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TELNO 53

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INFO PRIORITY JAKARTA, MOSCOW, SEOUL, PEKING, HONG KONG

FOR PRIVATE SECRETARY

YOUR TELNO 38: SECRETARY OF STATE'S EASTER TRAVEL: JAPAN

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MDHIAN 7607

THIS IS EXCELLENT NEWS. WHEN I INFORMED OWADA THIS MORNING, HE VERY MUCH WELCOMED IT THOUGH WITH A RATHER BLUNT WARNING NOT TO LET OURSELVES BE OVERTAKEN BY THE FRENCH OR GERMANS, AND SOME RUEFUL COMMENTS ABOUT THE PRIME MINISTER'S PLANS. YOUR VISIT, FOLLOWED BY MR HESELTINE'S, FOLLOWED BY THE SUMMIT, WILL, I HOPE, DISSIPATE THIS LINGERING MFA FEELING OF HAVING BEEN TAKEN A BIT FOR GRANTED OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO.

2. I SUGGEST A PROGRAMME ON THE FOLLOWING LINES:-

TUESDAY 6 APRIL

0600

0900-0930

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1100

1200-1400

1430-1630

ARRIVE AT NARITA (THE AIRPORT DOES NOT OPEN BEFORE THIS)

TRANSFER TO EMBASSY

BRIEFING SESSION

CALL ON PRIME MINISTER

CALL ON CHAIRMAN OF THE KEIDANREN (MAIN BUSINESS ORGANISATION)

LUNCHTIME SPEECH TO BE HELD IN MY RESIDENCE, GUESTS TO BE JOINTLY SELECTED BY US AND THE JAPAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO SPEAK ON INTERNATIONAL ISSUES OF CURRENT CONCERN, PERHAPS ON THE LINES OF YOUR CHATHAM HOUSE SPEECH (WHICH I COMMENDED TO OWADA)

TALKS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER

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