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INFO PRIORITY TOKYO, MOSCOW, HONG KONG UKREP JLG HONG KONG INFO PRIORITY PARIS, SEOUL, UKMIS NEW YORK, ACTOR
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VISIT TO CHINA BY JAPANESE FOREIGN
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MFA DEPUTY DIRECTOR ZHANG TINGYAN FOR ASIA GAVE AN EC BRIEFING ON THE NAKAYAMA VISIT ON 11 APRIL.
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HONG KONG
THIS WAS NOT COVERED IN THE GENERAL BRIEFING. IN ANSWER TO A QUESTION, ZHANG SAID THAT HONG KONG HAD NOT BEEN DISCUSSED EXCEPT IN THE CONTEXT OF APEC (SIC).
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BILATERAL
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THE EMPHASIS WAS VERY MUCH ON BILATERAL RELATIONS WHICH HAD NOW BEEN COMPLETELY NORMALISED. THERE WOULD BE MORE REGULAR
VISITS AT THIS LEVEL IN FUTURE BECAUSE OF THE RAPIDLY CHANGING INTERNATIONAL SITUATION. THE JAPANESE HAD INVITED QIAN QICHEN TO VISIT JAPAN. THE VISIT WOULD TAKE PLACE THIS SUMMER. PRIME MINISTER KAIFU WILL VISIT CHINA AT A CONVENIENT TIME IN THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. THERE HAD BEEN FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON ISSUES SUCH AS TAIWAN, JAPANESE MILITARISM AND THE USE OF JAPANESE TROOPS OVERSEAS. THE CHINESE SAID THAT THEY WERE CONCERNED THAT ''SOME PEOPLE'' IN JAPAN WERE MILITARISTIC, AND THIS WORRIED JAPAN'S NEIGHBOURS. JAPANESE SELF DEFENCE FORCES SHOULD NOT SERVE OVERSEAS.
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
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THESE WERE CONVERED ALONG THE LINES OF TOKYO TUR. THE JAPANESE HAD BRIEFED THE CHINESE ON THEIR RELATIONS WITH NORTH KOREA. THE CHINESE HAD GIVEN THEIR STANDARD LINE ON NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA AND THE UN. IN ANSWER TO QUESTIONS, ZHANG SAID THAT MTCR HAD NOT BEEN RAISED, AND GAVE A REPLY ON ARMS CONTROL ALONG THE LINES OF PARA 9 OF TUR.
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