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INFO PRIORITY OTTAWA, MOSCOW, BONN, PARIS, ROME, WASHINGTON
INFO PRIORITY UKMIS NEW YORK, HONG KONG, PEKING
CANADIAN FOREIGN MINISTERS VISIT TO JAPAN, 22-25 FEBRUARY
SUMMARY
1. A GLOSS ON OTTAWA TELNO 074. MCDOUGALL ARGUED FORCEFULLY IN
SUPPORT OF YELTSIN AND SPOKE HELPFULLY ON HONG KONG. MFA PUSH SUHARTO'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE SUMMIT.
DETAIL
2.
WE HAVE BEEN BRIEFED BY BOTH THE MFA AND THE CANADIAN EMBASSY ON MCDOUGALL'S VISIT. WITHOUT DUPLICATING OTTAWA TELNO 074, THE
FOLLOWING POINTS OF INTEREST AROSE FROM THE VISIT.
TOKYO SUMMIT
SHE
3. MCDOUGALL CAME TO JAPAN FOLLOWING ON A VISIT TO MOSCOW IN FEBRUARY, WHERE SHE HAD BEEN ENORMOUSLY IMPRESSED BY YELTSIN. HAD THUS COME WITH A DEEPLY FELT MESSAGE ON THE NEED TO SUPPORT YELTSIN, TO DO SOMETHING AT THE SUMMIT TO ALLEVIATE YELTSIN'S DOMESTIC PROBLEMS, AND TO PURSUE IMAGINATIVE ECONOMIC PROPOSALS AT THE MICRO LEVEL. ON THE NORTHERN ISLANDS MCDOUGALL EXPLAINED THAT CANADA SUPPORTED JAPAN'S POSITION IN PRINCIPLE BUT CACCORDING TO THE EMBASSY) DID NOT TAKE A VIEW ON THE POSITION IN INTERNATIONAL LAW. SHE ARGUED THAT YELTSIN AT THE MOMENT HAD NO ROOM FOR MANOEUVRE AND WONDERED (TO KONO, CABINET SECRETARY) HOW IMPORTANT THE ISSUE WAS FOR THE JAPANESE. KONO LEFT HER IN NO DOUBT. PRIME MINISTER MIYAZAWA CONFIRMED THAT SUPPORT FOR FSU WOULD BE ON THE AGENDA AT THE SUMMIT, BUT GAVE NO DETAIL. HE SAID THAT JAPAN COULD CONTRIBUTE ON THE MICRO LEVEL, PARTICULARLY IN FISHERIES, LUMBER AND LNG RELATED PROJECTS IN EAST SIBERIA. HE EMPHASISED THAT
ASSISTANCE TO RUSSIA WAS POLITICALLY DIFFICULT FOR JAPAN BUT CLAIMED THERE WAS NO LINKAGE BETWEEN THIS ISSUE, THE NORTHERN TERRITORIES OR AN INVITATION TO YELTSIN.
4.
OWADA HAD CHOSEN TO FOCUS PARTICULARLY ON THE QUESTION OF AN
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