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10. BALLOCH WAS ASKED ABOUT THE VISIT OF CLARK (CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS MINISTER AND FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER) TO PEKING ANNOUNCED FOR 25 TO 29 MARCH. HE REPLIED THAT THIS WAS ANOTHER STEP IN THE REVIVAL OF CANADA/CHINA RELATIONS SINCE HIGH-LEVEL VISITS WERE CUT OFF IN JUNE 1989. CLARK WOULD COVER ECONOMIC MATTERS, BUT WOULD ALSO PRESS THE CHINESE OVER HUMAN RIGHTS AND URGE THEM TO BE REASONABLE OVER HONG KONG.
US/JAPAN RELATIONS
11. IN GENERAL THE CANADIANS FOUND THE JAPANESE VERY WORRIED ABOUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNITED STATES. THEY HAD NO CLEAR READING OF THE ATTITUDE OF THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION. FOREIGN MINISTER WATANABE'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON, PERHAPS BECAUSE OF HIS IMPENDING ILLNESS, HAD NOT HELPED THEM VERY MUCH.
COMMENT
12.
SUBJECT TO SIR JOHN BOYD'S VIEWS, THE CANADIAN LINE ON HONG KONG STRUCK ME AS HELPFUL AND THE JAPANESE HESITATION ABOUT SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP REASSURING.
BAYNE
YYYY
DISTRIBUTION
115
ΜΑΙΝ
115
NAD
FED
ECD (E)
WED
EASTERN D
HKD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
NEWS D
INFO D
PUSD
RAD
PS
PS/MR LENNOX-BOYD
PS/MR GOODLAD
PS/MR HOGG
PS/PUS
SIR J COLES
MR APPLEYARD
MR BEAMISH
MR HUM
MR BONE
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