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1982 Nov 22 - 1983 Oct 31
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1073
Japan (Commercial relations with Japan; effects of Japanese imports on the European car industry; possible Nissan investment in UK) (Part 3)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2013 Aug 1
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 295
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83 Oct 31 Mon Japan: No.10 briefing for MT (meeting with Michio Watanabe, member of Japanese Diet) [trade & economic relations; corruption charges against former Prime Minister Tanaka] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Oct 31 Mon Japan: Director General of the Japanase International Trade Policy Bureau letter to Alan Walters (Japanese market access: promotion mission) [Japanese Government Ministry of Trade and Industry request for mission leader to meet with MT] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Oct 24 Mon Japan: Prime Minister Nakasone letter to MT (Michio Watanabe visit to UK) [request that MT meet with Watanabe "to discuss current Japanese-British relations"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Oct 21 Fri Japan: Prime Minister Nakasone letter to MT (Ninth Summit Meeting of Industrialised Nations: Science Conference on global issues) [details of proposal & request to nominate UK representatives] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Oct 21 Fri Japan: Howe PS letter to MT (former Prime Minister Nobosuke Kishi: 88th birthday) [request for MT to send message via UK Ambassador, and proposed wording] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Oct 11 Tue Japan: UKE Tokyo letter to No.10 ("International Design Festival, Osaka 1983 Special Award to the Prime Minister") [Cortazzi: "The ceremonies, which lasted over three hours, were badly organised, long and boring. I am very glad that my recommendation against anyone attending from London was accepted"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Oct 4 Tue Japan: Howe PS letter to No.10 (Michio Watanabe visit to UK) [ex-Finance Minister & current member of Japanese Diet: request to pay courtesy call on MT] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Sep 28 Wed Japan: Parkinson letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Nissan and Regional Assistance Changes") ["implications for public expenditure and for the PSBR"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Sep 16 Fri Japan: Parkinson minute to MT ("Nissan") [Regional Assistance-supported deal close to being sealed subject to outstanding trade union issues] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Aug 3 Wed Japan: Parkinson minute to MT ("Nissan") [latest position on negotiations] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jul 20 Wed Japan: MT letter to Chairman of Nissan (Nissan project in Britain) [Kawamata upset by perceived stridency of UK government lobbying for project via media and MT comments to Prime Minister Nakasone; MT: "Despite our disappointment that Nissan are not now envisaging an immediate investment on the scale we previously hoped for... I have agreed that our negotiators should look constructively and positively at the concept of a "pilot plant" contained in one of your proposals"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jul 18 Mon Japan: No.10 record of conversation (Nissan project in Britain) [Robin Butler, Mitsuya Goto - Head of Nissan European Operations: conveyance of comments supplementary to his hand-delivered message from Chairman of Nissan to MT] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jul 15 Fri Japan: Parkinson minute to MT ("Nissan") [UK project: latest position on talks; date & arrangements for public announcement of a deal] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jul 15 Fri Japan: Parkinson letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Nissan") [UK project: latest position on talks; Chancellor's responses attached: "there must be a limit to the price it is worth paying to secure the investment"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jul 11 Mon Japan: Parkinson PS letter to No.10 (Japanese Ministry of International Trade & Industry: request for representative to meet with MT) [consideration given to effects on ongoing talks with Nissan over UK project] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jul 8 Fri Japan: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Parkinson) [Nissan investment in UK] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jun 23 Thu Japan: UKE Tokyo telegram to FCO ("Nissan") [investment in UK: comments made by President of Nissan to Japanese media] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jun 16 Thu Japan: UKE Tokyo telegram to FCO ("Nissan") [investment in UK: comments made by special assistant to Chairman of Nissan regarding message from MT, recent press speculation & comments made by MT to Prime Minister Nakasone; recent developments] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jun 15 Wed Japan: MT letter to Chair of Nissan (Nissan investment in UK) ["I continue to hope for an early and favourable decision"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jun 14 Tue Japan: No.10 minute to MT ("Nissan") ["The main obstacle to a favourable decision is, apparently... [Chairman] Kawamata , who is said to remain opposed to the project... you should send a message to Mr. Kawamata"] [declassified Aug 2013]