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MDHIAN 8202

FURTHER ROUND OF CONSULTATIONS

ON HONG KONG/JAPAN AIR SERVICES.

NAKAYAMA COMMENTED THAT HE WAS GLAD TO HEAR THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAD GIVEN SUPPORT TO A SEPARATE HONG

KONG/JAPAN AGREEMENT

PRINCIPAL CONCERN.

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THE CHINESE ATTITUDE WAS JAPAN'S

VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE

10. THE SECRETARY OF STATE SET OUT THE NEED FOR A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF VBPS. HE WAS GRATEFUL FOR

JAPANESE HELP, INCLUDING THEIR DOLLARS 11 MILLION CONTRIBUTION TO THE UNHCR HONG KONG APPEAL. THE SECRETARY OF STATE HOPED THAT JAPAN WOULD ALSO CONSIDER RESETTLEMENT AID FOR VIETNAM. NAKAYAMA SAID THAT JAPAN WOULD WANT TO STUDY CAREFULLY WHAT IT

COULD DO IN AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT. CAMBODIA

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THE SECRETARY OF STATE STRESSED THE URGENCY AND DIFFICULTY OF REACHING A SETTLEMENT ON CAMBODIA.

THE HUN

SEN REGIME WAS LOSING GROUND TO THE KHMER ROUGE. ON THE

UN SEAT, WE WOULD FIND IT DIFFICULT THIS YEAR TO

ACQUIESCE IN THE ARRANGEMENT WHICH HAD BEEN FOLLOWED IN PAST YEARS. UNTIL AN SNC WAS FORMED, THERE WAS A STRONG CASE FOR LEAVING AN EMPTY SEAT, NOTWITHSTANDING THE TECHNICAL OBSTACLES.

12. NAKAYAMA EXPLAINED THE BACKGROUND TO THE TOKYO

MEETING OF THE CAMBODIAN FACTIONS. HE STRESSED THE

IMPORTANCE

OF ENCOURAGING THE CHINESE TO REDUCE THEIR ASSISTANCE TO

THE KHMER ROUGE - THE INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE WAS ALREADY OBLIGING THE SOVIET UNION TO LIMIT ASSISTANCE TO HUN SEN. THE

US AND EC SHOULD PRESS CHINA SIMILARLY TO REDUCE MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO POL POT. GIVEN THE LACK OF SUCCESS OF THE TOKYO MEETING, JAPAN'S HOPES WERE PINNED LARGELY TO THE EFFORTS OF THE FIVE.

KOREA

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IN A BRIEF EXCHANGE ON KOREA, NAKAYAMA SAID THAT JAPAN HAD TRIED TO DEVELOP CONTACTS WITH KIM IL SUNG. A KEY DETERMINANT FOR THE FUTURE WAS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN KIM AND HIS SON AND WHAT SORT OF INFLUENCE KIM JONG-IL WOULD HAVE

ON NORTH KOREA'S FOREIGN POLICY. THE DEVELOPING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOUTH KOREA AND THE SOVIET UNION WAS ALSO OF GREAT IMPORTANCE. NAKAYAMA EMPHASISED THE IMPORTANCE TO ASIA OF KOREAN UNWILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT IAEA SAFEGUARDS.

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