CYPHER/CAT A
CONFIDENTIAL
FRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 688
CONFIDENTIAL.
NEUTRAL.
Vs Ji
TO TOKYO
14 NOVEMBER 1969
(COMMODITIES)
ADDRESSED TO TOKYO TELNO 688 OF 14 NOVEMBER AND TO HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON, SEOUL AND OTTAWA.
TOKYO TELNO 662: TEXTILES,
WADA (JAPANESE EMBASSY) TOLD HUGHES TODAY THAT BASIC JAPANESE
POSITION REMAINED THAT PROBLEM BETWEEN U.S. AND JAPAN SHOULD
BE DISCUSSED IN AN INTERNATIONAL FORUM. SINCE AMERICANS CLEARLY
UNDERSTOOD THIS JAPANESE GOVERNMENT HAD AGREED TO PRELIMINARY
BILATERAL TALKS BEGINNING IN GENEVA ON 17 NOVEMBER.
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2. SUBJECT OF TALKS WOULD BE PRIMARILY PROCEDURE FOR INTERNATIONAL
NEGOTIATIONS. BUT IF AMERICANS PRESSED FOR THIS, AMERICAN IDEAS FOR COMPREHENSIVE BILATERAL ARRANGEMENTS COULD ALSO BE DISCUSSED
REPEAT DISCUSSED ENTIRELY WITHOUT COMMITMENT. MACHINERY FOR
OPERATING ANY RESTRICTIVE MEASURES COULD ALSO BE DISCUSSED (AGAIN WITHOUT COMMITMENT) BUT THERE WOULD CERTAINLY BE NO QUESTION OF
JAPAN AGREEING TO OPERATION OF ANY MACHINERY UNTIL THEY WERE
SATISFIED THAT THERE HAD BEEN INJURY TO AMERICAN INTERESTS IN
ANY PARTICULAR CASE.
3. ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE MEETING IS TO BE MADE IN TOKYO THIS
(FRIDAY) EVENING. JAPANESE TEAM WILL BE LED BY AMBASSADOR NAK AYANA (NOW STATIONED IN GENEVA) SUPPORTED BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM TEXTILE
BUREAU OF MITI AND TWO COUNSELLORS FROM WASHINGTON EMBASSY. AMERICAN
TEAM WILL BE LED BY GREENWALD AND WILL INCLUDE CHOTIMER AND NEHMER.
4. WADA REPEATED THAT JAPANESE GOVERNMENT WISHED TO REMAIN IN
CLOSEST CONSULTATION AND CO-OPERATION WITH US, IT WAS AGREED THAT
THIS MIGHT BE DONE IN GENEVA AS WELL AS THROUGH WADA IN LONDON.
STEWART
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL TRADE:
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION
CCMMODIATES DEPT.
AMERICAN DEPT.
FAR EASTERN DEPT.
HONG KONG DEPT
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