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during his forthcoming visit to Tokyo for a UN university board meeting.

CHARTER COMMITTEE

11. Nakahira said that while some in the MFA were disposed to abandon the Western initiative on international peace and security, it had been decided to try to continue with it despite Eastern attempts to derail the proposal.

CANDIDACIES

12.

The Japanese gave us the enclosed outline of their electoral ambitions. We drew their attention to our own candidatures for the ILC and ACABQ, and stressed that it would be important and beneficial for our Missions to keep in close touch in New York.

Jours lur,

John

JS BUCK

United Nations Department

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Chancery, Tokyo

Mr Gibb, ERD, FCO

Mr Nash, SEAD,

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Mr Bickford, Legal Advisers, FCO

Mr Geere

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