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TO PRIORITY FCO TELNO 791 OF 11 SEPTEMBER 1974.

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1. ALTHOUGH IT IS KNOWN THAT THE STATE VISIT. WILL TAKE PLACE

IN MAY NEXT YEAR THE ACTUAL DATES, THOUGH AGREED WITH THE JAPANESE HAVE NOT YET BEEN ANNOUNCED. UNTIL THIS IS DONE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE MANY ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED WITH THE VISIT, PARICULARLY COMMERCIAL ORGANISATIONS, TO MAKE FIRM PLANS: AND

STRANGLEY ENOUGH, DOUBT REMAINS IN SOME JAPANESE QUARTERS AROUT

WHETHER THE VISIT IS REALLY FIRM. THE JAPANESE LIKE TO PLAN SUCH

FVENTS AT LENGTH AND IN GREAT DETAIL. WE NEED FIRM SUPPORT FROM

VARIOUS JAPANESE ORGANISATIONS NOW TO ENSURE MAXIMUM IMPACT FOR

THE VISIT NEXT YEAR. I HOPE, THEREFORE, THAT YOU WILL AGREE TO AN EARLY ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE DATES OF THE VISIT.

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2. IN INFORMAL DISCUSSION WITH THE JAPANESE WE HAVE LEARNED THAT

THEY TOO HAVE BEEN THINKING IN TERMS OF SUCH AN ANNOUNCEMENT AROUND

THIS TIME.

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3. MAY WE HAVE AUTHORITY TO DISCUSS WITH THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ANNOUNCEMENT BEING MADE LATER THIS MONTH

OR EARLY OCTOBER ON THE FOLLOWING LINES:

''THE STATE VISIT TO JAPAN OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN AND THE DUKE

OF EDINBURGH WILL TAKE PLACE FROM 7 TO 12 MAY 1975!!

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