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FM TOKYO
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
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OF 11155OZ JANUARY 88
INFO PRIORITY SEOUL, PEKING, JAKARTA, MANILA, SINGAPORE, BANGKOK INFO PRIORITY KUALA LUMPUR, WASHINGTON, HONG KONG
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UK/JAPAN FOREIGN MINISTERIAL TALKS: 11 JANUARY: ASIA
SUMMARY
1. A GENERAL ROUND UP ON ASIAN QUESTIONS. FOREIGN MINISTER UNO
SCEPTICAL ABOUT WISH OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG TO GO
TO JAPAN, BUT WISHING TO HELP AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
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2. DURING DISCUSSION ON ASIA AT THE UK/JAPAN FOREIGN MINISTERIAL
TALKS ON 11 JANUARY, FOREIGN MINISTER UNO GAVE A GENERAL OVER-VIEW OF JAPAN'S PERCEPTIONS OF ASIA... THE JAPANESE WELCOMED CONTINUED CHINESE PROGRESS TOWARDS ECONOMIC MODERNISATION AND SOUTH KOREA'S
MOVES TOWARDS A MORE DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT WITH THE CONVINCING ELECTION OF ROH TAE WOO. JAPAN WOULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE SUCH POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE REGION, WHICH HELPED MAINTAIN THE STRATEGIC BALANCE AND OFFSET SOVIET ATTEMPTS AT ENCROACHMENT.
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SIMILARLY WITH ASEAN, JAPAN WOULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT STEADY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. UNO ALSO PLEDGED CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENT AQUINO.
4. THE SECRETARY OF STATE STRESSED THE NEED TO ASSIST IN THE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF ASEAN, PARTICULARLY IN THE PROVISION OF INVESTMENT CAPITAL, WHICH WOULD CREATE A BASE FOR STABLE POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT. WITHIN THE EC, THE UK HAD BEEN ACTIVE IN HELPING ASEAN BY ARGUING EG AGAINST THE INTRODUCTION OF AN OILS AND FATS TAX.
5. IN HONG KONG WE WERE PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE RISING NUMBERS OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN CAMPS, AND URGED JAPAN TO DO MORE THAN HITHERTO TO RE-SETTLE AS MANY REFUGEES AS POSSIBLE. UNO SAID THAT JAPAN HAS RECEIVED FEW APPLICATIONS FROM THE
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