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Action Tekan
TO ROUTINE F C O TELNO 1877 OF 11 SEPTEMBER 1978 See (2)
INFO TOK YO.
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INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT, TRADE AND GOODWILL MISSION TO JAPAN.
NODA, THE JAPANESE CONSUL GENERAL HERE, IS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT
THE IDEA OF OUR SENDING A SMALL **HIGH LEVEL'' MISSION TO JAPAN
IN LATE OCTOBER/EARLY NOVEMBER THIS YEAR. THE MISSION WOULD
PROBABLY BE LED BY SIR Y K KAN.
2. IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT I SHOULD TRAVEL TO JAPAN TO DELIVER
A SPEECH DURING THE MISSION'S VISIT AND IF YOU AND H M AMBASSADOR SEE NO OBJECTION, I WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS AND I THINK PEOPLE
HERE WOULD EXPECT IT.
3. PLANNING IS IN VERY EARLY STAGE BUT NODA INTENDS TO MENTION
THE POSSIBILITY OF THE MISSION TO PRIME MINISTER FUKUDA DURING
HIS STOP-ÖVER HERE ON 12 SEPTEMBER.
4. I WILL SEND FURTHER DETAILS AS ARRANGEMENTS FIRM UP BUT IN THE
MEANTIME I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR ANY VIEWS TOKYO MAY HAVE ABOUT
TIMING AND PEOPLE TO BE SEEN.
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