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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY No.51
- 1 DEC 1969
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Corsa HKK 6/204/1
25 November, 1969.
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Textilos
The Ambassador has asked me to follow up our telegram of yesterday reporting a further discussion with the Japanoso on 24 November.
2. Nakayama's gonorel reaction was one of rolies and appreciation that the Americans had agreed to make no mention of textiles in the Sato/Nixon communiqué. This would be helpful to the Japanese politically (for the reasons Mr.Long had already outlined to us lost woek).
The primary reason for continuing the bilatera talks with the Amerimns last Saturday had been to domonstrato to the outside world that tho Gonova discussions were not connected directly with the Sato visit and that no pscrot deal had been struck on textiles in Washington. howover, that Nomor had come over from Washington
The Japanese also told us, specially to bo prosent at the Saturday nooting and presumably bringing news of the outcome of the discussions between the President and Mr.Sato,
3. Nakayama particularly caphasised ho was stronger on this point than last wook - that tho and if anything Jananoso had not sold the pass. holding firmly to the view that injury must be proved
They were still boforo restraints could be considered and they alsɔ had stuck to their position that the determination of injury should be decided multilaterally. indication that anything tho Imericans had said han
He gave no mado ary difference as rogerds their basic view that injury was not yet proven, and no repeated that in the October talks Hong Kong had takon the same view. Not unnaturally, the mericans also continue to rguo that they must have agreement on restraints rirst and rny discussion in CAM subsequently (and only then if The Japanoso insist). Americans roclise that any GATT discussion on those
It seems likely that the issues can hardly be kept within a small and restricted group; but if in the and they find that some CATT
A.Goldsmith, sq.,
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LONJON,S.W.1.
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