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Political
7.
To seek Japanese support for UK/Western objectives
especially in East/West matters and the Middle East; and
to exchange views on other international issues, especially
Asian questions.
Commercial
8.
To promote aircraft sales (BAe 146); defence sales
(especially Sea Harrier); and sales of high technology
equipment. To emphasise the need for changes in the
structure of Japanese industry and distribution to reduce
the propensity for self-sufficiency and to secure easier
access for foreign goods.
Likely Japanese Objectives
1.
To repair the damage to Anglo-Japanese relations
caused by Japanese unhelpfulness overthe Falklands.
2.
Following recent visits to Japan by other European
leaders (Pertini, Mitterrand) and contacts eg at Versailles,
to strengthen overall political and economic cooperation
with Britain.
3.
To avoid excessive concentration on bilateral
(UK-Japan and EC-Japan) trade problems; and to convey the
importance of recent measures to open the Japanese market.