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CONFIDENTIAL AMENDED DISTRIBUTON 132207Z APR
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TO IMMEDIATE TOKYO
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OF 121930Z APRIL 88
INFO ROUTINE WASHINGTON, MOSCOW, PARIS, BONN, UKREP BRUSSELS
AND TO SAVING SEOUL, PEKING, PRETORIA, OTTAWA, BAGHDAD, TEL AVIV
FROM FED
JAPANESE VICE-MINISTER'S TALKS
1.
FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF MAIN POINTS IN MR MURATA'S TALKS WITH THE PUS AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
MR TAKESHITA'S VISIT
2. MURATA SAID THAT TAKESHITA ATTACHED GREAT IMPORTANCE TO THIS VISIT WHICH REPRESENTED THE OPENING OF A NEW ERA IN JAPAN'S RELATIONS WITH EUROPE. HE DID NOT WANT THE AGENDA FOR HIS TALKS WITH THE PRIME MINISTER TO BE TOO RIGID. HE HOPED TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC SITUATION IN THE LIGHT OF THE FORTHCOMING TORONTO SUMMIT: ON POLITICAL ISSUES, INCLUDING EAST/WEST AND REGIONAL CONFLICTS WHERE THERE WERE IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS: AND ON BILATERAL ISSUES. THE AGENDA COULD BE DISCUSSED IN MORE DETAIL WHEN MR HASEGAWA CAME TO LONDON NEXT WEEK. MR TAKESHITA PLACED IMPORTANCE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF EXCHANGES IN THE CULTURAL FIELD INCLUDING SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGES BETWEEN JAPAN AND THE UK AND JAPAN AND EUROPE. HE HOPED TO RAISE THIS WITH THE PRIME MINISTER ALSO. TORONTO SUMMIT
3. IN ADDITION TO SUBJECTS ALREADY DISCUSSED BY SHERPAS, JAPAN HOPED THAT THE SUMMIT COUNTRIES COULD EXPRESS THEIR SUPPORT FOR ROK AND ALSO DISCUSS THE SITUATION IN THE PHILIPPINES AND IN
CHINA.
EAST/WEST
4. THERE WAS AN EXTENSIVE DISCUSSION OF EAST/WEST ISSUES WHICH COULD HAVE GONE ON MUCH LONGER. MURATA EXPRESSED CAUTION ABOUT GORBACHEV'S MOTIVES AND WAS SCEPTICAL ABOUT THE CHANCES OF SUCCESS FOR HIS REFORMS. IN ASIA THE SOVIET UNION WANTED TO IMPROVE RELATIONS WITH CHINA AND WITH JAPAN. CHINA WAS PRAGMATIC AND WOULD ONLY RESPOND IF SHE FELT THERE WAS SOMETHING IN IT FOR HER. MURATA SAW THE SOVIET UNION AS THE DEMANDEUR IN USSR/JAPAN RELATIONS. JAPAN WANTED THE NORTHERN TERRITORIES BACK, BUT HAD NO PARTICULAR NEED TO DEVELOP RELATIONS WITH THE USSR OTHERWISE, THOUGH THEY WOULD NOT STAND IN THE WAY OF PROGRESS WHERE IT HAD A
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