Brought Dick [Richard] Holbroke and wife Blythe on a cruise on the Ang Pangulo to Talaga and Corregidor.
In addition to water-skiing and pelota as well as a fast-bus ride through Corregidor and part of the Flame and the Sword documentary (up to the Midway battle, the turning point), we had serious discussion on Human Rights; the Bases negotiation; Asia and the Pacific specially Japan and China—he does not believe Japan will rearm or turn nuclear nor that China can turn to predatory adventures in the south while preoccupied with Russia that has a million soldiers in the Chinese northern border (about 41 divisions). “It is the most heavily guarded border in the world’,” he says.
On Human Rights he conveyed the deep conviction of Pres. [James] Carter that Human Rights should constitute a basic foundation of both domestic and foreign policy. When I referred to the grant of independence to the Philippines and the [Douglas] MacArthur management of Japan which could have turned com.
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