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THE EMPEROR'S PRESENT ROLE AND SHOULD GENERALLY INCREASE CHINA'S INTEREST IN BEHAVING RESPONSIBLY ON THE WORLD STAGE. ALL THAT SAID, THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT WOULD CONTINUE TO PURSUE SUCH ISSUES AS ARMS SALES AND HUMAN RIGHTS.
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5. WE SHARE THE VIEW THAT IN THE JAPANESE CONTEXT THE EMPEROR PROBABLY WENT AS FAR AS HE COULD ON THE ISSUE OF WAR RESPONSIBILITY. MORE GENERALLY, IT IS IN THE NATURE OF SUCH VISITS NOT TO ACHIEVE SPECIFIC RESULTS, BUT THEY CAN CERTAINLY AFFECT ATMOSPHERE. GIVEN THE STRONG DESIRE OF THE CHINESE FOR THE VISIT, THE JAPANESE HOPE
AS AND EXPECT THAT THE TONE OF THEIR EXCHANGES WILL BENEFIT. KAKIZAWA SUGGESTS, WE SHOULD BEAR THIS IN MIND IN THE HONG KONG CONTEXT. ALTHOUGH TARUI'S CLAIMS FOR THE VISIT ARE WIDE-RANGING, IT DOES SEEM REASONABLE TO SEE A SYMBOLIC DIMENSION TO SUCH A VISIT BETWEEN THE TWO GREAT POWERS OF EAST ASIA.
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.CHINA POLITICAL
FED
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
PUSD
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EASD/ODA//MR MOSSELMANS
ECD (E)
ECONOMIC ADVISERS
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HRPU
JOINT DIRECTORATE
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MR LANKESTER MR APPLEYARD CHIEF CLERK SIR J COLES MR AINSCOW MISS SPENCER MR MILES
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