U.S. warship worry to Japan
NZPA Tokyo Japan may ask the United States to postpone the scheduled return of the aircraft carrier Midway to her hoipe port at Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, because of the controversy over American nuclear weapons, the Kyodo news service reported yesterday. Top-ranking Foreign Ministry officials, quoted by Kyodo, said they were seeking views of Government quarters on whether Japan should formally ask
the United States to delay the Midway’s return on June 5 to Yokosuka, where ' the United States Seventh Fleet headquarters is sited. •The Mayor of Ydkosuka,. Mr Kazua Yokoyama,. yesterday asked the Government to seek the postponement of the Midway’s port call after the controversy spurred by former American Government officials who said United States warships had visited Japan with nuclear weapons on board.
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Press, 29 May 1981, Page 1
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