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MEDIATE WASHINGTON
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
IMMEDIATE WASHINGTON TELEGRAM NO.4 TO TOKYO OF 20 OCTOBER 1970
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ADDRESSED TOKYO TELEGRAM NUMBER OF 23 OCTOBER 1976 REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO F.C.0., HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA AND UKDEL BRUSSELS. YOUR TELEGRAM NUMBER 3: PREFERENCES AND HONG KONG.
WE ARE ASSURED BY STATE DEPARTMENT THAT NO SUCH REQUEST CAN POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN MADE BY ANY U.S, OFFICIAL TO THE JAYANESE.
2.
UNFORTUNATELY IT WOULD NOT SURPRISE US IF SOME OFFICAL, PROBABLY NOT IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT, HAD DESCRIBED U.S. THINKING TO THE JAPANESE IN TERMS WHICH THE LATTER MIGHT INTERPRET AS A HINT THAT THE U.S. WOULD WELCOME A NEGATIVE DECISION BY JAPAN. BUT WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT IT IS NOT U.3. POLICY TO INFLUENCE THE JAPANESE
IN THAT DIRECTION.
F.C.0. PASS IMMEDIATE TOKYO ROUTINE HONG KONG UKMIS GENEVA AND UKDEL
BRUSSELS.
MR. FREEMAN
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
DEPARTMENTAL DISTRIBUTION
F.EAST. DEPT.
HONG KONG DEPT.
TR. POL. DEPT.
AMER. DEFT.
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