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26 November 1993
John Dean Esq Security Branch
Hong Kong Government
COMFORT WOMEN
2702655
1.
Thank you for your letter of 19 November to Rod Bunten, and for the copy of the Hansard report. When I left UKREP, you might have thought that you had seen the back of me. so, I'm afraid: I have taken over from Rod in Hong Kong Department.
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2. I enclose a copy of a translation of remarks made by Hosokawa at a press conference on 7 November during his visit to Korea. It covers his apology for Japanese action during their colonial domination of the Korean Peninsula. I also enclose copies of Tokyo telno 876 and Seoul telno 482, and a copy of a relevant excerpt from the BBC's transcript of its broadcasts.
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