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- GRAPEVINE, Page 13Don't Call Us, We'll Call You
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- By DAVID ELLIS/Reported by Sidney Urquhart
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- Japanese politicians are addicted to consensus, so it's no
- surprise that by the time the nation's legislators approved a
- $9 billion contribution to the gulf effort, the war was over
- and troops were on their way home. Last week allied commanders
- took silent note of the tardy assistance when Liberal
- Democratic Party secretary Ichiro Ozawa was abruptly forced to
- cancel a trip to the Middle East. Ozawa, touted as a future
- Japanese Prime Minister, found it difficult to secure
- appointments with top officials in Saudi Arabia. He also found
- that military commanders were suddenly too busy to find him a
- place on a flight into Kuwait. The silent treatment let Tokyo
- know the allies are in no mood to accommodate Japanese
- politicians with a yen to horn in on postwar celebrations.
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