CONFIDENTIAL
CYPHER CAT A
IMMEDIATE TOKYO
TELEGRAM NUMBER CREDA 251
CONFIDENTIAL
TO BOARD OF TRADE
3 OCTOBER 1969
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ADDRESSED TO BOY TELEGRAM NO CREDA 251 OF 3 OCTOBER REPEATED FOR
INFORMATION ROUTINE TO WASHINGTON AND UKMIS GENEVA.
FOR CAREY FROM HUGHES.
TEXTILES.
1 SAY TAKAHASHI, DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE TEXTILE BUREAU IN VITI,
04 2 CCTOBER, SE DISCUSSED NEXT ZEEX'S CONFERENCE ON THE L.T.A.
AND AMERICAN PROTECTIONIST MOVES. I OUTLINED OUR OWN APPROACH CN
BOTH.
2.
TAKAHASHI WAS VERY CAUTIOUS. ON THE L.T.A. HE WAS NOT PREPARED
TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE LINE THE JAPANESE WILL TAKE AT GEJEVA, ON
THE AMERICAN FRONT HE EMPHASISED THAT THE JAPANESE WERE NOW
EVALUATING THE MATERIAL PROVIDED AT THE WASHINGTON TALKS LAST MONTH
ON THE THREAT OF IMPORTS TO THE DOMESTIC INDUSTRY. HE WELCOMED QUR OPPOSITION TO THE PROLIFERATION OF BILATERAL ARRANGEMENTS, BUT I
GOT THE IMPRESSION THAT SOYE SORT OF BILATERAL DEAL MIGHT BE UNDER
CONSIDERATION. IN THIS CONTEXT THE JAPANESE MAY WELL FEEL THE SELVES
EXPOSED TO AMERICAN PRESSURE BECAUSE THEY ARE THEMSELVES PRESSING
THE AMERICANS FOR AN EARLY SETTLEMENT OF THE QUESTION OF THE RETURN
OF OKINAWA TO JAPAN ON TERMS FAVOURABLE TO THEMSELVES. THIS QUESTION
WILL BE PROMINENT WHEN THE JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER VISITS WASHINGTON
IN MID-NOVEMBER. THE POSSIBILITY OF A LINK BETWEEN OKINAWA AND TEXTILE RESTRAINT IS RÉING STRONGLY CANVASSED IN THE JAPANESE PRESS.
F C O PASS WASHINGTON AND GENEVA.
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