief, Pacific, Navy)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Status of U.S. military presence in the Pacific;
     extent of Soviet army and naval expansion in Pacific; prospects for
     South Korean military parity with North Korea and implications for U.S.
     troop reduction and deployment.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Military posture in Pacific
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (US and
     Soviet military presence); SOVIET UNION (Military strength in
     Pacific); NAVY

 76-H461-85 TESTIMONY NO: 3         Jan. 28, 1976 p. 60-91
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     PASSIN, HERBERT (chm, Sociology Dept, Columbia Univ)
     CLOUGH, RALPH N. (consultant, Brookings Instn)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Analyses of Japan's political and economic
     situation; suggested improvements in U.S.-Japanese political, economic
     and trade relations; importance to Japan of U.S. presence in South
     Korea; Japanese sensitivity to reduction of U.S. troops and reliance on
     U.S. defense umbrella; appraisal of Japan's nuclear power and defense
     capability.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Japanese-US relations
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): NUCLEAR POWER (Japanese
     nuclear power capability)

 76-H461-85 TESTIMONY NO: 4         Mar. 8, 1976 p. 94-137
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     COLE, DAVID C. (assoc dir, Harvard Inst for Intl Dev)
     KANG, SUGWON (prof, political science, Hartwick Coll)
     CUMINGS, BRUCE (asst prof, political science, Swarthmore Coll)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Potential impact of U.S. troop withdrawal from
     South Korea on existing military balance of power in Korea; support for
     gradual disengagement of forces in South Korea and U.S. assistance in
     Korean reunifications; opposition to deployment of nuclear weapons in
     South Korea; criticism of U.S. role in Korean partition and effect on
     North Korean foreign policy; examples of North Korea's increasing
     involvement in international affairs.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Korean-US relations
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): NUCLEAR WEAPONS (Korean
     deployment of US weapons)

 76-H461-85 TESTIMONY NO: 5         Apr. 7, 1976 p. 139-176
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     JEFFORDS, JAMES M. (Rep, R-Vt)
     GALBRAITH, FRANCIS J. (former US Ambassador to Indonesia)
     PAUKER, GUY J. (sr official, Rand Corp)
     EMMERSON, DONALD K. (asst prof, Univ of Wis)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Endorsement of declassified CIA study on
     origins of Indonesia's 1965 military coup; importance of continued U.S.
     economic assistance and military presence in the western Pacific;
     outline of Indonesia's economic and social problems. (p. 139-150)
       Differing views on Indonesia's potential dominance as a regional power
     in Asia, focusing on viewed economic and military vulnerability;
     possibility of Vietnamese military offensive against Southeast Asian
     countries; review of Indonesia's compliance with U.S. security
     assistance requirements including conflicting views on treatment of
     political prisoners. (p. 151-176)
 CONTENT NOTATION: Indonesian-US relations
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): INDONESIA (Relations with
     US); VIETNAM (Military threat to Southeast Asia, evaluation);
     POLITICAL PRISONERS (Indonesian treatment of political prisoners)

 76-H461-85 TESTIMONY NO: 6         May 18, 1976 p. 177-215
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     MCCAIN, JOHN S., JR. (Adm., ret.) (former Cmdr in Chief, Pacific,
        Navy)
     PURNELL, LEWIS M. (former Dep Chief of Mission, US Embassy,
        Philippines)
     MANGLAPUS, RAUL S. (former foreign sec and sen, Philippines)
 STATEMENTS: National defense significance of American bases in Philippines
     and of strong U.S. Navy and merchant marine fleets; briefing on economic
     and political situation in Philippines; likelihood of democratic rule
     following U.S. withdrawal of military assistance from Philippines. (p.
     177-198)
 DISCUSSION: Impact of Japanese competition on U.S. investments in
     Philippines; implications of normalized relations between Philippines,
     U.S.S.R., and People's Republic of China. (p. 198-215)
 CONTENT NOTATION: Philippine-US relations
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): PHILIPPINES (Relations with
     US, Soviet Union, and China); MILITARY.BASES,.POSTS.AND.RESERVATIONS;
     SOVIET UNION (Philippine-Soviet relations); CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC
     (Philippine-Chinese relations)