Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in 1974 asked about the possibility of drawing the Chinese military toward the disputed Senkaku Islands, apparently to prompt Tokyo to better recognize risks to its territory, U.S. diplomatic documents showed.Recorded in declassified documents, the remarks from Kissinger, who was instrumental in shaping U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War era, suggest he wanted Japan to be more conscious about protecting the islands in the East China Sea that are claimed by Beijing.A staff meeting on Jan. 31, 1974, where he made the comments, took place aft…READ FULL ARTICLE
