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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 Feb 17 Th Major Japan: Chairman Kawamata letter to MT (Nissan investment in the UK) [leasing arrangements & the need for confidentiality] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Apr 29 Fr Major Japan: Chairman of Nissan letter to MT (investment in the UK) ["I am unable to convey to you our conclusion in this letter"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Oct 31 Mo Major 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 21 Fr Minor 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 4 Tu Major 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 Jan 18 Tu Major Japan: Jenkin PS letter to No.10 ("Hitachi Maxwell announcement") [press release coinciding with Jenkin visit to Japan] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Mar 16 We Major Japan: Jenkin PS letter to No.10 ("Nissan") [report of outcome of talks in London with Nissan representatives] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Mar 31 Th Major Japan: Lord Cockfield letter to MT ("Japanese review of their Standards and Certification procedures") ["Overall the changes represent another useful step"] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Dec 23 Th Major Japan: Lord Cockfield minute to MT ("Japanese machine tools") ["I am pleased to say that the talks have led to a confidential understanding which is acceptable to our industry"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Feb 15 Tu Major Japan: Lord Cockfield PS letter to No.10 ("EC-Japan talks on export restraint") [outcomes: "we shall need to press very strongly if we are to achieve a significant improvement in our trade balance"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jan 6 Th Major Japan: MT letter to Chair of Nissan (investment in the UK) ["I should like to make sure that you are aware that the leasing route is not an alternative to the receipt of Government grants"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Mar 18 Fr Major Japan: MT letter to Chair of Nissan (Nissan investment in the UK) ["I was naturally disappointed to hear of some of the changes in the project which Mr Kawai proposed... I warmly hope that we shall soon be able to bring this matter to a favourable conclusion"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jun 15 We Major 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 Jan 27 Th Major Japan: MT letter to Chairman of Japan's Special Committee on International Economic Measures (addressing the trade imbalance) ["We welcome the efforts that you and your Government have made... We look forward to seeing effective results"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jul 20 We Major 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]
82 Nov 30 Tu Major Japan: MT message to Prime Minister Nakasone ("Prime Minister's message to Mr Nakasone") [congratulations on election victory] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Nov 24 We Major Japan: MT message to Prime Minister Suzuki ("Message to Mr Suzuki") [MT opts to omit reference to Falklands in draft reply to Suzuki, following his defeat by Nakasone in election] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Nov 25 Th Major Japan: MT message to Prime Minister Suzuki ("Prime Minister's message to Mr Suzuki") [text of Suzuki's message to MT, and MT's reply, following Suzuki's defeat by Nakasone in election] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jan 6 Th Major Japan: MT record of conversation (MT, Shintaro Abe) ["Call by the Japanese Foreign Minister": EC & trading relations; the trade imbalance; USSR & China] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jan 5 We Major Japan: No.10 briefing for MT (Japanese Foreign Minister's visit to the UK) [background briefing & briefing on Abe's meetings with Jenkin & Pym in advance of his meeting with MT] [declassified Aug 2013]