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INFO ROUTINE UKMIS NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, BONN, PARIS, ROME INFO ROUTINE MOSCOW, UKREP BRUSSELS, HONG KONG, PEKING
CANADIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO JAPAN: 22-24 FEBRUARY
SUMMARY
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CANADIANS REGARD MCDOUGALL'S VISIT AS MODERATELY SUCCESSFUL. THEY FOUND THE JAPANESE VERY NERVOUS ABOUT THEIR OWN PUBLIC OPINION AND WORRIED ABOUT THEIR RELATIONS WITH THE US. THE JAPANESE WERE EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS ON UN PEACEKEEPING AND DID NOT PRESS ON THE SECURITY COUNCIL. MCDOUGALL SPOKE UP FOR HONG KONG.
DETAIL
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BALLOCH (DUS-EQUIVALENT FOR ASIA, DEA), WHO ACCOMPANIED BARBARA MCDOUGALL, GAVE AN EC BRIEFING TODAY ON HER ASIAN TOUR. THIS WAS LIMITED TO JAPAN. MCDOUGALL RETURNED TO OTTAWA WHEN MULRONEY ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT AND DID NOT GO ON AS PLANNED TO HONG KONG AND CAMBODIA.
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MCDOUGALL DID NOT SEE FOREIGN MINISTER WATANABE, WHO WAS ILL. SHE WAS RECEIVED INSTEAD BY KONO (DESCRIBED AS ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER AND GOVERNMENT LEADER IN THE DIET) SUPPORTED BY OWADA AND MATSUNAGA. HER CALL ON PRIME MINISTER MIYAZAWA WAS LONGER AND MORE SUBSTANTIAL THAN EXPECTED. BUT MIYAZAWA'S PROMISE TO VISIT CANADA IN APRIL OR MAY HAD NOW BEEN WITHDRAWN, BECAUSE HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MEET THE CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER WHO WOULD TAKE PART IN THE TOKYO SUMMIT. (ON PRESENT PLANS MULRONEY'S SUCCESSOR WILL ONLY BE CHOSEN IN MID-JUNE AND WILL SUCCEED HIM ON 1 JULY.)
UN ISSUES
MCDOUGALL'S VISIT HAD OVERLAPPED WITH THE VISIT OF A CANADIAN PEACEKEEPING BRIEFING TEAM. MCDOUGALL HAD URGED THE JAPANESE TO DO MORE ON UN PEACEKEEPING BUT HAD FOUND THEM EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS,
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