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OFFER THIS UP, IT WOULD NOT AFFECT THE EC/US NEGOTIATIONS. TARIFFICATION WOULD REQUIRE LEGISLATION, WHICH WOULD BE QUOTE PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE UNQUOTE TO GET THROUGH THE DIET.
BOTH AGREED TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UN RESOLUTION ON CONVENTIONAL ARMS TRANSFERS.
OWADA WELCOMED THE PROPOSED VISIT BY UK OFFICIALS IN JANUARY TO CONCERT POSITIONS FOR UNCED.
ON ARAB-ISRAEL, BOTH SIDES AGREED ON THE NEED TO PERSUADE SYRIA TO DROP ITS POSITION THAT THE MULTILATERAL STAGE SHOULD ONLY COME AFTER SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN THE BILATERAL TALKS. THE JAPANESE WANTED THE MULTILATERAL TALKS TO BEGIN WITH ISSUES RELATED TO THE PALESTINIANS AND MOVE ON LATER TO WATER ETC.
THE PUS SOUGHT AND RECEIVED EXPRESSIONS OF JAPANESE SUPPORT OVER LOCKERBIE. THE JAPANESE AGAIN SAID THAT THEIR OWN RELATIONS WITH LIBYA WERE ALREADY MINIMAL.
BOTH SIDES HAD VERY SIMILAR ANALYSES OF THE SITUATION IN THE EX-SOVIET UNION AND OF THE DANGERS. NEITHER WOULD RUSH TO RECOGNISE THE REPUBLICS. THEY AGREED ON THE NEED TO JOIN FORCES WITH THE US OVER THE NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION ISSUES AND TO IMPLEMENT HUMANITARIAN AID TO REDUCE SUFFERING THIS WINTER AND THE RISKS OF A
SOCIAL EXPLOSION IN THE MAJOR CITIES. THEY AGREED ALSO THAT IT WOULD NOT HELP AT THIS STAGE TO PROVIDE LARGER SCALE AID AND THAT IT WAS ESSENTIAL NOT TO BE DISTRACTED BY THE SOVIET PROBLEMS FROM
GIVING HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO EASTERN EUROPE. JAPAN/RUSSIA
NEGOTIATIONS ON THE NORTHERN TERRITORIES WILL GET UNDER WAY IN JANUARY, BUT NO BREAKTHROUGH IS EXPECTED BY THE JAPANESE BEFORE MAY/JUNE WHEN THEY HOPE YELTSIN MAY VISIT TOKYO.
- ON SOUTH AFRICA, THE PUS URGED THE JAPANESE TO HELP PROMOTE SENSIBLE ECONOMIC POLICIES AND TO LOBBY IN WASHINGTON FOR LIFTING THE GRAMM AMENDMENT. OWADA SAID THAT DE KLERK'S TIMETABLE DID NOT ALLOW AN EARLY VISIT TO TOKYO, BUT HE WOULD PROBABLY COME NEXT AUTUMN. MEANWHILE JAPAN WOULD PROBABLY MOVE AHEAD ON DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS.
ON NORTH KOREA, OWADA CONFIRMED THAT REPROCESSING NOW HAD EQUAL STATUS TO SAFEGUARDS IN TERMS OF JAPANESE REQUIREMENTS BEFORE
BILATERAL NORMALISATION. THE PUS VERY MUCH SHARED JAPANESE
CONCERNS THOUGH EUROPE'S LEVERAGE WAS LIMITED IN THIS CASE.
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