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FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY TOKYO
TELNO 8
OF 19105OZ OCTOBER 92
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YOUR TELNOS 7 AND 8: MY VISIT TO JAPAN: 25-28 NOVEMBER.
1. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS IN TURS. THESE HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN THE LATEST VERSION OF THE VISIT PROGRAMME IN MIFT.
2. SPECIFIC COMMENTS ON THE POINTS YOU RAISED ARE AS FOLLOWS:
(A) I QUITE UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO ARRANGE MINISTERIAL MEETINGS TOO FAR IN ADVANCE. I HAVE, THEREFORE, LEFT TWO SLOTS FOR THE FOUR CALLS IN THE PROGRAMME CON THE PRIME MINISTER (ACCOMPANIED BY YOU): ON THE FINANCE MINISTER (ACCOMPANIED BY YOU): ON THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (ACCOMPANIED BY BARONESS DUNN AND YOU): AND ON THE MINISTER OF INTERNAL TRADE AND INDUSTRY (ACCOMPANIED BY A SMALL GROUP OF MISSION MEMBERS)). WE COULD ALSO, OF COURSE, IF NECESSARY FIT THESE CALLS IN ON THE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOONS.
(B) I WOULD NOT (NOT) WANT YOU TO MISS THE OPENING OF THE SCOTTISH BALLET ON FRIDAY 27 NOVEMBER. SO I AM GRATEFUL THAT YOU AND THE MFA WERE ABLE TO SWAP THE NIGHTS FOR YOUR DINNERS. ON THE GUESTS FOR YOUR DINNER, I WOULD LIKE, IF I MAY, TO ADD KOICHIRO MATSUURA, YUKIO SATOH AND MASAMICHI HANABUSA TO THE NAMES YOU SUGGEST. WE HAVE TOLD THE HONG KONG/JAPAN BUSINESS CO-OPERATION COMMITTEE, DIPLOMATICALLY OF COURSE, THAT UNLIKE PREVIOUS YEARS YOU WILL INVITE THEM TO A RECEPTION RATHER THAN A DINNER. THEY ARE CONTENT.
(C) A ONE-ON-ONE SESSION WITH HATA (WITH YOU ACCOMPANYING ME) HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAMME SEE (A) ABOVE. I AM ALSO HOPING TO DINE WITH THE PARLIAMENTARY GROUP MEMBERS ON WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER (PRESUMABLY, AS CHAIRMAN OF THE GROUP, HATA WILL BE PRESENT). IF, AS HATA HAS SUGGESTED, I HAD A WIDER MEETING WITH HIM AND PARLIAMENTARY GROUP MEMBERS, WOULD THIS NOT BE OVEREGGING IT WITH THE PARLIAMENTARIANS? OR IS THIS SUBSUMED BY THE DINNER?
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