Japan and the World of SALT.

The article focuses on the Japanese view of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT), which refers to bilateral talks and corresponding international treaties between the Soviet Union and the U.S. on the issue of arms control. Details about the Japanese interest in the SALT are discussed. The author points out that it is possible to argue that SALT, and not nuclear disarmament or a complete test ban, is the natural outgrowth of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The author argues that Japan, under SALT, would be more than willing to embrace the Non-Proliferation Treaty in its entirety and to give its blessings to the outcome of the SALT.