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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELEGRAM NUMBER 82

3 FEBRUARY

1978.

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FOLLOWING FOR WILSON, FAR EASTERN DEPARTMENT.

YOUR TELEGRAM NO.72: SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT.

THE TIME-TABLE YOU ENVISAGE GIVES THE SECRETARY OF STATE EXACTLY

1 72 HOURS IN JAPAN. IF THIS IS REALLY ALL THE TIME HE CAN SPARE,

HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THE JAPANESE WILL ACCOMMODATE THEMSELVES TO THIS

VERY CURTAILED PROGRAMME. I FEAR NEVERTHELESS THAT WE MUST EXPECT

TEEP DISAPPOINTMENT AND EVEN RESENTMENT AT THIS CUTTING TO THE

BAREST MINIMUM OF HIS PARTICIPATION IN BOTH THE ACTIVITIES FOR WHICH

HE IS COMING TO JAPAN, IS THERE NO CHANCE OF EXTENDING THE VISIT?

MR. ASHE

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