TNAG-1876-FCO40-2667-Relations-between-Hong-Kong-and-Japan-1989 — Page 22

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FCO TELNO 960: VISIT OF JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER

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THE JAPANESE EMBASSY HAVE NOW CONFIRMED THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR KAIFU'S VISIT AS SET OUT IN TUR. THESE ALLOW FOR ONE HOUR OF TALKS WITH THE PRIME MINISTER ON 12 JANUARY (1100-1200) FOLLOWED BY A SHORT WORKING LUNCH (1215-1315) AT NO

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WE DO NOT INTEND TO AGREE A FORMAL AGENDA FOR THE TALKS. WE PROPOSE TO INFORM THE JAPANESE THAT THE PRIME MINISTER WOULD BE INTERESTED IN COVERING SOME OF THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS DURING THE

TALKS AND LUNCH:

EAST/WEST RELATIONS, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO EASTERN

EUROPE.

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BILATERAL MATTERS, INCLUDING TRADE.

- ECONOMIC QUESTIONS, INCLUDING EC/JAPAN, GATT, STRUCTURAL REFORMS, US/JAPAN RELATIONS.

CHINA/HONG KONG/VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE.

GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VIEWS DESKBY 090OZ 19 DECEMBER.

3. WE ARE ALSO CONSIDERING WHO SHOULD MEET KAIFU AT THE AIRPORT

WHEN HE ARRIVES ON 11 JANUARY CAT AROUND 2215). ONE POSSIBILITY

IS TO PROPOSE THAT LORD BRABAZON MEET HIM (LORD GLENARTHUR MET

TAKESHITA AT THE AIRPORT WHEN THE LATTER VISITED THE UK IN 1988).

DID ANYONE FROM THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT MEET THE PRIME MINISTER

ON HER ARRIVAL IN JAPAN IN SEPTEMBER? GRATEFUL FOR YOUR

COMMENTS.

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