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PRIORITY WASHINGTON TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO. 507
19 FEBRUARY, 1969
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NEUTRAL.
ADDRESSED TO FOO TELNO. 507 OF 19 FEBRUARY REPEATED FOR INFORMATION
TO BONN, PARIS, ROME, BAJEL BEC BRUSSELS, UK MISSION GENEVA AND
TOKYO.
TO PARIS
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YOUR TELEGRAM NO. 94/CNOT TO TOKYO); PRESIDENT NIXON'S VISIT. WE SUGGEST THAT IT WOULD BE WORTH LETTING THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT KNOW THAT H,N.G. (AND HOPEFULLY THE OTHER EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS) INTEND TO GIVE THE AMERICANS NO ENCOURAGEMENT ON TEXTILE RESTRAINTS.
WE UNDERSTAND FROM THE ATTORNEYS REPRESENTING JAPANESE TEXTILE
INTERESTS HERE THAT THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT, WHO ARE TAKING A VERY
FIRM LINE THEMSELVES, ARE NERVOUS LEST PRESIDENT NIXON MIGHT FIND
SOME RESPONSE ON HIS EUROPEAN TRIP. IT WOULD BE A PITY IF JAPANESE
ROBUSTNESS WERE TO BE WEAKENED BY SUCH UNCERTAINTY.
FCO PASS BONN, PARIS, ROME, UKDEL EEG BRUSSELS, UK MISSION GENEVA
AND TOKYO.
MR. TOMKINS
REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
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