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Focuses on the implications of the end of Vietnam War for the U.S., China and Japan. Reasons for the opposition of China to the meeting in Paris, France for the negotiations regarding the Vietnam War; Agreement of the U.S. to conduct negotiations within Hanoi's terms; Plans of elimination of all foreign military bases in Vietnam; Recognition of the National liberation Front (NLF) as the sole genuine representative government of the South Vietnamese; Goal of the U.S. to secure North Vietnam's recognition of the existence of a separate South Vietnam state; Aims of the U.S. and the NLF of Hanoi, Vietnam for the settlement negotiations; Impact of the loss of the U.S. military control over Vietnam on the Japanese-American alliance; Impact of the settlement on foreign policies of the U.S., China and Japan.

Discusses the influence of China on United Nations' decision making during the deliberations aimed at ending the war between India and Pakistan in 1965. Type of diplomacy adopted by the Soviet Union during the deliberations; Basis for the French attitude toward the Indo-Pakistan war; Evidence of the impending replacement of the Soviet Union by China as the second super power.