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1985 Supplement 4 American Foreign Policy Current Documents [1] (1985)

handle is hein.forrel/afpdoc0038 and id is 1 raw text is: I Off ice of the Press secretary (Los Angeles, California) 3ACKWWUD BRIVPING by zoR AM ND 1T5RATIW OFFICIAL OF VISIT or PMU MZlSSllT9 EAXAO January 2, 1985 Pallades Room Century Plass Los Angeles, California 2%40 P.K. PST 3B1OR ADKINISTATON OFITCZALs Lot so try to give you oe quick summary at the top and then I'll try to run through in awre detail. We had, as I briefed you earlier, really two Items on the top of our agenda. One, to Consult on Bast-West reLations, ad particularly upcoming negotiations on arms control in Genevat and the second, to discuss our bilateral economic problems. And I Would say, those two subjects wore the bulk of our discussions today, both with the - between the Secretary of State and the Foreign Minister and between the President and the Prime Minister. In the first area, on last-eat relations, we briefed the Japanese in great detail about the approach we will be taking and our hopes and expectations for those arms control talks, affirmed our uommitment to close consultations with Japan and to maintaining a global approach to arms control, that is to say one that recognises that we can't achieve security for just one region in the world at the expense of anothert that our approach is to try to produce a more secure world, both in Burope and in Asia. In the trade area, which was the -- I think just in ters of time, definitely the topic that got the most discussion, I would say we are rather encouraged by the results of the talks today. I think the significant outcome is the one that both the President and the Prim Minister referred to in their departure statements -- that Becre!ary Shultz and Poreign Minister Abe have been charged with overseeing an intensified effort on both sides at market opening. We were very encouraged by statements made by both the 1oreipn Minister and the Prime Minister on commitments to opening up Japan s telecommunications market. I'll give you some more detail on that in a moment. And the President expressed our interest in a number of other key sectors, specifically electronics, forest products, and medical supplies and pharmaceuticals. I think the -- at the end. vs end of the luncheon meeting, the President thanked the Prime Ninister for coming to California, said that this is a great way to start out the new year, recalled that the first time he and Nakasone had met, that Nakasone had said there was nothing that our two countries could not accomplish if we work together. And Nakasone reminded him that at that first meeting he had said, Yes, and you have to be the pitcher and I'll be the catcher. Let me now just briefly touch other -- mention other topics that wore discussed were our mutual defense efforts, various questions of MORE Digitized from Best Copy Available

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