CYPHER/CAT A
CONFIDENTIAL
PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 633
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800
TO TOKYO
20 OCTOBER 1969
(MCC 13/306/1)
CONFIDENTIAL
NEUTRAL.
ADDRESSED TO TOKYO TELEGRAM NO 633 OF 23
OCTOBER REPEATED FOR
INFORMATION TO UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON, HONG KONG, SEOUL AND OTTAWA.
YOUR TELEGRAM NO.616: TEXTILES.
HUGHES, BOARD OF TRADE, CALLED IN WADA (MINISTER AT JAPANESE
MBASSY) TO ASK WHETHER THERE HAD BEEN ANY CHANGE IN THE JAPANESE POSITION. WADA SAID HE KNEW OF NOTHING, BUT WOULD MAKE ENQUIRIES AND LET US KNOW, HUGHES STRESSED HOW DIFFICULT IT WOULD BE TO DEFEND COMPLETE LIBERALISATION OF ANGLO-JAPANESE TRADE IF THE JAPANESE AGREED TO RESTRAIN THEIR EXPORTS (OR SOME OF THEM) OF NON-COTTON TEXTILES TO THE UNITED STATES.
STEWART
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION COMMODITIES D.
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL TRADE
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