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TELELETTER FILE REF NFR
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FROM: S E BRADLEY, DEPUTY POLITICAL ADVISER FOLLOWING FOR: MR D H POWELL, CHANCERY TOKYO
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HKD FCO
JAPAN/HONG KONG RELATIONS
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1 WITH REFERENCE TO THE RECENT EXCHANGE OF TELEGRAMS (YOUR MISC 148 TO US AND OUR MISC 847 TO YOU), YOU MAY WISH TO KNOW THAT SEKI
(CONSUL, GENERAL AFFAIRS) CALLED ON ME THIS MORNING FOR A READOUT OF OUR VIEW OF THEIR FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT HERE. I DID NOT ASK HIM WHY IT HAD TAKEN THEM SO LONG TO ASK (EXCLAM)
2. I TOOK UP THE POINTS IN TUR, WITH PARTICULAR STRESS ON THE SORRY LACK OF PROGRESS ON AIR SERVICES. I SAID THAT ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE AREAS WHERE PROGRESS WAS DIFFICULT (E.G. TRUNK ROUTES) THERE WERE OTHER AREAS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO HONG KONG WHERE WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE AHEAD (EXTRA REGIONAL FLIGHTS AND SEPARATION). HE SAID THAT THE CONSULATE GENERAL WOULD TAKE IT UP AGAIN WITH TOKYO.
3 I ALSO SAID THAT YOU WOULD BE PURSUING VBP QUESTIONS DIRECTLY WITH TSUNOZAKI. I SAID WE HOPED THAT THE AMERICANS WOULD ACCEPT THE INEVITABLE AND CHANGE THEIR POSITION AT LEAST TO THE POINT OF WITHHOLDING VOCAL OBJECTIONS TO MANDATORY REPATRIATION: ANYTHING JAPAN COULD DO TO URGE THEM IN THAT DIRECTION WOULD BE VERY WELCOME. WE SHOULD LIKE TO CO-ORDINATE OUR POSITIONS BEFORE SC3 RECONVENED IN GENEVA.
INDUSTRY BRANCH'S
4. I GAVE HIM SOME INDICATION OF TRADE AND THINKING OF APEC: AND ALSO DISCUSSED PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENTS NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT OUR PLANNED SPEED UP OF THE PROCESS FOR EMPLOYMENT VISAS FOR JAPANESE BUSINESSMEN. I BELIEVE HM CONSUL MAY BE HEARING MORE ON THIS FROM OUR DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION.
5. OVERALL, HOWEVER, I EXPRESSED IN FORTHRIGHT TERMS OUR GRATITUDE FOR THE HIGH LEVEL OF ATTENTION THAT THE JAPANESE WERE SHOWING HONG KONG. THE FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT HAD PLAYED WELL NOT ONLY IN THE
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