CROWN PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, THE DEPUTY PREMIER, MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND AVIATION AND INSPECTOR GENERAL SENT A CABLE OF THANKS TO JAPAN'S EMPEROR AKIHITO AFTER LEAVING JAPAN TODAY. IN HIS CABLE, THE CROWN PRINCE EXPRESSED HIS BEST THANKS TO AND APPRECIATION OF THE JAPANESE EMPEROR FOR A WARM WELCOME AND GENEROUS HOSPITALITY ACCORDED TO HIM WHICH DEMONSTRATE STRONG AND CLOSE RELATIONS BINDING THE TWO COUNTRIES. THE CROWN PRINCE EXPRESSED HIS PLEASURE OVER MEETING THE EMPEROR AND WATCHING JAPAN'S PROGRESS DURING HIS VISIT WHICH COINCIDED WITH THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF ESTABLISHING DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. HE WISHED THE EMPEROR CONTINUAL GOOD HEALTH AND HAPPINESS AND THE FRIENDLY PEOPLE OF JAPAN STEADY PROGRESS AND PROSPERITY.