EN CLAIR
PRIORITY
TOKYO TO
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TH
135
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25 FEBRUARY 1970
UNCLASSIFIED
NEUTRAL]
ADDSD TO F C O TELNO 135 CF 25 FEB 1970.
26
น
RF TO WASHINGTON, CENEVA, HONG KONG, SEOUL AND TAMSUI.
خانة
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TEXTILES.
JAPANESE PRESS REPORTS ON 25 FEBRUARY THAT THE JAPANESE AMBASSADOR IN WASHINGTON, IN A MEETING WITH U.S.UNDER
SECRETARY OF STATE, MR ALEXIS JOHNSON, ON 19 FEBRUARY, PUT FORWARD AS A PERSONAL SUGGESTION, THE POSSIBILITY OF A SETTLEMENT ON THE FOLLOWING LINES (A) THE NUMBER OF ITEMS SUBJECT TO VOLUNTARY EXPORT CONTROL BE LIMITED
TO A SMALL NUMBER.
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(B) THE TERM OF THE PROPOSED SELF-RESTRAINT BE SHORTENED TO TWO TO THREE YEARS.
(C) TRADE VOLUME IN 1969 INSTEAD OF THAT FOR JULY 1968 TO JUNE 1969 BE USED AS A BASIS FOR VOLUNTARY EXPORT
RESTRICTIONS.
(D) THE U.S. PROPOSAL THAT IMPORT VOLUME BE TIED TO A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF U.S. DOMESTIC TEXTILE CONSUMPTION
BE REVISED.
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2. JOHNSON IS REPORTED AS HAVING WELCOMED SHIMODA'S SUGGESTIONS SAYING THAT THEY COULD BE A BASIS FOR NEGOTIATIONS IF PRESENTED
AS A FORMAL JAPANESE COUNTER PROPOSAL.
F C O PLEASE PASS GENEVA,
SIR J. PILCHER
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION
F.E.D.
AMER. D.
H.K.D.
COMMOD. D.
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY Nɔ.51
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