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SECRETARY OF STATE'S MEETING WITH THE NEW JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTERS, WATANABE, WASHINGTON, 22 JANUARY
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1. IN A 30 MINUTE BILATERAL MEETING WITH WATANABE IN THE MARGINS OF THE CONFERENCE ON HELP FOR THE FORMER SOVIET UNION, IN WASHINGTON ON 22 JANUARY, THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND WATANABE COVERED:
BILATERAL RELATIONS: WATANABE SAID THAT THE JAPANESE HOPED THAT
THE PRIME MINISTERS VISIT TO TOKYO COULD BE REINSTATED AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE.
CHINA AND HONG KONG: WATANABE SAID HE ENCOURAGED THE CHINESE TO BE SENSIBLE OVER HONG KONG. BRITAIN AND JAPAN NEEDED TO CONTINUE TO
DISSUADE CONGRESS FROM REMOVING MFN STATUS FROM CHINA. IT MIGHT BE HARDER FOR THE PRESIDENT TO VETO IN AN ELECTION YEAR.
EC/JAPAN: THE SECRETARY OF STATE SAID WE PLANNED TO STRENGTHEN
THE JAPANESE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY DURING OUR PRESIDENCY.
WE ASSUMED THAT THE JAPANESE WOULD PREFER TO HOLD THE EC/JAPAN
SUMMIT AROUND THE TIME OF THE MUNICH G7 SUMMIT IN JULY:
HELP FOR THE FORMER SOVIET UNION: WATANABE SAID THE JAPANESE HAD
BEEN INITIALLY HESITANT OVER ATTENDING BAKER'S CONFERENCE, BUT YELTSIN'S PURSUIT OF DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC REFORM AS WELL AS
JAPAN'S FRIENDSHIP WITH THE UNITED STATES HAD PERSUADED THEM.
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UK/JAPAN BILATERAL
2. WATANABE SAID THAT BRITAIN WAS AMONG THE EC COUNTRIES WHICH HAD
SHOWN UNDERSTANDING OF JAPAN. THE EC/JAPAN DECLARATION OF 1991 HAD
TAKEN RELATIONS INTO A NEW ERA. GILLMORE'S VISIT TO JAPAN HAD BEEN
VERY USEFUL. HE HOPED THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE
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