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HELP. I ASKED IN TURN IF NAKAYAMA WOULD LOOK AT THE QUESTION NOW UNDER DISCUSSION OF MULTIPLE ENTRY VISAS FOR PEOPLE VISITING JAPAN FROM HONG KONG. NAKAYAMA AGREED TO LOOK AT THIS.
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11. THIS WAS A USEFUL MEETING WITH NAKAYAMA BEING AS POSITIVE ON THE MAJOR HONG KONG ISSUES AS THE JAPANESE HAD PROMISED TO BE. HE PROVED AN AMIABLE INTERLOCUTOR, THOUGH NOT FULLY BRIEFED ON THE DETAILS OF THE SUBJECTS WE COVERED. HE APPEARED TO STOP SHORT DELIBERATELY OF ENDORSING THE HONG KONG POSITION ON MANDATORY REPATRIATION. BUT THE VARIOUS OFFERS OF FURTHER JAPANESE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE NEXT YEAR ARE USEFUL. ON OTHER ISSUES, PARTICULARLY APEF, HE WAS SUPPORTIVE. AFTER THE MEETING, AT JAPANESE REQUEST, A JOINT STATEMENT WAS ISSUED. AS YOU WILL SEE FROM THE TEXT IN MIFT, IT IS AS GOOD AS WE COULD HAVE WISHED.
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