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CONFIDENTIAL

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MDTTAN 2573

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CONFIDENTIAL

FM FCO

TO TELELETTER WASHINGTON

TELELETTER NFR

OF 27114OZ APRIL 88

AND TO TELELETTER MANILA, HANOI, PEKING

HKD 243/7

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FROM:

RJT MCLAREN,

FOLLOWING FOR: P F RICKETTS ESQ,

COPIED TO:

CHANCERIES:

FCO

WASHINGTON

MANILA

HANOI

PEKING

TALKS WITH GASTON SIGUR, 22 APRIL

1.

possibly HUB Oй/1 (172 Oilll

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR LETTER OF 15 APRIL. THE TALKS TOOK PLACE ON 22 APRIL AS PLANNED WITH THE LUNCH HOSTED BY DAVID GILLMORE AND A TWO HOUR SESSION IN THE AFTERNOON. WE COVERED ALOT OF GROUND IN A FRIENDLY, POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE.

JAPAN

2. OVER LUNCH, SIGUR SAID THAT THE SECURITY RELATIONSHIP WITH JAPAN WAS IN GOOD ORDER AND JAPAN WAS RESPONDING WELL ON THE ECONOMIC FRONT ALSO. SHULTZ BELIEVED THAT A GREATER PRIORITY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP WHICH WAS NOW MOST IMPORTANT FOR THE US. HE AND GILLMORE AGREED THAT OUR STRATEGY SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO SECURING POSITIVE AND COOPERATIVE JAPANESE PARTICIPATION IN THE WESTERN SYSTEM. THE ADMINISTRATION HAD NOTED WITH APPRECIATION THE UK'S EFFORTS IN THIS DIRECTION. WE NEEDED MEANWHILE TO WORK OUT MORE CAREFULLY WHAT WE WANTED FROM THE JAPANESE (EG IN THE CONTEXT OF BURDEN-SHARING).

PHILIPPINES

3.

SITUATION.

SIGUR WAS REASONABLY BULLISH ABOUT THE POLITICAL MRS AQUINO NO LONGER HAD TO WORRY ABOUT SURVIVAL. SHE COULD CONCENTRATE ON GETTING THINGS DONE. HE HOPED THE BASES REVIEW WOULD BE CONCLUDED BY THE END OF THE SUMMER. THE FILIPINOS WOULD NOT WANT TO EMBARK ON LONGER TERM RENEGOTIATION UNTIL THERE WAS A

NEW ADMINISTRATION IN PLACE IN WASHINGTON. HE WAS REASONABLY OPTIMISTIC THAT A SATISFACTORY SOLUTION WOULD BE WORKED OUT AT

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