CONFIDENTIAL
FM TOKYO
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO 4
OF 040821Z FEBRUARY 93
INFO ROUTINE FCO
CONFIDENTIAL
HICD 02.1/2
RECEIVE
04 FEB 1993
DESK OFFICE
INDEA
YOUR TELNO 1: YOUR VISIT TO JAPAN IN MARCH 1993
1. I UNDERSTAND FROM THE HKETO THAT YOUR PLANS 4-8 MARCH STILL STAND. THAT IS VERY GOOD NEWS. FULL AND SPEEDY RECOVERY. 2.
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WE ALL WISH YOU A
LAN, HKETO, AND WE MET TARUI, MFA, CHINA DIVISION, TODAY TO DISCUSS YOUR PROGRAMME. TARUI WAS KEEN TO FIX MEETINGS WITH BOTH MIYAZAWA AND WATANABE. WE ADDED MITI MINISTER MORI, BUT EXPLAINED THAT YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE PART IN THE COLLECTIVE CALL ON MIYAZAWA ON 8 MARCH. TARUI WAS KEEN TO TRY TO FIX A SEPARATE CALL FOR YOU ON 5 MARCH, SUBJECT AS ALWAYS TO DIET BUSINESS. SAID THAT IF THAT WERE POSSIBLE WE WERE SURE IT WOULD BE WELCOME BUT WE KNEW THAT YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND IF IN THE END MIYAZAWA COULD NOT MANAGE IT.
3. WE ALSO MENTIONED THAT WE HAD HEARD YOU WOULD LIKE TO MEET OWADA AGAIN. WE HAD ORIGINALLY THOUGHT OF INVITING OWADA TO THE AMBASSADOR'S DINNER ON 4 MARCH. THE DIFFICULTY IS THAT WE ALSO EXPECT A NUMBER OF POLITICIANS TO ATTEND, SO THAT OWADA WOULD RANK RATHER LOW IN THE SEATING PLAN. TARUI HINTED THAT INDEED OWADA WOULD PROBABLY PREFER NOT TO ATTEND IN SUCH COMPANY. WE THEREFORE DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF A BREAKFAST ON 5 MARCH BETWEEN YOU AND OWADA. IF THIS IS BETTER AVOIDED, HOWEVER, GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD LET US KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
4. ON THE POINTS RAISED IN YOUR TUR:-
A) WE HAD THOUGHT OF A CALL ON THE BANK OF JAPAN BECAUSE OF ITS GENERAL INFLUENCE IN GOVERNMENT AND BANKING CIRCLES, BUT TAKE YOUR POINT. HKETO ARE INSTEAD ORGANISING A SEPARATE SESSION WITH SOME SENIOR COMMERCIAL BANKERS.
B) A TV INTERVIEW WOULD INDEED BE USEFUL. HKETO ARE ARRANGING. C) AND D) FULLY UNDERSTOOD. YOU SHOULD HOWEVER BE AWARE WHEN YOU MEET MORITA THAT THE AMBASSADOR HAS ARRANGED TO INVEST HIM WITH HIS KBE JUST BEFORE THE DINNER ON 8 MARCH.
E) THE AMBASSADOR WILL INVITE MR HATA TO HIS DINNER. IF HATA CANNOT COME, WE WILL SEEK TO ARRANGE A SEPARATE CALL. WE FACE SOME DIFFICULTY AT PRESENT BECAUSE WE DO NOT KNOW WHETHER MRS PATTEN WILL BE ACCOMPANYING YOU AND THEREFORE WHETHER TO INVITE WIVES TO THE DINNER. WE UNDERSTAND VERY WELL THE CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT
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