"The countries of the East and the regions of the South Seas are geographically, historically, racially and economically very closely related o each other. They are destined to cooperate and minister to one another's needs for their common wellbeing and to promote peace and progress in their regions.
"The idea to establish first a righteous peace in each of the various regions, and then establish collec-ively a just peace for the whole world, has long existed, also in Europe and in America, "This system pre-supposes the ence of a stabilizing force in each region with which as a centre ne peoples within that region are to secure their ce-existence and coprosperity as well as the stability of their sphere.
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