Japan Soviet influence

For its part, the U.S. State Department designed a diplomatic campaign to counteract the influence over the European Union (EU) of such powerful companies as Imperial Chemical Industries and France s Atochem, while cultivating discreet support behind the EU communal curtain from Belgium, Denmark, and Germany. At the same time, we sent diplomatic and scientific teams to try to persuade the other two major producers—Japan and the Soviet Union—as well as developing nations to support strong controls. 

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