CONFIDENTIAL
FM TOKYO
TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
TELNO 005
OF 2008O9Z OCTOBER 92
AND TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
AND TO ROUTINE FCO
CONFIDENTIAL
p.w.R Presentation
155436 MDLIAN 9585
PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG
YOUR TELNO 8: YOUR VISIT TO JAPAN AND RELATED ISSUES
1. AS REGARDS YOUR PARA 2D, REACTION TO YOUR STRATEGY HERE IS, IN PRINCIPLE, STRONGLY SUPPORTIVE, OFFSET BY PREDICTABLE CONCERN (EXPRESSED PRIVATELY) LEST WE RUB THE CHINESE UP TOO VIGOROUSLY: WE HAVE, AND GIVE, THE ANSWERS IN THE FCO GUIDANCE.
2.
WHAT YOU WILL WANT TO KNOW, AND MAY FIND CHEERING, IS THE JAPANESE PM'S RESOUNDING ENDORSEMENT, SPEAKING TO DAVID HOWELL AND ME YESTERDAY. MIYAZAWA SAID THAT YOU WERE ''DOING VERY WELL AS GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG, AND A BRAVE MAN''. JAPAN WAS WATCHING YOUR CONDUCT OF AFFAIRS IN HONG KONG WITH ADMIRATION.
3.
I REMINDED MIYAZAWA OF YOUR FORTHCOMING VISIT. HE SAID YOU
WOULD BE VERY WELCOME.
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