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RECORD OP MIM PRIME MINISTER'S MEETING WITH MR. SATO PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN, AT 10 a.m. ON HEONESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1970, AT THE WALDORF ASTORIA, NEW YORK
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Also Present:
Mr. Kaichi (Foreign Minister
of Japan)
His Excellency Mr. M. S. Tsuruoka
(Japanese Permanent
Mr.
Representative at the
United Nations)
Toshio Kimura
State Secretary for the Prime Minister
The Foreign and Commonwealth
Secretary
Sir Denis Greenhill
Mr. Donald Maitland
Mr
P. J. S. Moon
Mr. Sato congratulated the Prime Minister on the
Conservative Party's.access in the British General
Elections.
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The Prime Minister thanked Mr. Sato. He said that
Britain and Japan had much in common. We were both
trading nations and it was important for us both that
there was as much freedom to trade as possible. The
Prime Minister went on to refer to the Mills Bill and
asked if there was any possibility of the Japanese and the Americans reaching an agreement.
Mr. Sato replied that this was a very difficult
question. He believed that the United States broadly
upheld the principle of free trade but there were
inevitably special cases where principle had sometimes
to be set aside. At his earlier meeting with President
Nixon he had thought that it would be possible to reach
agreement but in fact great difficulties had arisen,
mainly due to the fact that any arrangements had to be
acceptable to U.S. industry. He proposed to take the
matter up again when he saw President Nixon in a few days
time.
He would seek to allay any misunderstanding or loss
of confidence.
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