TOP SECRET Suggested Amendments to SG 161/3 Political alignment Page 6, para 2 (b) For the following reasons we do not think that Japan should be included without qualification among the countries listed as certainly aligned against the U.S.S.R.:(1) Although by the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty the U.S. is bound to assist Japan if invaded, Japan is not bound to go to war to assist the U.S. (2) Japan's "National Security Force" is little more than a token and is incapable of waging large scale war, even defensively.