TNAG-0755-FCO40-959-Security-arrangements-at-Kai-Tak-Airport-1978 — Page 96

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4. PLEASE EXPLAIN THIS TO THE JAPANESE AND ASK THEM IF A RECONN→

AISSANCE VISIT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE.

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5. WE SHOULD ALSO BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR ADVICE ON HOW WE SHOULD

TREAT TERRORISM AND HIJACKING IN THE MINISTERIAL CONSULTATIONS, WE WOULD LIKE TO RAISE THIS SUBJECT (IN THE 2ND SESSION UNDER

QUOTE CULTURAL AND OTHER EXCHANGES UNQUOTE) IF ONLY TO ASSURE THE JAPANESE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE OUR MORAL, AND WHERE PRACTICAL, OUR

MATERIAL SUPPORT IN ANY ANTI TERRORIST OPERATION AT HOME OR ABROAD.

WE WOULD HOPE THEREBY TO STIFFEN THEIR RESOLVE AND ALLAY SOME OF

THEIR ANXIETIES ABOUT QUASI-MILITARY OPERATIONS. ARE THERE ANY

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE POLICE AND THE GAIMUSHO THAT WOULD CREATE

DIFFICULTIES IF WE RAISED THIS QUESTION?

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MA MURRAY MR BUTLER

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