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ENGAGEMENT AT THE HEART OF THE CONTINENT, CONVEYED TO MITI AND TO JAPANESE INVESTORS BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WALES. I WAS SURE THAT OWADA WOULD WANT TO RETURN FROM LONDON FULLY INFORMED ON THIS SCORE.
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PERSONALLY I THOUGHT IT ALSO OF THE GREATEST IMPORTANCE THAT WE DEVELOP MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF EACH OTHER'S APPROACH TO RUSSIA. IN ADDITION I WAS SURE THE BRITISH SIDE WOULD BE VERY KEEN TO HEAR THE JAPANESE VIEW OF ASIAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS, PERHAPS PARTICULARLY KOREA AND ASEAN/APEC, BOTH OF WHICH AFFECTED WIDER INTERESTS. I UNDERLINED ONE MORE TIME UK THANKS FOR JAPANESE POSITIVE ENGAGEMENT IN HONG KONG. I MENTIONED THE GOVERNOR'S FORTHCOMING VISIT HERE AND UNDERTOOK TO ENSURE THAT TEXTS RELATING TO HIS LEGCO ADDRESS WOULD BE AWAITING OWADA IN LONDON (MY TELNO 698 OF 5 OCTOBER). I ALSO TOOK ACTION TO PUT THE DIRECTOR GENERALSHIP OF WHO TO BED (MY TELNO 700 OF 5 OCTOBER) AND FLAGGED UP OUR CONCERN ABOUT THE AGENDA FOR THE NIS CONFERENCE. ON A RESIDUAL ITEM OWADA PUT DOWN A MARKER ABOUT CONTINUING JAPANESE CONCERN OVER OUR RESPECTIVE APPROACHES TO COCOM, ON WHICH HE ANTICIPATED SOME ACTION IN THE MARGINS OF THE NIS CONFERENCE AND WAS ANXIOUS TO SEE CONSISTENCY AS BETWEEN THE HANDLING OF RUSSIA (AND DEPENDENCIES) AND CHINA-VIETNAM. DEGREES OF DIFFERENTIATION HAD TO BE CAREFULLY CONSIDERED. (COMMENT. I AM NOT SURE THAT OWADA WAS ANY BETTER INFORMED THAN MYSELF ON DETAIL BUT THIS SUBJECT MAY SURFACE IN THE TALKS WITH THE PUS.)
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