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IMMEDIATE TOKYO.
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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE.
TELEGRAM NUMBER 430.
1 AUGUST 1969.
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ADDRESSED TO FCO TELEGRAM NO. 439 OF 1 AUGUST REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO WASHINGTON, HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA, UKDEL BRUSSELS;
SEOUL AND OTTAWA.
WASHINGTON TELEGRAM NO. 2159: U.S. TEXTILE POLICY.
MIZOGUCHI HEAD OF THE SECOND NORTH AMERICA DIVISION OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS WHO WAS PRESENT AT MOST OF THE DISCUSSIONS, HAS GIVEN US THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS ON THE DISCUSSION ON TEXTILES AT THE U.S./JAPAN MINISTERIAL TALKS WHICH ENDED HERE YESTERDAY.
2. ALMOST ALL OF THL U.S. CABINET MEMBERS MADE SOME REFERENCE TO THE TEXTILE PROBLEM IN THEIR SPEECHES AT THE PLENARY MEETINGS, ALTHOUGH SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSION OF PROBLEM WAS CONFINED TO THE TALK BETWEEN STANS AND OHIRA, MINISTER OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INDUSTRY. AT THE BEGINNING OF THAT TALK STANS REITERATED THE POSITION WHICH HE HAD TAKEN DURING HIS EARLIER VISIT TO TOKYO IN MAY ABOUT THE NEED FOR A MULTILATERAL AGREEMENT. WHEN CHIRA REJECTED THIS PROPOSAL STANS SUGGESTED THE IDEA OF A BILATERAL AGREEMENT WITH THE MAIN EXPORTING COUNTRIES, OHIRA RESPONDED THAT JAPAN WAS OPPOSED TO IMPORT RESTRICTIONS AND VOLUNTARY CONTROLS, BUT HE APPEARS AS A
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