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HONG KONG TELNO 36 TO WASHINGTON

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(B) THAT EXISTING RESTRAINTS WERE NO PRECEDENT AT ALL FOR A

COMPREHENSIVE BILATERAL AGREEMENT.

5.

MARTIN THOUGHT IT WAS ''FORTUITOUS''

THAT YOU

SHOULD BE MEETING STANS ON THE DAY THIS REQUEST WAS MADE. HE

DID NOT KNOW WHETHER SIMILAR REQUESTS HAD BEEN MADE TO OTHER

EXPORTING COUNTRIES, ALTHOUGH THE PROPOSALS HAD BEEN

'OUTLINED''

TO THE RECENT JAPANESE FACT FINDING MISSION. THE JAPANESE, SO

FAR,''HAVE NOT COMMENTED’’.

MARTIN AND SORBY AGREED NO PUBLICITY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO

THE FACT THAT THIS APPROACH HAD BEEN MADE SEMICOLON AND MARTIN

SAID HE 'BELIEVED'' IT WAS NOT WASHINGTON'S INTENTION TO

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RELEASE ANY STATEMENT TO THE U.S. PRESS.

(F C O PLS PASS IMMEDIATE TO WASHINGTON SEOUL AND GENEVA)

AND PRIORITY TO TOKYO

SIR D. TRENCH

[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]

INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION

ADVANCE COPIES SENT

H.K. DEPT.

COMMODITIES DEPT.

ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION

AMERICAN DEPT.

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