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VISIT BY PUS TO JAPAN: 12-15 DECEMBER

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WIDE-RANGING TALKS UNDERLINED THE BROAD MEASURE OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UK AND JAPAN ON INTERNATIONAL ISSUES.

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THE PUS VISITED JAPAN AS ONE IN A SERIES OF ANNUAL EXCHANGES AT THIS LEVEL WITH THE JAPANESE. HE HAD NEARLY FIVE HOURS OF FORMAL TALKS WITH OWADA AS WELL AS EXTENDED INFORMAL CONVERSATIONS. HE WAS ALSO ABLE TO PAY A COURTESY CALL ON THE FOREIGN MINISTER AND

MEET OTHER OFFICIALS INVOLVED IN FOREIGN POLICY FORMULATION HERE.

THROUGHOUT THE VISIT THE ATMOSPHERE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN WARMER.

3. THE SPECIFIC RESULTS OF THE VISIT INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING:-

THE PUS WAS ABLE TO BRIEF THE JAPANESE ON THE MAASTRICHT SUMMIT IMMEDIATELY AFTER ITS CONCLUSION AND THUS TO UNDERLINE THE CENTRAL AND CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE PLAYED BY THE UK, AND THE POSITIVE MESSAGE FOR JAPANESE INVESTORS.

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HE THANKED OWADA FOR THE FURTHER JAPANESE GULF CONTRIBUTION AND

DISCUSSED THE PROSPECTS FOR HIGH-LEVEL VISITS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS NEXT YEAR, PARTICULARLY BY THE TWO PRIME MINISTERS.

IN RESPONSE TO AN EXPRESSION OF CONCERN FROM OWADA, THE PUS UNDERTOOK TO CHECK WITH THE GERMANS ON THEIR INTENTIONS FOR MEETINGS NEXT YEAR OF G7 POLITICAL DIRECTORS. BOTH THE UK AND

JAPAN REMAIN COMMITTED TO TRYING TO DEVELOP THIS FORUM FOR CONSULTATION.

ON GATT, THE PUS STRESSED THE NEED FOR CONCESSIONS ALL ROUND. OWADA ADMITTED THAT THE JAPANESE WERE WAITING ON EVENTS AS FAR AS RICE LIBERALISATION WAS CONCERNED BUT ARGUED THAT EVEN IF THEY DID

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