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MINISTERIAL VISITS COMMITTEE, THURSDAY 20 JUNE
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The Committee is to hold its next meeting at 3.00 pm
on Thursday 20 June. I attach copies of the completed
proformae which we have sent direct to P & CD. They set
out the position as regards visits to and from the countries
for which Far Eastern Department is responsible.
One or
two of these require a little additional explanation.
JAPAN
Last year's round of the annual Anglo-Japanese
Ministerial Consultations took place during Mr Tanaka's
2.
visit to this country in October. A submission recommending
that the Secretary of State should visit Japan for this
year's talks was made on 4 April, but the Secretary of State
minuted that this was "very dubious". When this was raised
with him by the Japanese Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Miki, on
9 May the Secretary of State said that a visit this autumn
as proposed would be difficult to arrange. We have
therefore submitted separately a recommendation that if he is
unable to go, the Permanent Under-Secretary might visit Japan
in his place.
3. In the last paragraph of a recent letter to Mr Evans,
Sir F Warner has said that we ought to encourage other
Ministers to visit Japan. He suggested the Chancellor of
the Exchequer. We have spoken to the Treasury about this,
and they have consulted Mr Healey informally. He has
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