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Within our high-priority regions of concern we would surely include the special cases of Israel, Australia and New Zealand, not on any hard-boiled strategic reasoning but because of historical ties and moral commitments. These attachments are also part of the real world. We have defense undertakings with South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and the Philippines and U.S. forces stationed there. That is another form of reality, subject to renegotiation, of course, on our part and theirs...
...rapid succession the President met with four Prime Ministers-New Zealand's Wallace Rowling, Australia's Gough Whitlam, Britain's Harold Wilson and Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew-all on their way from a British Commonwealth meeting in Jamaica. To each, Ford gave the same basic message: despite widely voiced doubts in Asia and Europe (see story page 29) about America's dependability as an ally, in the wake of Communist victories in Cambodia and South Viet Nam, those "setbacks in no way weakened U.S. resolve to stand by its allies and friends in Asia...
While generally devoid of new initiatives or concepts, Ford's speech did announce some new diplomatic moves. He said that he intended to meet with the leaders of Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Indonesia, as well as other Asian nations, to reassure them personally that the events in Indochina would not affect America's resolve to retain close ties with them. He revealed that he plans to go to Peking "later this year." As for the breakdown of Kissinger's shuttle diplomacy in the Middle East, Ford repeated the willingness of the U.S. to take the issues to a Geneva...
Ford disclosed he has scheduled meetings with the leaders of Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Indonesia, and he recalled his recent visits to Japan and South Korea...
...JAPAN, which, along with Australia and New Zealand, has close economic links with the U.S. Tokyo is as essential to U.S. security in the Pacific as Western Europe is in the Atlantic area...