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IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 109
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TO TOKYO
12 FEBRUARY 1970
(FEJ)
FOLLOWING FROM FAR EASTERN DEPARTMENT. SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT.
SECOND SENTENCE OF PARAGRAPH 3 OF FCO TELEGRAM NO. 106 SHOULD READ:
QUOTE ACCORDING TO JAL HERE, CONTINUATION AFTER 1 APRIL OF JL 421
SERVICE ON FRIDAYS IS IN DOUBT...UNQUOTE ERROR IS REGRETTED.
2. JAL HERE STILL HAVE NO NEWS OF ANY DECISION BY HEAD OFFICE ABOUT
THE FUTURE OF THE FLIGHT IN QUESTION. THEY THINK DECISION MIGHT BE
EXPEDITED IF YOU WERE TO SHOW INTEREST AT AN APPROPRIATELY HIGH
LEVEL. GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD ASCERTAIN URGENTLY AT LEAST WHEN
DECISION IS LIKELY TO BE MADE. ONLY WHEN THIS IS KNOWN CAN WE
DECIDE HOW TO PROCEED.
3. NOTE MENTIONED IN FCO TELEGRAM NO. 106 WAS HANDED THIS MORNING
TO FIRST SECRETARY AT JAPANESE EMBASSY WHO HAS SINCE TOLD US THAT
IN REPORTING RECEIPT OF THE NOTE THE AMBASSADOR WILL SUGGEST TO
JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTRY THAT DETAILS OF VISIT COULD BEST BE
DISCUSSED IN TOKYO. WE AGREE, THOUGH UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE OF THE STILL UNRESOLVED DOUBT ABOUT FLIGHT SCHEDULES WE ARE NOT YET IN A
POSITION TO AUTHORISE YOU TO PUT FORWARD FIRM PROPOSALS.
4. WE SUGGESTED TO THE JAPANESE EMBASSY THAT OUR ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE
VISIT MIGHT BE ON THE FOLLOWING LINES:
QUOTE THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH SECRETARY WILL VISIT. JAPAN AS THE
REPRESENTATIVE OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN TO ATTEND THE CELEBRATION
OF THE BRITISH NATIONAL DAY ON 22 APRIL AT EXPO '70 IN OSAKA.
MR. AND MRS. STEWART WILL BE THE GUESTS OF THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT.
DURING THE VISIT MR. STEWART WILL HOLD TALKS WITH THE JAPANESE
FOREIGN MINISTER, MR. AICHI, WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE REGULAR ANGLO-JAPANESE CONSULTATIONS. UNQUOTE
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