CONFIDENTIAL
TEXT OF MESSAGE FROM MR. MICHIO WATANABE,
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS,
TO THE RT. HON. DOUGLAS HURD,
DOUGLAS HURD, C. B. E., M. P.,
HER MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE FOR
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS.
1.
Japan and the United Kingdom share a special interest
in policies towards China. Therefore Japan attaches
great importance to our exchange of views and policy
co-ordination on China.
2.
Japan is of the opinion that the basic policy stance
towards China by G7 states, which is summarised in the
Chairman's Statement of the London Summit, is still
relevant under the changing
international
circumstances such as in the Soviet Union.
Instead of
only voicing criticism against China, we should make
use of the present momentum under which China is moving
closer to the West and should encourage her to
contribute positively to the creation of a new
international order. We should make co-operative
efforts to obtain a substantial and positive response
from China, particularly, in the fields of arms
control, disarmament, human rights and democratisation.
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