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INFO F.C.0.
OUR TELNO.1292 TO F.C.0 : ECONOMIC MISSION TO JAPAN.
1. A REPORT ON THE MISSION WILL ISSUE SHORTLY. MEANWHILE YOU
SHOULD BE AWARE THAT SIR Y.K. KAN IS RETURNING TO TOKYO ON
13 DECEMBER FOR MEETINGS ON 14 AND 15 DECEMBER WITH
MESSRS. DOKO AND YASUI OF THE KEIDANREN AND GOTO OF THE JAPAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY. THESE ARE TO DISCUSS FURTHER THE PROPOSAL MADE BY MR SONODA CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
A HONG KONG/JAPAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION. THE KEIDANREN AND
JAPAN CHAMBER ARE COLLABORATING ON THIS AND SENT A MR THOMAS
ARAI TO HONG KONG LAST WEEK FOR PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS.
2. SIR Y.K. KAN WILL BE STAYING AT THE IMPERIAL HOTEL UNTIL
16 DECEMBER AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY W.DORWARD, COMMISSIONER
OF INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS, AND PAULUS CHAN WHO WAS ASSISTANT
SECRETARY OF THE MISSION.
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