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WOULD GIVE A GOOD LDP FACTIONAL BALANCE. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND CALLS ON KANEMARU OR KAIFU. THE LATTER HAS LITTLE REAL POWER NOW BUT COULD PERHAPS BE INCLUDED IN A DINNER CORITA WAS, AS YOU KNOW,

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YOU SHOULD CERTAINLY HAVE A SESSION WITH THE PARLIAMENTARY LEAGUE, SEPARATE FROM YOUR CALL ON THE MOF. WE SHALL NEED TO DISCUSS THIS WITH THE JAPANESE, BUT I WOULD FAVOUR A FAIRLY STRUCTURED OCCASION, GIVING YOU A PROPER CHANCE TO GET YOUR MESSAGES ACROSS. BREAKFAST IS ONE POSSIBILITY.

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7 WE SHOULD ALSO AIM TO INCREASE YOUR PROFILE CONSIDERABLE) WITH THE JAPANESE PUBLIC TV INTERVIEW AND POSSIBLY SOME STAGED MEDIA EVENT. IF THERE IS A BILATERAL AGREEMENT OF ANY KIND WAITING TO BE SIGNED THEN THIS COULD BE EXPLOITED.

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IF YOU GO OUTSIDE TOKYO, IT SHOULD CERTAINLY BE TO OSAKA PRIMARILY TO SPEAK TO BUSINESSMEN IN THE KANSAI (ALWAYS JEALOUS OF THEIR TOKYO COLLEAGUES). BUT IF THE BUSINESS PROGRAMME AND SOME MEDIA EVENTS ARE ADDED TO THE ABOVE, YOU WILL BE STRAPPED FOR TIME. IF WE REALLY HAVE TO CHOOSE, GETTING THE POLITICAL MESSAGE ACROSS IN TOKYO IS IN MY MIND A HIGHER PRIORITY THAN A KANSAI SPEECH.

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9. I SHOULD OF COURSE BE DELIGHTED IF YOU AND MRS PATTEN WERE TO STAY WITH ME IN THE RESIDENCE, ALTHOUGH YOUR PREDECESSOR PREFERRED, TO STAY IN A HOTEL, TO UNDERLINE HONG KONG'S OWN PERSONALITY I THINK. FOR YOU TO DECIDE, BUT THE OFFER IS VERY MUCH THERE. TOLD THAT IN THE PAST YOUR PREDECESSOR HAD A PRIVATE BRIEFING SESSION WITH SIR J WHITEHEAD, FOLLOWED BY A WIDER BRIEFING HERE FOR YOUR DELEGATION. I SHOULD NOT WANT THE BUSINESS ELEMENT TO FEEL LEFT OUT AND WOULD BE HAPPY TO HOST A BRIEFING SESSION IN THE RESIDENCE (WITH DAVID LAN'S FULL INVOLVEMENT) IF YOU WOULD LIKE. I SHOULD ALSO LIKE TO HOST A DINNER IN YOUR HONOUR. WE SHOULD NEED TO DECIDE WHETHER THIS WAS PRIMARILY ECONOMIC OR POLITICAL. THE LATTER, WHICH MAY BE MORE USE, WOULD AGAIN IMPLY MINIMUM NUMBERS.

10. WE HAVE NOT YET SAT DOWN TO DISCUSS THIS WITH THE MFA, WHO ARE BECOMING EVER MORE PREOCCUPIED WITH THE EMPEROR'S VISIT TO CHINA, BUT WE WILL DO SO SOON. A NUMBER OF KEY FIGURES ARE OF COURSE AWARE ON A PERSONAL BASIS THAT YOU ARE EXPECTED. ORITA'S OWN ADVICE WILL BE WORTH HEEDING. OUTSIDE, I HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN ABOUT YOUR VISIT TO KUMAGAI (MITSUI) AND TAKUJIRO HAMADA, BOTH KEEN TO HELP MAKE IT A SUCCESS.

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