CYPHER CAT/A
CONFIDENTIAL
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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
13 JURE 1969
PRIORITY UKDEL EEC BRUSSELS
TELEGRAM NO.182
CONFIDENTIAL
NEUTRAL
ADDRESSED TO FCO TELEGRAM NO.102 OF 13 JUNE REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO WASHINGTON AND SAVING TO UKAIS GENEVA AND OTTAWA,
UKMIS GENEVA TELEGRAM NO.336: TEXTILES.
HIZJEN TOLD US ON 13 JUNE THAT HE HAD HAD A LENGTHY CONVERSATION WITH LONG ON 12 JUNE IN GENEVA. LONG HAD SAID THAT THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO BE SPENT WITH STANS ON THE PRESIDENTIAL YACHT WAS "A LITTLE BIT TOO OBVIOUS' AND WOULD NOT BE ENOUGH TO PERSUADE HIM TO AGREE TO CALL A CONFERENCE. HE WAS FIRMLY AGAINST HOLDING A CONFERENCE AND WOULD TELL THE AMERICANS AGAIN WHAT HE HAD TOLD THEM IN GENEVA, APART FROM THIS HE WOULD SIMPLY LISTEN TO WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY. WHY SHOULD THEY ADOPT NEW PROCEDURES, WHEN. THERE WERE EXISTING ONES WHICH COULD BE USED ?
2. LONG THOUGHT THAT THE REFERENCE TO NINETY DAYS WAS DESIGNED TO CARRY MATTERS THROUGH TO THE TIME OF THE MEETING IN SEPTEMBER ON THE LONG TERM ARRANGEMENT ON COTTON TEXTILES, BUT THE JAPANESE, HIZJEN ADDED, HAD MADE CLEAR THAT THEY HAD NO INTENTION OF TALKING ABOUT WOOL OR MAN-MADE FIBRES AT THAT MEETING.
3. HIZJEN ALSO OBSERVED THAT THE INCREASE IN IMPORTS OF APPAREL INTO THE UNITED STATES IN 1963 OVER 1967 WAS NOT GREATER THAN THAT FOR ALL NON-AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. THE REAL CAUSE OF THE GENERAL INCREASE IN IMPORTS WAS IN HIS VIEW AMERICAN INFLATION.
FCO PLEASE PASS PRIORITY TO WASHINGTON AND SAVING TO UKMIS GENEVA AND OTTAWA.
SIR J. MARJORIBANKS
LAST
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