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DEPARTMENTS' PROPOSALS FOR VISITS OVERSEAS BY THE PRIME MINISTER AND FCO MINISTERS

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1.

Minister

Lord Glenarthur

2.

Country

Japan

3.

Objective

1.

4.

Arguments

5.

Timing

Familiarisation visit as Minister responsible for Anglo-Japanese relations

2.

Policy discussions at Ministerial level, maintaining momentum after Secretary of State's

visit

Mr Renton did not visit Japan, despite plans for him to do so. It is important that the Minister should gain first-hand experience of as important a country as Japan.

A visit at a suitable interval after that of the Secretary of State would help to maintain pressure on economic and trade matters and the momentum of our political relationship

March-April 1988, combining with the Republic of Korea and China, but depending on timing of visits of the Secretary of State and Lord Young

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