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1U. MURATA SAID HE HAD COME TO EUROPE TO REVIVE THE REGULAR TALKS AT PUS LEVEL WITH THE FRENCH AND GERMANS AND TO START OFF SUCH EXCHANGES WITH THE UK. IN RESPONSE TO HIS INVITATION TO JAPAN, THE PUS SAID HE WOULD TRY TO TAKE IT UP WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS.
MEETING WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE
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MURATA HANDED OVER A LETTER OF GOOD WISHES FROM MR UNO AND DELIVERED A SIMILAR ORAL MESSAGE FOR THE PRIME MINISTER. TALKS
WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOCUSSED LARGELY ON MR TAKESHITA'S
VISIT AND COVERED THE SAME GROUND AS WITH THE PUS. IN ADDITION, THE SECRETARY OF STATE MENTIONED VIETNAM AND THE PROBLEM OF
REFUGEES WHERE WE MIGHT WISH TO HAVE FURTHER TALKS WITH THE JAPANESE. IT WAS POSSIBLE THAT THE PRIME MINISTER MIGHT RAISE THIS. HE ALSO SAID THAT WHATEVER HER BRIEFING MIGHT SAY, THE PRIME MINISTER'S MIND WOULD BE ON WHISKY AND THE TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE. SHE WOULD WANT TO HEAR SOMETHING PRECISE AND DETAILED ON THE FORMER. 10.
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MURATA SAID THAT IN HIS VIEW THE INTENSIFICATION OF THE
JAPANESE DIALOGUE WITH EUROPE WAS NOT SO MUCH TO IMPROVE THE TRILATERAL RELATIONSHIP AS TO SHORE IT UP. THE UNITED STATES WAS OFTEN UNPREDICTABLE. (HE MENTIONED REYKJAVIK ARMS FOR IRAN AND
ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT). IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DISCUSS US POLICIES FRANKLY, THOUGH AS GOOD ALLIES. THE SECRETARY OF STATE SAID WE UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE OF JAPAN'S
RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES BUT HOPED THEY WOULD NOT BE TOO
EXCLUSIVE.
11. A FULL RECORD FOLLOWS BY BAG.
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JAPAN POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC
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ECD (E)
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ECONOMIC ADVISERS
NCAD
SEC POL D
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PS/MRS CHALKER
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
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