1. During their summit meeting in Washington, President Johnson assured Japanese Prime Minister Sato that the US was determined to abide by its commitment under the Security Treaty to defend Japan againstanyarmed attack from outside (emphasis mine). See “The Joint Communique of President Lyndon B. Johnson and Prime Minister Eisaku Sato of Japan, January 13, 1965,” inDepartment of State Bulletin, Vol. LII, No. 1336 (February 1, 1965), p. 135. For the latest US statement of such commitment, though not referring specifically to Japan, see US Department of Defense, Office of International Security Affairs,United States Security Strategy for the East Asia-PacificRegion (Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, February 1995), p. 21.
2. February 1995.Report of the Secretary of Defense to the President and the CongressFebruary, 89Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office. US Secretary of Defense William J. Perry, (p.
3. 1992.Military Balance 1992–1993224London: Brassey's. The International Institute for Strategic Studies, (p.
4. Li Daoyu, “Foreign Policy and Arms Control: The View from China,”Arms Control Today, Vol. 23, No. 10 (December 1993), p. 9.
5. US Secretary of Defense William J. Perry,Report of the Secretary of Defense to the President and the Congress, February 1995, p. 83.