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FM SEOUL 287522Z DECEMBER
CONFIDENTIAL
REGISTRY NG 51
11 JAN 1972
HKK 22/
TO PRIORITY F C O TELEGRAM NUMBER 234 DATEN 28 DECEMBER
INFO ROUTINE TOKYO AND HONG KONG.
YOUR TEL 659 TO TOKY : FAR EAST VISIT.
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MFA HAVE NO OBJECTION TO PROPOSED TEXT OF ANNOUNCEMENT
AND AGREE PROPOSED TIMING FOR RELEASE TO PRESS THEY ARE
STILL WORKING ON TEXT OF THEIR OWN ANNOUNCEMENT AND HAVE PROMISED TO LET US HAVE A COPY TOMORROW MORNING (LOCAL TIME) 29 DECEMBER.
2. WHEN FIRST SHOWN BRITISH TEXT LAST WEEK MEA OFFICIAL
COMMENTED THAT SINCE JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER'S NAME HAD
BEEN MENTIONED HE THOUGHT IT APPROPRIATE THAT HIS OWN MINISTERS NAME SHOULD ALSO BE INCLUDED.
3. WE WERE INFORMED TODAY THAT KIM YONG SHIK CONSIDERED THAT
THIS WAS A POINT FOR US TO DECIDE. YOU WILL BE AWARE OF KOREAN SENSITIVITIES IN THESE MATTERS WHEN JAPAN IS ALSO
INVOLVED AND I RECOMMEND THAT IF FUKUDA'S NAME IS GIVEN IN
TEXT, THAT OF KIM YONG SHIK SHOULD ALSO APPEAR.
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MR. WILFORD
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