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TO PRIORITY TOKYO TELNO 650 OF 23 DECEMBER AND TO SEOUL AND HONG
KONG.
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1. WE PROPOSE THAT FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT SHOULD BE MADE SIMUL-
TANEOUSLY IN LONDON, HONG KONG, SEOUL AND TOKYO AT 12 NOON GMT,
30 DECEMBER. GRATEFUL IF HM AMBASSADORS TOKYO AND SEOUL
WOULD AGREE WORDING WITH GOVERNMENTS TO WHICH THEY ARE ACCREDITED
AND FOR THE AGREEMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG.
BEGINS.
THE FOREIGN SECRETARY WILL VISIT HONG KONG, KOREA AND JAPAN FROM
13 TO 18 FEBRUARY FOLLOWING HIS ATTENDANCE UPON HER MAJESTY THE
QUEEN DURING HER STATE VISIT TO THAILAND.
SIR ALEC DOUGLAS-HOME, ACCOMPANIED BY LADY DOUGLAS-HOME, EXPECTS TO ARRIVE IN HONG KONG ON THE AFTERNOON OF 13 FEBRUARY.
THIS WILL BE THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY HE WILL HAVE HAD OF VISITING THE
TERRITORY SINCE HE ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR ITS AFFAIRS.
HE WILL VISIT SEOUL AT THE INVITATION OF THE KOREAN FOREIGN
MINISTER. IT WILL BE HIS FIRST VISIT TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA.
SIR ALEC DOUGLAS-HOME WILL THEN GO ON TO TOKYO FOR TWO DAYS AT
THE INVITATION OFM MR TAKEO FUKUDA, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
ENDS.
2. WE SHOULD LIKE FINAL PARAGRAPH TO INCLUDE SOME REFERENCE TO
THE TALKS BEING PART OF THE SERIES OF REGULAR ANGLO-JAPANESE
MINISTERIAL CONSULTATIONS BUT REALISE THAT JAPANESE ARE UNLIKELY
TO AGREE TO THIS. GRATEFUL IF HM AMBASSADOR TOKYO WOULD DISCUSS
THIS POINT WITH JAPANESE AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO BE AS FORTHCOMING
AS POSSIBLE, BEARING IN MIND THAT WE CANNOT HOLD OUT ANY HOPE OF A FURTHER VISIT THIS YEAR.
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