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UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON, TOKYO
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We agree that the Americans are not likely to be
prepared and possibly not even willing to argue a case
on particular products. However, If they are we
ве appreciate your desire to show willing and accommodatin
Moreover we certainly do not want to provoke the
Amercians into any extreme course. Nevertheless w
should not like to see matters taken so far at this
stage as discussion of any particular case for restrain
This is a stage of the cnc when it is in all our
interests to avoid any sort of commitment and we see
your meeting in the Embassy at Geneva as an occasion
when Melville and your representatives can, without
appearing to be in the least intransigent, listen to
American reactions to the statement you handed to US
Consul General in Hong Kong. Even if the Americans
are unexpectedly armed with statistics to support a