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117370 MDHIAN 7607

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DEPART FROM NARITA

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ALL THE TIMINGS ARE OF COURSE ILLUSTRATIVE. A COMPLICATION MAY BE THE PROCEEDINGS IN THE DIET. THE BUDGET SHOULD IN THEORY BE ADOPTED BY 31 MARCH BUT MAY WELL BE DELAYED. IN THE WORST CASE JAPANESE MINISTERS WOULD BE STUCK IN THE DIET BOTH DAYS FROM 0900 TO 1800. EVEN THIS HOWEVER WOULD NOT PREVENT A SHORTER SESSION OF TALKS FOLLOWED BY DINNER WITH WATANABE AND PERHAPS AN EARLY MORNING CALL ON MIYAZAWA. THE OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAMME WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED. SEE MIFT.

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PROTOCOL D

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NEWS D

PS PS/MR HOGG

PS/MR GOODLAD PS/PUS

SIR J COLES

MR APPLEYARD

MR HUM

MR MASEFIELD

MR LOGAN

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