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W EARMAN, POKITICAL ADVISOR, HONG KONG D LOVE, OT2 DTI
VISIT TO JAPAN BY SIR GEOFFREY HOWE QC
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1. AS YOU KNOW, SIR GEOFFREY HOWE VISITED JAPAN FROM 14-18 JUNE. THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE OF HIS VISIT WAS TO SPEAK AT AN INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ORGANISED BY THE JAPANESE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT FORUM. BUT THIS PROGRAMME RAPIDLY EXPANDED TO INCLUDE TWO OTHER SPEAKING ENAGEMENTS,AT THE KEIDANREN AND JAPAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS (JUUA). HISASHI OWADA WAS HIS HOST FOR AN OVERNIGHT STAY NEAR NIKKO OVER THE WEEKEND. SIR GEOFFREY ALSO TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE SOME PRIVATE BUSINESS CONTACTS INCLUDING A FRIEFING ON GLAXO'S WORK IN JAPAN. I HOSTED A DINNER IN HIS HONOUR ON 16 JUNE AND ACCOMPANIED HIM ON A COURTESY CALL ON THE PRIME MINISTER AND AT A LUNCH HOSTED BY FOREIGN MINISTER NAKAYAMA.
2. THE MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER KAIFU WENT VERY WELL. KAIFU SPOKE WARMLY OF THE UK-JAPAN RELATIONSHIP SAYING THAT THIS WAS THE CORNERSTONE OF JAPAN'S LINKS WITH THE EC. SIR GEOFFREY NOTED THAT THE ''DYNAMIC PLAIN SPEAKING PARTNERSHIP'' WAS DEVELOPING AND BROADENING EG THE JAPAN FESTIVAL. HE ALSO MADE USEFUL POINTS ABOUT EUROPE'S SMALL SHARE OF AEROSPACE SALES, PLUGGING THE BAE 125 SPECIFICALLY (REPORTED IN THE FT AND SOME JAPANESE PAPERS), AS WELL AS UNDERLINING THE IMPORTANCE OF JAPAN TELLING THE CHINESE THAT MAINTAINING HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE WAS ESSENTIAL FOR HK'S CONTINUED PROSPERITY. THE CHINESE, HE SAID, WOULD LISTEN TO JAPAN. KAIFU SPOKE OF HIS CONCERN, EXPRESSED AT HOUSTON, TO AVOID ISOLATING CHINA. HE SAID THAT HE WOULD TAKE UP THE HK ISSUE DURING HIS FORTH-
COMING VISIT TO CHINA. JAPAN'S PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN HK WAS INCREA- SING. ON THE BAE 125 POINT KAIFU SAID THAT HE WOULD MAKE SURE THE MESSAGE WAS CONVEYED TO THOSE RESPONSIBLE''. SIR GEOFFREY ALSO
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