DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS: Diplomatic secret mission sounded out Soviet's move in Gulf crisis | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

As former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone headed on a high-profile mission to Iraq in early November 1990 seeking the release of Japanese hostages, a secret diplomatic mission was also starting.

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