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To: S.C. Barnard who wrote (9443)	11/24/1997 9:18:00 AM
From: hpeace	Respond to of 97611

What could happen quote from news released today "Yamaichi's downfall, coming soon after last week's failure of Hokkaido Takushoku Bank Ltd (TOKYO:8312), has raised fears that a host of weak Japanese financial institutional will be allowed to fail, analysts said. Nervous Japanese investors will likely pile into U.S. Treasuries, counteracting any repatriation of bank-held foreign assets to meet debts, analysts said. "I think Yamaichi and Japan must be seen in the context of what has been happening in Asia and Korea," Gerald Lyons, chief economist at DKB in London told Reuters Financial Television (RFTV)."