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4. (a) was proposed by the Princess herself, who will
be out of Tokyo for most of the Prime Minister's visit.
The Embassy hope that the Prime Minister will be able to
accept this invitation in view of the consistent part
Princess Chichibu has played in encouraging Anglo-
Japanese relations. We endorse this recommendation.
On (b), the Embassy's earlier advice that this would do
something (but not much) to meet the Prime Minister's
interest in Japanese screens, is superseded by the
subsequent suggestion of (c), a call by Mr Esaki the
Japanese Special Trade Representative. In our view it
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would be valuable if the Prime Minister could receive
Mr Esaki whom she will recall having met in March; she
could use the occasion to express satisfaction at the
subsequent Japanese trade liberalisation package (which
he was largely instrumental in securing), but could
also restate the view of the united European Community
that more far-reaching measures are still required.
(d) the Embassy had put forward a case for a call by the
Chairman of Nippon Electric Company to present a voice-
activated computer, but we were not persuaded that this
would be clearly in the British interest. It seems more
appropriate for her to meet Mr Kobayashi at one of the
social events during the visit. Finally, the arguments
for (e), a call by the Chairman of Nissan are strong;
we and the Department of Industry endorse the Embassy's
recommendation that this would be a valuable opportunity
which should not be missed.
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