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INFO IMMEDIATE TOKYO, WASHINGTON, MOSCOW, PARIS, ROME, OTTAWA INFO IMMEDIATE BONN, COPENHAGEN, THE HAGUE, UKREP BRUSSELS
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FROM PRIVATE SECRETARY
SECRETARY OF STATE'S MEETING WITH JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER
SUMMARY
1.
NAKAYAMA ARGUES THAT SHERPAS SHOULD CONSIDER POSSIBLE INVITATION TO GORBACHEV TO ECONOMIC SUMMIT BEFORE ANY DECISION TAKEN. THE SECRETARY OF STATE EXPLAINS THE NEED FOR AN EARLY
DECISION.
2. NAKAYAMA AGREES TO RAISE VBPS WITH THE VIETNAMESE.
DETAIL
3.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAD A SHORT BILATERAL WITH NAKAYAMA IN THE MARGINS OF THE OECD MINISTERIAL. THE SECRETARY OF STATE SAID THAT THE QUESTION OF INVITING GORBACHEV TO THE
SUMMIT NEEDED CAREFUL CONSIDERATION. THE PRIME MINISTER WOULD BE SENDING KAIFU A MESSAGE SAYING THAT AFTER LISTENING TO THE VIEWS OF OTHERS IN THE G7, HE CONCLUDED THAT THERE WAS A CONSENSUS IN FAVOUR OF INVITING GORBACHEV TO A MEETING IMMEDIATELY BEFORE OR AFTER THE SUMMIT. HE KNEW THAT KAIFU HAD SAID THAT ANY MEETING WITH GORBACHEV SHOULD BE AFTER THE SUMMIT AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE THOUGHT THAT WAS THE MAJORITY VIEW. THE SHERPAS WOULD BE ABLE TO WORK ON THE DETAIL AT THEIR NEXTO
MEETING. IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT NEITHER GORBACHEV NOR OTHERS SHOULD SUPPOSE THAT HE WOULD LEAVE A MEETING WITH THE G7 WITH AN AID PACKAGE. THE MOST THAT MIGHT HAPPEN WOULD BE A DISCUSSION
AND DECISION ON A PROCEDURE BY WHICH SOVIET
ECONOMIC PLANS CAN BE EXAMINED NATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
HOUSTON SUMMIT.
4.
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PROBABLY BY THE GROUP OF INTER- (IFIS) CONVENED AFTER THE
NAKAYAMA SAID THAT SINCE THE REPORT OF THE IFIS WAS ISSUED IN JANUARY, THE SOVIET ECONOMY HAD DETERIORATED, AND
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