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CYPHER/CAT A

IMMEDIATE TOKYO

TELEGRAM NO.652

CONFIDENTIAL.

NEUTRAL.

CONFIDENTIAL

TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

HILI(6/306/1

13 NOV 1969 RGISTRY Nɔ.51

RECEIVED IN

NOVEMBER 1969.

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YOUR TELEGRAM NO 667:

TEXTILES.

FINANCIAL TIMES STORY SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN A STRAIGHT LIFT FROM

JAPAN TIMES ARTICLE OF 5 NOVEMBER. THIS REPORTED CHIRA AS SAYING

THAT QUOTE HE INTENDED TO FINALISE THE JAPANESE POSITION ON

THE QUESTION OF THE PROPOSED VOLUNTARY CONTROLS ON JAPANESE TEXTILE

EXPORTS TO THE UNITED STATES BEFORE THE PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT

TO WASHINGTON LATER THIS MONTH UNQUOTE.

2.

THE ASAHI SHIMBUN OF THE SAME DAY GAVE A SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT

VERSION OF CHIRA'S REMARK: QUOTE WE WOULD LIKE TO DECIDE ON THE

CUTLINE, AT LEAST, IN ORDER TO SETTLE THE PROBLEM BEFORE PRIME

MINISTER SATO'S VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES. BUT THIS IS A DIFFICULT

PROBLEM UNQUOTE.

3. TODAY'S NIHON KE IZAI AND JAPAN TIMES STATE THAT THE JAPANESE

GOVERNMENT WILL REPLY FORMALLY TO THE UNITED STATES ACCEPTING TALKS

ON THE BASIS OF ARTICLE 22 OF G.A.T.T. SUCH TALKS HOWEVER MUST

BE ON A MULTI-LATERAL RATHER THAN BILATERAL BASIS AND THE JAPANESE

REPLY WILL ADD THAT THE IDEA OF CONCLUDING A COMPREHENSIVE

AGREEMENT COVERING ALL KINDS OF WOOLLENS AND MAN-MADE FIBRES IS NOT

ACCEPTABLE.

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4. TODAY'S PRESS REPORTS SUGGEST THAT THE JAPANESE POSITION

REMAINS THE SAME AS THAT TAKEN BY CHIKA IN TALKS WITH TRESIZE IN

(292) TOKYO LAST MONTH (MY TELNO 611 PARA 2) AND THAT THE JAPANESE

REMA IN ANXIOUS TO SEPARATE THE TEXTILE PROBLEM FROM THE OKINAWA

ISSUE.

5.

WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO ARRANGE AN APPOINTMENT WITH ANY SENIOR

LAST

REF.

NEXT

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CONFIDENTIAL

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