EN CLAIR
PRIORITY WASHINGTON
TELEGRAM NUMBER 3157
UNCLASSIFIED 251745Z
NEUTRAL
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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE 25 OCTOBER, 1970.
Refeated to Hong Kong PA.
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ADDRESSED TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NUMBER 3157 OF 25 OCTOBER REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO UKDEL EEC BRUSSELS, UKMIS GENEVA AND TDO NEW YORK AND SAVING TO TOKYO AND OTTAWA.
MY TELEGRAM NUMBER 3153 OF 24 OCTOBER: TRADE TALKS AND TEXTILES.
AFTER THE MEETING BETWEEN PRESIDENT NIXON AND THE JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER ON 24 OCTOBER IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT THEY HAD AGREED THAT NEGOTIATIONS WOULD BE RESUMED BETWEEN THE TWO GOVERNMENTS WITH A VIEW TO REACHING AGREEMENT ON THE QUESTION OF TEXTILES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. TALKS WILL BE HELD IN WASHINGTON. NEGOTIATING TEAMS WILL BE HEADED RESPECTIVELY BY THE JAPANESE AMBASSADOR AND BY MR. PETER FLANIGAN, A SENIOR PRESIDENTIAL ASSISTANT.
2. THE PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN TEXTILE MANUFACTURERS INSTITUTE HAS ALREADY COMMENTED THAT THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY SEES SUBSTANTIAL ADDITIONAL REASON FOR PASSING THE TRADE BILL WHICH IS DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE A NEGOTIATED SOLUTION.
3. SEE M.1.F.T.
4. ADVANCE COPY TO EDWARDS, DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY.
FCO PASS JKDEL EEC BRUSSELS UKMIS GENEVA AND SAVING TO TOKYO.
MR. FREEMAN
/REPEATED AS REQUESTED/
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION
COMMODITIES DEPT.
F.E.D.
AMERICAN DEPT.
HONG KONG DEPT.
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