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CYPHER CAT A
PRIORITY WASHINGTON
TELEGRAM NO 798
CONFIDENTIAL [NEUTRAL]
CONFIDENTIAL
TO FCO
16TH MARCH, 1970
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ADDRESSED TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TEL. NO 798 16MARCH REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO TOKYO, UKMIS GENEVA, HONG KONG, SEOUL SAVING TO TAMSUI
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TOKYO TELEGRAM NO.181: TEXTILES.
TREZISE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS,
TOLD COMMERCIAL COUNSELLOR TODAY THAT HE THOUGHT MATTERS BETWEEN
JAPAN AND THE U.S. MIGHT COME TO A HEAD IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. MOST
TEXTILE CONGRESSMEN WOULD BE ATTENDING THE CONVENTION OF THE AMERICAN
TEXTILE MANUFACTURERS INSTITUTE IN SAN FRANCISCO THIS WEEK AND
SOME OF THE INDUSTRY SPOKESMEN'S SPEECHES READ LIKE THOSE THAT
WERE MADE IN JAPAN IN THE 1930S. THE OUTCOME COULD BE A MOVE
BY CONGRESS FOR LEGISLATIVE ACTION AGAINST JAPAN. CONGRESSMAN MILLS (CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE WAY AND MEANS COMMITTEE) WAS AGAIN URGING THE NEED TO FIND A SETTLEMENT UPON THE ADMINISTRATION (PRESUMABLY
BECAUSE WITHOUT IT HE EXPECTS A TEXTILE QUOTA AMENDMENT TO
BE HUNG UPON THE TRADE BILL FOR ENDING A.S.P. ETC WHICH HIS
COMMITTE IS DUE TO CONSIDER EARLY IN APRIL.
2.NO FORMAL REPLY HAS YET BEEN MADE TO THE JAPANESE AIDE MEMOIRE
HANDED OVER ON 9 MARCH WHICH THE AMERICANS DESCRIBE AS THROWING
THE BOOK AT THEM. HOWEVER WE KNOW THAT HIGH LEVEL MEETINGS
WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATION HAVE BEEN TAKING PLACE OVER THE WEEKEND AND
TREZISE INDICATED THAT SOME KIND OF ORAL RESPONSE HAD BEEN MADE WHICH IT WAS HOPED MIGHT ELICIT SOME MORE FORTHCOMING JAPANESE PROPOSAL
LATER THIS WEEK. HE ADMITTED THAT WITHOUT SOME GIVE ON EACH SIDE (AND HE DID NOT IMPLY THERE WAS ANY ON THE U.S. SIDE) A CLASH SEEMED
UNAVOIDABLE.
3.IT APPEARS, HOWEVER, THAT THE ADMINISTRATION WILL WAIT TO SEE IF THE JAPANESE COME FORWARD WITH NEW PROPOSALS BEFORE TAKING A POSITION
THEMSELVES. CLEARLY THEY ARE IN A GREAT QUANDARY ABOUT WHAT TO DO
FCO PASS TOKYO,UKMIS GENEVA, HONG KONG, SEOUL, AND SAVING TAMSU! MR FREEMAN
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
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