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The Prime Minister had a 45-minute meeting with Mr. Miyazawa on 7 July, before the Summit opened. Sir John Boyd and Rosalind Marsden were present. The question of Security Council reform, which had been put on the agenda at Japanese request, was HOL

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MI. Miyazawa pointed out that this year's Political

Declaration was only two pages long- although not double spaced

he had originally instructed.

The Prime Minister congratulated him on cutting down the length of the communique and the ceremony associated with the Summit. He would like to go even further in this direction. Discussions between Heads of Government would be much more productive if they could take place in relative privacy, allowing an intimate and free ranging discussion. In a more informal atmosphere Heads of Government could get to know each other better and address important long term issues, not just those which required immediate decisions.

Mr. Miyazawa agreed that it was desirable to get back to a

informal dialogue.

He recalled genuinely

that, al the Rambouillet Summit, there had been no note-takers. But Mr. Miki, the then Japanese Prime Minister, had brought along an interpreter, who was mistaken for a notetaker by some other Heads of Government. The Prime Minister said that

we would like to move back to the Rambouillet concept. In addition, there could perhaps be a separate process of political dialogue during the year between Foreign Ministers/Political Directors of the G7. Mr. Miyazawa said that he would welcome any further suggestions the Prime Minister wished to make for improving the format of future Summits.

Sunumit issues

The Prime Minister said that from, our point of view, the most important issues were firstly unemployment and world economic growth and secundly progress on trade issues.

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