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OF 060436Z APRIL 91
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INFO PRIORITY MOSCOW, HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, PARIS INFO PRIORITY SEOUL, UKMIS NEW YORK
056464 MDHIAN 0945
FROM PRIVATE SECRETARY.
SECRETARY OF STATE'S MEETING WITH JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER.
SUMMARY.
1 -
NAKAYAMA SUPPORTIVE ON HONG KONG.
WANTS ASIAN ISSUES
(CAMBODIA, KOREAS) TO BE DISCUSSED AT G7 SUMMIT. RAISE ENEMY STATES CLAUSE.
DETAIL.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAD A BRIEF MEETING WITH NAKAYAMA IN
PEKING ON 5 APRIL.
2.
CHINA.
3. NAKAYAMA SAID THAT CHINA WAS CONTINUING ITS POLICY OF ECONOMIC REFORM DESPITE THE CONTINUING POLITICAL CONSERVATISM. ALTHOUGH JAPAN WAS NOT ENTIRELY SATISFIED WITH THE SITUATION IN CHINA, WE NEEDED TO GIVE DUE CREDIT TO CHINESE POLICIES. WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE CHINA TO CONTINUE WITH ECONOMIC LIBERALISATION AND TO WORK TOWARDS DEMOCRATISATION. HE INTENDED TO RAISE WITH THE CHINESE FOREIGN
MINISTER THE NON-PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, J CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS TRANSFERS, THE ENEMY STATES CLAUSES AND THE NORTHERN TERRITORIES.
4.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE AGREED WITH NAKAYAMA'S ASSESSMENT. HE HAD BEEN IMPRESSED BY THE IMPETUS BEHIND CHINESE ECONOMIC REFORM WHICH HE BELIEVED WAS PROBABLY IRREVERSIBLE. AT THE SAME TIME THERE WAS A STRONG EMPHASIS ON POLITICAL STABILITY AND THIS COMBINATION CREATED CERTAIN DIFFICULTIES. IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT FRIENDS OF CHINA SUCH AS BRITAIN AND JAPAN SHOULD EXPRESS THE ANXIETIES ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS OF OUR PUBLIC OPINION.
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