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THERE WERE A HOST OF POLITICAL PROBLEMS. SO EVEN IF GORBACHEV ATTENDED THE SUMMIT, THE VALIDITY OF THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE IFIS' REPORT WAS THE SAME. IT WOULD, THEREFORE, BE DAMAGING IF GORBACHEV CAME WITH GREAT EXPECTATIONS OF AN AID PACKAGE. IF HE
DID SO, HE WOULD FACE DOMESTIC DIFFICULTIES. ACCORDINGLY, NAKAYAMA WANTED THE SHERPAS TO DISCUSS A POSSIBLE INVITATION TO
GORBACHEV IN DEPTH. THEY SHOULD CONSIDER SCENARIOS UNDER WHICH
THE SITUATION IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUED MUCH AS IT WAS:
IT DETERIORATED: AND IT IMPROVED. THEY SHOULD ALSO CONSIDER
THE CONSEQUENCES BOTH IN THE SOVIET UNION AND ON INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS IF GORBACHEV LEFT THE SUMMIT EMPTY-HANDED. AFTER THE SHERPAS HAD CONSIDERED THIS, THE OFFICIAL STANCE OF THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT COULD BE DECIDED.
5. THE SECRETIRY OF STATE SAID THAT THERE HAD BEEN TWO MAIN CHANGES SINCE THE REPORT OF THE IFIS. THE SOVIET ECONOMY HAD DETERIORATED FURTHER AND THE SOVIET UNION HAD PRODUCED NEW ECONOMIC PLANS. SO THE IFIS COUL UP-DATE THEIR ANALYSIS AND EXAMINE THESE PLANS. BUT THE IMMEDIATE QUESTION WAS PROCEDURAL. NO DECISION WOULD BE TAKEN UNTIL WE HAD RECEIVED RESPONSES TO THE PRIME MINISTER'S MESSAGES TT OTHERS IN THE G7. BUT WE WERE RELUCTANT TO DELAY TOO LONG BECAUSE THE ISSUE WAS BEING DISCUSSED PUBLICLY. ALREADY A NUMBER OF G7 LEADERS HAD ANNOUNCED THEIR SUPPORT FOR AN INVITATION TO GORBACHEV: WE DID NOT WANT TO BE SEEN TO BE HOLDING OUT AGAINST A DECISION WHICH WOULD, IN THE END, BE TAKEN. THE SHERPAS COULD CERTAINLY DISCUSS THE ISSUE: BUT WE WOULD NEED TO TAKE A DECISION FAIRLY SOON. NAKAYAMA SAID THAT HE UNDERSTOOD.
6.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE EXPLAINED TO NAKAYAMA THE GROWING GRAVITY OF THE INFLUX OF VBPS TO HONG KONG. HE GAVE AN ACCOUNT OF THE RESULTS OF THE OFFICIAL TALKS IN WASHINGTON AND OUR PROPOSAL FOR INTERNATIONALLY MANAGED CENTRES IN VIETNAM. WE KNEW THAT NAKAYAMA WOULD SHORTLY BE VISITING VIETNAM, AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE HOPED THAT HE WOULD STRESS TO THE VIETNAMESE THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE POSITION, AND THAT THE JAPANESE SAW THE NEED FOR EFFECTIVE ACTION. HE WAS NOT ASKING NAKAYAMA TO GO INTO THE DETAIL. NAKAYAMA SAID THAT HE HAD VISITED A REFUGEE CENTRE IN HONG KONG AND WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE POSITION. HE WOULD MAKE SURE THAT HE CONVEYED TO THE VIETNAMESE THE POSITION OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND OUR PROPOSAL FOR INTERNATIONALLY MANAGED CENTRES. HE ADDED THAT THE JAPANESE WOULD BE GIVING DOLLARS 8. 3 MILLION THIS YEAR TO THE UNHCR, EARMARKED FOR HONG KONG. THEY WOULD ALSO OFFER ASSISTANCE FOR TRAINING PROGRAMMES FOR RETURNEES. THE
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