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understanding of that problem and we wanted to deal with

it separately.

QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, did you discuss

specifically any other imports of any other industry such

as consumer electronics or anything of that nature rather

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than a broad, general discussion of other specific in-

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SECRETARY STANS: No, except as a subject like

that came up incidentally.

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In addition to the matters I mentioned to you

we had, in one country, a very substantial discussion on

the subject of American investments and this was in Japan.

We urged the Government of Japan to accelerate.

its program to liberalization of foreign investments in Japan and we also urged the government to raise its

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sights from a 50 percent limit on investment to 100 per-

cent.

We pointed out that Japanese businessmen can invest

in the United States up to 100 percent in any enterprise

and they are doing so, and that the real reciprocity would

call for American businessmen having the same privileges in

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Japan.

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We pointed out to them while they have a program

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of liberalization and have already taken several steps under

it, most of the acts taken so far do not present anything

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