The Foreign Secretary in Japan

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(a long way from Blackpool) by Chris Farley Within days of the Labour Party Conference, the Foreign Secretary was in Tokyo, where he made a remarkable speech on Britain's role in Asia to the Asian Affairs Research Council on October 19, It was only briefly mentioned in the British press, and for a time even the Foreign Office was, it stated, without a copy. In Vietnam, said Mr, Stewart, the “overriding obstanle" to peaceful advance was the "savage violence" of the "Vietnamese Communists" who sought to "impose their will by force", Everyone except the Communists wanted peace: “that is what the United States want and that is why we support their policy in Vietnam", President Johnson has said on April 7 that Washington was prepared for “unconditional discussions". To judge from Mr, Stewart's speech, nobody would think that the National Executive of his own party had just issued a call for the cessation of the U.S. bombing of North Vietnam, The Foreign Secretary amply justifies the suggestion made at Blackpool that the party leadership was putting out its statement for internal consumption only + to silence the uproar from the rank and file so that the serious business of supporting aggression and imperialism could continue uninterrupted,