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The Government of Japan also wish to state that they are obliged

point out that there are no justifiable arguments for holding

such a meeting, which will evidentally be inconsistant with the

agreed intention of the Parties to the Long-Term Arrangements

regarding International Trade in Cotton Textiles of

9th February, 1962, providing in Article I "They also recognize

that, since these measures are intended to deal with the special

problems of cotton textiles, they are not to be considered as

lending themselves to application in other fields".

4. In view of the common interest of Japan and the United Kingdom

in opposing the U.S.A. movement, the Japanese Government would like to express their hope that the United Kingdom Government

will, in their talks with the United States, oppose any idea

of holding an international meeting as mentioned above, and

that our countries can maintain close collaboration in the

future with a view to preventing the realization of any form of new

restrictions on the international trade in textiles.

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