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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 82
3 FEBRUARY
1978.
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FOLLOWING FOR WILSON, FAR EASTERN DEPARTMENT.
YOUR TELEGRAM NO.72: SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT.
THE TIME-TABLE YOU ENVISAGE GIVES THE SECRETARY OF STATE EXACTLY
1 72 HOURS IN JAPAN. IF THIS IS REALLY ALL THE TIME HE CAN SPARE,
HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THE JAPANESE WILL ACCOMMODATE THEMSELVES TO THIS
VERY CURTAILED PROGRAMME. I FEAR NEVERTHELESS THAT WE MUST EXPECT
TEEP DISAPPOINTMENT AND EVEN RESENTMENT AT THIS CUTTING TO THE
BAREST MINIMUM OF HIS PARTICIPATION IN BOTH THE ACTIVITIES FOR WHICH
HE IS COMING TO JAPAN, IS THERE NO CHANCE OF EXTENDING THE VISIT?
MR. ASHE
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