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MR LUCE S VISIT TO JAPAN: CALL ON MINISTER FOR FOREIGN
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AFFAIRS, MR ABE, 1430-1450 HOURS, TUESDAY 9 OCTOBER 1984 Ngati
Present:
7 NOV 1984
Minister of State
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Sir S Giffard
Mr B Hitch
Mr H Warren-Gash
Mr K Darroch
r Shintaro Abe
(Minister for Foreign Affairs)
Mr Takehiko Nishiyama
(Director-General, European &
Oceanic Affairs Bureau)
Mr Toshiyuki Takano
(Private Secretary to the Foreign Minister)
Mr Itaru Umezu
(Director, Second West Europe Division)
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After opening courtesies, Mr Abe noted that UK-Japan bilateral
relations were growing in strength and depth. He welcomed this
trend, which had been much encouraged by Mr Nakasone's visit
the UK. There had been improvements in both enonomic and political
relations between the two countries. The 2000 Group was an
important initiative and its establishment would further strengthen
relations. The Japanese Government was particularly grateful to
the British Government and to the Royal Family for the welcome
that had been given to Prince Hiro.
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Mr Luce said that it had been a great pleasure and privilege
for the UK to have Prince Hiro study at Oxford. He shared Mr Abe's
perceptions about the growth in UK-Japan relations and about the
significance of the 2000 Group. He understood that the 2000 Group's
first meeting was planned for February and he hoped it would go
ahead.
3. Mr Luce said that he had been impressed by Mr Nakasone's
Alastair Buchan Memorial Lecture in London in June; indeed he had
quoted extracts from it during his own speech to the Japan
Institute of International Affairs, Mr Nakasone's lecture had
contained many points of considerable significance and he hoped
that the text had been widely read in the UK. Had Mr Abe seen
the Secretary of State in New York?
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