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TELEGRAM NUMBER CREDA 253
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REPEATED FOR INFORMATION IMMEDIATE TO UKDEL GENEVA AND
GOVERNOR HONG KONG AND ROUTINE TO WASHINGTON.
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WHEN TSURUMI, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
BUREAU IN THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS SAW HUGHES THIS
MORNING HE SAID THAT THE JAPANESE HAD JUST RECEIVED A FORMAL
PROPOSAL FROM THE AMERICANS FOR VOLUNTARY RESTRAINT IN TWO
CATEGORIES, WOOL AND MAN-MADE FIBRES, THERE WOULD BE SOME
PARTICULARLY SENSITIVE ITEMS BUT THESE HAD NOT YET BEEN
SPECIFIED BY THE AMERICANS. THE PROPOSAL WAS FOR A PERIOD
COVERING THREE YEARS STARTING ON 1 JANUARY 1970.
2. TSURUMI SAID THAT HE UNDERSTOOD THE AMERICANS HAD
ALREADY MADE A SIMILAR APPROACH TO HONG KONG AND THAT APPROACHES
TO FORMOSA AND KOREA WOULD ECLLOW SOON.
FRO PASS IMMEDIATE GENEVA AND HONG KONG AND ROUTINE WASHINGTON.
SIR J. PILCHER }
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
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