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INCIDENTALLY, BOTH MATSUURA (DEPUTY MINISTER ECONOMIC AT THE MFA) AND OKAMATSU (ROUGH EQUIVALENT AT MITI) HAVE MENTIONED THAT THEY WILL BE IN HONG KONG ON SEPARATE OCCASIONS THIS MONTH. MATSUURA WAS YUKIO SATO'S PREDECESSOR AS CG AND IS A KEY IF QUIET PLAYER: IT WOULD BE WORTH TAKING SERIOUSLY ANY BID BY ORITA FOR A
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