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TELEGRAM NUMBER 650
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ADDRESSED TO TOKYO TELEGRAM NUMBER 550 OF 23/10 REPEATED FOR
INFORMATION TO UKMIS GENEVA WASHINGTON HONG KONG SEOUL OTTAWA
MY TELNO 633: TEXTILES.
WADA HAS NOW GIVEN HUGES THE SUBSTANCE OF JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO
THE AMERICAN PROPOSAL ON TEXTILES. HE SAID THAT NO OFFICIAL RESPONSE
HAD YET BEEN MADE TO AMERICAN APPROACH. AMERICANS HAD HOWEVER
BEEN TOLD THAT AT THE MOMENT JAPANESE GOVERNMENT WOULD FIND IT
DIFFICULT TO ACCEPT U.S. PROPOSITION FOR COMPREHENSIVE BILATERAL
NEGOTIATIONS. JAPANESE GOVERNMENT HAD INDICATED UNOFFICIALLY
HOWEVER THAT THEY MIGHT BE PREPARED TO ENGAGE IN A MULTILATERIAL
NEGOTIATION, SUBJECT TO THREE CONDITIONS:-
(1) THAT IT COMPRISED ALL THE MAJOR EXPORTERS:
(2)
(3)
2.
THAT IF FIRST ESTABLISHED THE FACTS ABOUT INJURY TO AMERICAN
PRODUCERS: AND
THAT IT WAS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE GATT.
THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT THOUGHT THIS WAS IN LINE WITH THE VIEW
WE PUT FORWARD AT GENEVA AND HOPED FOR OUR CO-OPERATION IN WORKING
FOR A MULTILATERIAL NEGOTIATION ON THESE LINES.
3.
HUGHES SAID THE PRESIDENT WOULD BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THIS WITH OHIRA, BUT WADA REPEATED THAT WHAT HE HAD SAID WAS NOT OFFICIAL AND IMPLIED THAT HE WAS NOT SURE HOW FAR IT COULD BE DISCUSSED WITH
OHIRA..
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MR. WILFORD
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