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TARUI
NOT ONLY WITH THE ADMINISTRATION BUT A HOSTILE CONGRESS. SAID THAT THE DISCUSSION HAD GONE INTO A NUMBER OF SPECIFIC POINTS WHICH WOULD BE FURTHER DISCUSSED WITH THE AMERICANS DURING PRESIDENT BUSH'S CURRENT VISIT HERE. HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT THE JAPANESE POINTS HAD BEEN UNDERSTOOD BY THE CHINESE.
NORTH KOREA
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7. THE TWO SIDES HAD AGREED ON THE OBJECTIVE THAT IT WAS NOT DESIRABLE FOR NORTH KOREA TO DEVELOP NUCLEAR WEAPONS - BUT NOT ON THE MEANS. THE CHINESE PREFERRED NOT TO EXERT PRESSURE ON NORTH KOREA, BUT ALTHOUGH THEY WOULD NOT SAY SO TO WATANABE, TARUI BELIEVED THAT THEY WERE PRIVATELY PLAYING A CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE WITH THE NORTH KOREANS. WATANABE HAD SAID THAT THERE WAS GREAT DISTRUST OF NORTH KOREA IN THE WEST.
HONG KONG
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THIS WAS DISCUSSED BETWEEN THE 2 FOREIGN MINISTERS. WATANABE SAID THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN THE PROSPERITY AND PRESENT SYSTEM IN HONG KONG AFTER 1997 BOTH FOR REGIONAL STABILITY AND WORLD PEACE. IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT AFTER 1997 ON THE BASIS OF THE BASIC LAW CHINA SHOULD PRESERVE THE DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM. JAPAN HAD A SERIOUS INTEREST IN THAT. QIAN SAID HE UNDERSTOOD. CHINA TOO WANTED PROSPERITY AND STABILITY IN HONG KONG. THAT WAS NECESSARY FOR CHINA'S OWN DEVELOPMENT. ITS POLICY WAS UNCHANGED. UNTIL 1997 HONG KONG WAS A PROBLEM BETWEEN CHINA AND THE UK. AFTER THAT IT WOULD BE AN INTERNAL CHINESE PROBLEM. THIRD COUNTRIES SHOULD NOT TRY TO INTERNATIONALISE IT. CHINA AND THE UK WERE IN CONSTANT CONTACT AND WERE IN AGREEMENT ON MANY POINTS. HE LOOKED FORWARD TO A SMOOTH PATH LEADING UP TO 1997. HE ADDED THAT HE SUPPOSED IT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO GIVE JAPAN A PORTION OF THE WORK ON THE NEW AIRPORT.
ENVIRONMENT
WATANABE RAISED THIS AND REQUESTED CHINESE COOPERATION, EG ON ACID RAIN. THE TWO SIDES AGREED TO DUST OFF A DRAFT BILATERAL AGREEMENT. QIAN SAID THAT CHINA WANTED TO CONTRIBUTE TO UNCED FROM THE ANGLE OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT.
CAMBODIA
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BOTH SIDES AGREED ON THE NEED TO GET UNTAC IN PLACE QUICKLY
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