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TELEGRAM NUMBER 137
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ADDRESSED TO F C O TELEGRAM NO. 137 OF 25 FEBRUARY 1973. REPEATED
FOR INFORMATION TO WASHINGTON, GENEVA, HONG KONG, SEOUL AND TAMSU!.
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TEXTILES (HARAGRAPH 4)
FOR GOLDSMITH FROM CORTAZZI.
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HAD PREVIOUSLY SEE# YOKOYAMA, COUNSELLOR IN THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE BUREAU IN MITI, IN THE LIGHT OF YOUR TELEGRAM 40. 23 CREDA.
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IN GIVING HIN THE GIST OF YOUR EPLY I PUT PARTICULAR STRESS ON THE
LINE TAKEN IN YOUR FINAL PARAGRAPH, IN ORDER NOT TO SEEM TOO
UNHELPFUL. JAPANESE WERE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THE REFERENCE
TO ARTICLE 22(11) OF THE GATT AND IN OUR WILLINGNESS TO PARTICIPATE
AS AN EXPORTING COUNTRY IN ANY CONFERENCE WHICH MIGHT BE CALLED BY
THE AMERICANS UNDER THIS ARTICLE. THEY SAID THAT JAPANESE HAD
PREVIOUSLY HAD MISGIVINGS ARCUT ANY MULTILATERAL MEETING FOR FEAR
THAT IT MIGHT LEAD TO AN EXTENSION OF THE LONG TERM COTTON TEXTILE
AGREEMENT 12-OPHRY TEXTILE ITEMS W/L THAT THE .K. AND E.E.C.
AAL WOULD_PARTICIPATE AS IMPORTING RATHER THAN EXXORTING COUNTRIES.
ок. 2. YPOYAMA SAID THAT THE JAPANESE HAD SPOKEN TO BENTAU OF THE IQE.C. LAST WEEK ON MUCH THE SAME LINES AS THEY HAD SPOKE TO SANDERS. DENIAU HAD REPLIED THAT THU E.E.C. WOULD PARTICIPATE IN ANY MEETING WHICH MIGHT BE CALLED BUT HAD SAID THAT THE E.E.C. COULD NOT TAKE THE INITIATIVE IN CALLING SUCK A MEETING. DENTAU HAD ALSO MADE IT CLEAR THAT THE E.E.C. WERE OPPOSED TO VOLUNTARY CONTROLS ON EXPORTS OF TEXTILES TO THE U.S. HOWEVER IN PRIVATE CONVERSATION DENIAU HAD INDICATED THAT IN HIS VIEW SOMETHING MUST BE DONE TO MEET THE AMRICAN DIFFICULTIES. THE JAPANESE HAD BEEN PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN DENIAU'S PLANS TO VISIT LONG IN GENEVA