PAILY NEWS RECORD 29/7/1969
Stans, in Japan, Rules Out' Selective Voluntary Curb
By TSUKASA FURUKAWA Cable Fairchild News Service®
TOKYO. Any possibility that the United States may settle for voluntary controls on selected items of man-made fibers and woolen textiles was ruled out by Secretary of Commerce Maurice Stans, as he arrived here for the start of today's meetings with the Japanese.
Stans' position appears to knock down speculation by Japanese sources that he would propose such restrictions on such "sensitive" items of fabrics and apparel as polyester-cotton blends, blouses and shirts —all of which reflect rapid increases in shipments to the United States from Japan and other Far East countries.
Instead, Stans said the United States would continue to press for controls on
all man-mades and woolens in negotiations with the Japanese Government. This is a point he has made before, and he made it again when he arrived from Kyoto by train for a three-day meeting of the joint United States-Japan Committee on Eco- nomic & Trade Affairs.
Most important day for Stans will come Wednesday when the United States secre- tary faces his Japanese counterpart, Min- ister of International Trade and Industry Masayoshi Ohira, in an informal but pres◄ sure-packed meeting.
The place of this closed-door meeting is not disclosed, but Fairchild News Service® has learned it will be at Ohira's Japanese- style home in Setagaya, Tokyo.
There is no doubt textiles will be top priority topic. The Stans-Ohira meeting will start following a recep- tion hosted by Japanese cabinet ministers Wednes-
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day evening. It is expected to last well into midnight considering the complexity
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of textile issues involved, conference sources here said.
On Wednesday Stans and Ohira will also meet over lunch and for another ses- sion in afternoon.
In the meantime, Japa- nese ambassador to Washington Takezo Shimoda said "should not keep her doors closed Japan to negotiation" on the textile is- sue. His statement is interpreted as reflecting a change in Jap- anese attitude.
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Japanese press reported that opinion was firming in segments of Japanese circles that Japan would accept voluntary restrictions if they were limited to certain selected items.
ON OTHER ISSUES, the United States is certain to de- mand immediate and complete liberalization of investment in Japan, especially in the automo- bile industry, lifting of residual Japanese restrictions on imports covering nearly 120 items, and removal of non-tariff barriers maintained by Japan.
Opening session today is more for ceremony than anything else. As noted, real hard negotiations will come in individual meetings by United States cabinet ministers and their Japanese counterparts.
On Tuesday, United States del- egates will attend luncheon host- ed by Japan's Prime Minister Eisaku Sato. They will be re- ceived by Japanese emperor and empress. In evening they are guests at dinner to be given by Foreign Minister Kilchi Aichi.
Final plenary session will be held Thursday morning, to be followed by joint press confer- ence by United States Secretary of State Rogers and Japanese. Foreign Minister Aichi,
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