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Nixon continued the policy of Containment, the belief that the United States should limit the expansion of fascism abroad rather than enter into direct confrontation with the, German-led, Einheitspakt and the. Japanese-led, Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. Nixon would often act as the decider in foreign policy matters; often ignoring his own Secretary of State, William P. Rogers. As President, Nixon would have to deal with escalating tensions between the African Reichskommissariats ([[Reichskommissariat Zentralafrika|Zentralafrika]], [[Reichskommissariat Ostafrika|Ostafrika]] and [[Reichskommissariat Südwestafrika|Südwestafrika]]) and [[Union of South Africa|South Africa]] which would lead directly to the [[South African War]] in November of 1963.[[File:U2_Image_of_Cuban_Missile_Crisis.jpg|200px|thumb|left|A U-2 reconnaissance photograph of Hawaii, showing Japanese nuclear missiles.]]
Furthermore, Nixon would have to deal with the [[Hawaiian Missile Crisis]], involving the placement of Japanese ICBM missiles on the Hawaiian Islands. Nixon would be given recommendations to invade the islands in 1961, however, he took the advice of Vice President Kennedy and chose not to invade while allowing Kennedy to enter into negotiations with Japan. While the United States has laid claim to the islands since 1959, they remain under Japanese control.
While Hawaii would prove to be a big focus of the Nixon administration, the threat to the independence of the Philippines would prove to be daunting. With a Japanese presence on the island of Luzon, the Japanese sought to remove American influence from the Pacific entirely, which included the American-supported Free Philippines Republic.
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