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7. LONDON SIMMIT ISSUES. YOU WILL BE FAMILIAR WITH JAPANESE VIEWS FROM THE EXTENSIVE PRE-SUMMIT CONTACT BEWTEEN SENIOR OFFICIALS. IN PARTICULAR MR KAIFU WILL BE VERY INTERESTED IN HOW MR MAJOR INTENDS TO DEAL WITH THE GORBACHEV MEETING. ONE SPECIFIC ISSUE ON
WHICH WE STILL AWAIT A MORE POSITIVE JAPANESE ATTITUDE IS ON FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UN OPERATIONS IN IRAQ.THEY HAVE SO FAR PLEDGED 100 MILLION DOLLARS AND THEY SAY THEY WILL HAVE NO MORE FUNDS AVAILABLE IN THEIR BUDGET UNTIL AT LEAST SEPTEMBER. IT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR MR MAJOR TO DESCRIBE TO MR KAIFU THE PURPOSE OF OPERATION HAVEN AND OUR LATEST THINKING AND TO URGE JAPAN TO CONTRIBUTE GENEROUSLY. IT WOULD BE TACTFUL TO ADD THAT WE WELL UNDERSTAND JAPAN'S RELUCTANCE TO BE SEEN AS A MILCH-COW FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND ARE FOLLOWING WITH INTEREST THE JAPANESE DEBATE ON PARTICIPATION IN UN PEACE-KEEPING OPERATIONS, BUT THAT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE THE MOST URGENT REQUIRMENTS IS IN FACT FOR MONEY AND WE OURSELVES HAVE ALREADY CONTRIBUTED A PROPORTIONATELY LARGER SUM.
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IN OTHER RECENT BILATERALS WITH EUROPEAN LEADERS, KAIFU HAS SOUGHT SUPPORT FOR THE DISARMAMENT PROPOSALS IN HIS KYOTO SPEECH, ESPECIALLY THE UN REGISTER FOR CONVENTIONAL ARMS TRANSFERS.
SEEN FROM HERE, THE BEST RESPONSE WOULD BE TO WELCOME THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN UK AND JAPANESE OFFICIALS ON THE FORM OF A UN RESOLUTION AND
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INSTRUCT THEM TO CONTINUE TO WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER.
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