Agreed

[1] This propaganda outline forwarded by the CPC Central Committee on September 8, 1972,
pointed out that Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka was about to visit China to
negotiate with Chinese leaders and resolve the issue of normalizing Sino-Japanese
diplomatic relations. This was a major event on China's current diplomatic front. Prime
Minister Tanaka's visit to China was, first, a reflection of the current favourable international
situation; second, a sign of China's growing international prestige; third, the result of the
long-term common struggle of the Chinese and Japanese people; and fourth, a
manifestation of the further development of the contradictions between the United States
and Japan and between Japan and the Soviet Union. Inviting Prime Minister Tanaka to visit
China to negotiate and resolve the issue of normalizing Sino-Japanese diplomatic relations
was an important strategic deployment of Chairman Mao and the CPC Central Committee.
Achieving the normalization of Sino-Japanese relations would be beneficial to the struggle
against the two hegemons of the United States and the Soviet Union, especially against
Soviet revisionism, to the struggle against the revival of Japanese militarism, to China's
struggle to liberate Taiwan, and to ease tensions in Asia.