being occupied by Americans and it may very well be that the outcome of these discussions will be dependent on the political future of Okinawa. It would seem that this would auger well for America's efforts to reach an agreement of orderly marketing with the Asian countries.
OTHER AGENCIES
We should like to take this opportunity of expressing our sincere thanks to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for the tremendous help and assistance they so kindly afforded us during our visit to the Far East. Their help and guidance assisted us in making the visit so meaningful and so important since we were able to devote so much time visiting factories and meeting people who were in a position to give us first class technical information about all the points we raised.
During the time we spent in Japan the British Embassy was of considerable help to us in providing us with a general background of the Japanese economy and smoothing our path to enable us to meet many people. It was unfortunate that due to the Typhoon which delayed us in Taiwan, we were unable to participate in some of the functions arranged by our ambassador in Japan and his helpful staff.
It would be remiss of us at this stage not to extend our most sincere thanks to Mr. Takita and his staff who were so generous with their help during our visit to Japan and perhaps most particular, to Mrs. A. Igasarki, Secretary of the Asian Regional Organisation of the International Textile and Garment Workers Federation, who acted as our interpreter and did so much to help us, not only during our industrial visits but also during the little free time we had in Japan.
The courtesy extended to us by everyone we met throughout the Far East was most impressive and the delegation came back to this country more con- vinced than ever that it is most important for the British Textile and Clothing industries to see that the Government undertakes useful and meaningful talks with the developed and under-developed countries of the world to institute some form of orderly marketing, otherwise, it is quite obvious that because of present policy instituted by some of the Far Eastern countries as well as other low cost import countries, our industry will be put in jeopardy.
The delegation visited Tokyo during British Week and we were able to do a little to assist its image through the co-operation of the embassy officials who enabled us to visit various stores and exhibitions.
It will be recalled that the President of the Board of Trade, The Right Honourable Mr. Anthony Crossland visited Tokyo during British Week for a couple of days. It was indeed a great pleasure when at his invitation we had the opportunity of meeting him for a short visit during his very crowded itinerary and were able to discuss with him, in broad general terms, what we had seen during our visit to Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan. He expressed interest in our comments but requested that we should send him a copy of our report. We naturally took the opportunity of raising the question of orderly marketing but it is with regret that we have to say that the atmosphere in Tokyo was no more conducive to our application than what we had received in London when discussing the same problem with Mr. Crossland on previous occasions.
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