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TO E J FIELD ESO. AM MINISTER, TOKYO

VISIT BY SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY

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FOLLOWING OUR TELEPHONE CONVERSATION AT THE END OF THAT YOU WOULD LIKE A PROGRESS REPORT ON THIS SUBGEG“T ED VISIT: NOTHING HAS BEEN DECIDED SINCE WE SPOKE, BUT THE GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS REMAIN THE SAME.

2. MR LILLEY INTENDS TO LOOK AT ALL SUGGESTIONS FOR HIS OVERSEAS ENGAGEMENTS AT A PLANNING MEETING WHICH HAS NOT YET BEIX MS.D. BUT I HAVE SEEN NOTHING TO SUGGEST THAT HE WOULD NOT STILL LIKE TO VISIT JAPAN (PROBABLY TRAVELLI ING ON YO HONG KONG) AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.

NDERSTAND THAT HE HAS NOT BEEN TO JAPAN BEFORE THOUGH HIS

WIFE, WHO IS A FASHION DESIGNER, HAS BEEN THERE SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE ON BUSINESS.

3. GIVEN YOUR OTHER COMMITMENTS THIS YEAR, YOU WILL PROBABLY BE GLAD TO HEAR THAT THE PRIVAT OFFI HERE CAN SEE NO WAY IN WHICH HE COULD GET TO JAPAN BEFORE THE NEW YEAR, GIVEN COMMUNITY AND URUGUAY ROUND COMMITMENTS, BEARING IN MIND WHAT YOU TOLD ME ABOUT THE POSSIBLE COMMITMENTS OF JAPANESE MINISTERS TV THE DIET EARLY NEXT YEAR, WE HAVE SUGGESTED THAT THE PRIVATE OFFICE SHOULD BLOCK OFF 16-19 JANUARY AND THE SECOND HALF OF FEBRLARY FOR A VISIT OF A THE MINIMUM. A WORKING WEEK COVERING TOKYO AND

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WITH A DAY OR TWO IN THE PROVINCES 50 AS TO GIVI JAPAN MUCH THE

SAMS LENGTH OF TIME AS MR RIDLEY DID. BUT TRAVELLING DIRECY *Adm LONDON TO TOKYO AND ALLOWING 24 HOURS FOR ACCLIMATISATION,

AT PRESENT ALL THAT IS SIMPLY A ROPOSAL. I WILL BF COURSE LET YOU KNOW AS SOON AS WE HAVE WR LI — LEY'S REACTIONS. IN THE MEANTIME I WOULD BE HELPFUL. TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY PARTIDULAR THOUGHTS ABOUT PROBRAYME CONTENT WHICH WE DUGHT TO CONSIDER OR REFER TO HIM.

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