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2 UNCLASSIFIED -- During the discussions, I will caution the Prime Minister that, should there be insufficient progress on the Japanese side within a reasonably short time, we in the Administration will likely face severe domestic political pressures for discriminatory measures against Japan -- pressures which we may find it difficult to resist. (8) I intend that this strategy should govern our trade policy relations with Japan in 1985. Its implementation, on the basis of agreements which Prime Minister Nakasone and I reach in Los Angeles on January 2, should be a major priority of the Administration's trade policy agencies. As set forth in NSDD 151, I will look to the Senior Interdepartmental Group-International Economic Policy (SIG-IEP) as the Cabinet level body to integrate the various components of U.S.-Japan economic relations. The SIG-IEP should receive periodic reports on the implementation of our trade policy approach to Japan, advising me on problems and progress.