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YOUR TELNO 748 VISIT BY SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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MR LILLEY HAS AGREED THE DATES FOR HIS VISIT. HE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY MRS LILLEY, MISS SUE BISHOP PRIVATE SECRETARY AND LOVE (OT2).
2 THE PRESENT PLAN IS TO DEPART THE UK AT 1200 ON 11 JANUARY ON BA005, ARRIVING OSAKA 1710 ON 12 JANUARY. MR AND MRS LILLEY'S PREFERENCE IS FOR ACCOMMODATION ON 12 AND 13 JANUARY TO BE IN A RYOKAN IN OR NEAR KYOTO, RECOGNISING THAT ACCOMMODATION ON 13 JANUARY MAY DEPEND ON THE PROGRAMME FOR 14 JANUARY.
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PROGRAMME IN OSAKA ON 14 JANUARY WOULD BE AS IN HUMFREY'S TELELETTER OF 5 OCTOBER. ON 15 OCTOBER WE HAVE PUT THESE TENTATIVE OPTIONS TO MR LILLEY SAYING THAT THEY ARE SUBJECT TO YOUR ADVICE: (A) TO TRAVEL FROM OSAKA TO TOKYO IN THE MORNING WITH INTERMEDIATE BUSINESS STOPS FOR EXAMPLE NIPPON LEVER OR AN INWARD INVESTMENT CALL (ALTHOUGH THE PUBLIC HOLIDAY WILL PRESUMABLY RULE THIS OUT), (B) TO GO DIRECT TO TOKYO, OR (C) TO SPEND THE MORNING SIGHTSEEING IN AND AROUND KYOTO OR PERHAPS TO GO TO HIMEJI AND, IF TRAIN SCHEDULES ALLOW, TO TAKE THE SHINKANSEN FROM THERE TO TOKYO LATER IN THE DAY.
4 GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VIEWS.
5 MR LILLEY'S PROGRAMME FOR 16-18 JANUARY WOULD BE AS IN
HUMFREY'S TELELETTER OF 5 OCTOBER WITH THE EXTRA TIME BEING FILLED BY PERHAPS A SECOND HIGH TECHOLOGY INDUSTRIAL VISIT (FOR EXAMPLE NISSAN IN ORDER TO PURSUE AN IMPORTANT INWARD INVESTMENT INTEREST?). MR LILLEY HAS ALSO ASKED TO VISIT A JAPANESE SECONDARY SCHOOL. HE WILL BE VERY PLEASED TO OPEN THE BRITISH FASHION EXHIBITION ON 16 JANUARY. ON PRESENT PLANS THE PARTY WILL TRAVEL TO HONG KONG ON THE LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING OF 19 JANUARY. MRS LILLEY HAS ASKED ABOUT THE FEASIBILITY OF A VISIT TO KAMAKURA THAT MORNING.
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