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PRIORITY WASHINGTON
TELEGRAM NUMBER 2159
CONFIDENTIAL.
[NEUTRAL]
CONFIDENTIAL
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
31 JULY 1969
ADDRESSED TO FCO TEL NO 2159 OF 31/7 REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO
HONGKONG UKMIS GENEVA UKDEL BRUSSELS TOKYO SEOUL AND OTTAWA. (FCO, GENEVA AND BRUSSELS PLEASE COPY TO HONGKONG OFFICES).
U.S. TEXTILE POLICY.-
THE JOINT COMMUNIQUE ON TEXTILES ISSUED YESTERDAY AFTER THE U.S. JAPANESE MINISTERIAL TALKS IN TOKYO INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING QUOTE. THE JAPANESE DELEGATION STATED THAT ALTHOUGH IT WAS NOT
CONVINCED OF THE NECESSITY FOR AN INTERNATIONAL SOLUTION IT WOULD
BE READY TO CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS WITHOUT ANY COMMITMENT UNQUOTE.
(WE UNDERSTAND THE JAPANESE VERSION SAYS MORE POSITIVELY THAT THEY
DISAGREE ON THE NECESSITY ETC).
2. *
WE ARE INFORMED BY DANIELS WHO WAS IN THE WINGS THAT THE
COMMUNIQUE REPRESENTS A COMPROMISE, REACHED AFTER A LONG BATTLE,
BETWEEN WHAT THE AMERICANS TRIED TO PRETEND THE JAPANESE HAD
CONCEDED AND THE SMALL FACE-SAVING CONCESSION ACTUALLY MADE. HE
SAYS THE JAPANESE IN FACT REMAINED ADAMANT IN REFUSING TO ENTER
INTO BILATERAL OR INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATIONS, THOUGH THEY FINALLY
AGREED TO SEND A FACT-FINDING TEAM TO WASHINGTON, PROBABLY IN SEPTEMBER, TO STUDY THE STATE OF THE U.S. INDUSTRY.
FCO PASS HONGKONG UKMIS GENEVA UKDEL BRUSSELS TOKYO AND SEOUL.
MR FREEMAN.
[COPY PASSED TO HONG KONG GOVT. OFFICE BY
COMMS. DEPT. A.D.R.]
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