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Mr Ripley, IBB, DTI
Mr I Davies, FED
Mr Seaton, FED
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VISIT OF PUS TO JAPAN, 12-15 DECEMBER: CALL FOR BRIEFS
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The PUS will visit Japan from 12-15 December for bilateral talks with his opposite number at the Japanese MFA. There may also be a call on the Japanese Foreign Minister.
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The agenda will be wide-ranging. It has been agreed that the emphasis of the talks should be on identifying areas for bilateral cooperation, rather than merely exchanging views on international issues. I should be grateful, therefore, if the briefs requested below could reflect this where possible. I have made some annotations which I hope will be helpful.
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Briefs required are as follows:
Bilateral issues
UK/Japan Trade (Can Priority Japan achieve its export targets given Japanese economic slowdown?; big ticket purchases; sub-contracts for UK firms)
Inward Investment (Decisions to be taken on commercial grounds; we do not agree that it is politically necessary for Japan to spread its investment away from the UK in Europe)
Soviet Union/Russia
EMU/EPU
FED
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DTI (OT2/EJU)
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IBB, DTI
ERD to lead in consultation with Soviet Dept
ECD (I) (Update will presumably need to be telegraphed to Tokyo following Maastricht conference)
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