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CYPHER CAT A

TOKYO TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

5 FEBRUARY 1970

PRIORITY TELNO 88 CONFIDENTIAL

MY TELEGRAM NO. 82: SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT.

HEAD OF CHANCERY WAS SUMMONED TO THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

BY THE HEAD OF WESTERN EUROPEAN DIVISION ABOUT A NUMBER OF MATTERS.

IN THE COURSE OF CONVERSATION HE WAS TOLD THAT MR. AICHI HAD RESERVED

29 AND 21 APRIL FOR TALKS WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE. THE JAPANESE

ARE MOST ANXIOUS TO KNOW THE EXACT DATES WHEN THE SECRETARY OF STATE

CAN COME TO JAPAN AND EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT WHEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT

ABOUT HIS ATTENDING EXPO 79 WAS AGREED IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO IN

CLUDE DETAILS ABOUT THE REST OF THE PROGRAMME AT THE SAME TIME. THE

JAPANESE STILL ENVISAGE CONSULTATIONS TAKING PLACE OVER A PERIOD OF

TWO DAYS 1.E. BEFORE THE 22ND, AND REMINDED THE HEAD OF CHANCERY THAT

THE NORMAL PROGRAMME FOR DISTINGUISHED GUESTS ATTENDING THE

EXHIBITION

LASTS FIVE DAYS.

2, WE OF COURSE GAVE NO HINT WHATSOEVER THAT THE SECRETARY OF

STATE'S VISIT WOULD IN ANY WAY BE CURTAILED.

MR. ASHE

DEPARTMENTAL DISTRIBUTION

F.E.D.

PROTOCOL & CONF. Do

H.K.D.

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