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NEGOTIATIONS AND UEMURA WAS HOT (REPEAT NOT) AUTHORISED TO NEGOTIATE. BUT HIS TALKS WERE SIGNIFICANT IF, AS THE AMERICANS BELIEVED, UEMURA WAS QUOTE FRONTING UNQUOTE FOR THE JAPANESE FRIME MINISTER. THERE WAS AS YET NO AGREEMENT TO RE-OPEN NEGOTIATIOAS BUT INFORMAL TALKS WITH THE JAPANESE WOULD CONTINUE.
3. THE STATE DEPARTMENT SPECULATED THAT IN SPEAKING TO THE PRESS UEMURA MAY HAVE BEEN TALKING MAINLY FOR HOME CONSUMPTION IN JAPAN. ALTERNATIVELY THEY THINK HE MAY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO COOL DOWN TRE
TEXTILE DISPUTE IN ADVANCE OF PRESIDENT RIXON'S TALK WITH SATS.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT THINK THE FORMER INTERPRETATION, WHICH THEY
REGARD AS WILDLY ENCOURAGING, THE MORE LIKELY.
4. THERE WILL BE NO COMMUNIQUE AFTER THE NIXON-SATO MEETING TODAY BUT WE WILL REPORT IF SUBSEQUENT PRESS BRIEFINGS INDICATE PROGRESS
TOWARDS RESUMING THE TEXTILE NEGOTIATIONS.
5. PLEASE PASS ADVANCE COPIES TO STEWART EDWARDS, DEPT OF TRADE
AND INDUSTRY.
FCO PASS UKDEL EEC BRUSSELS UX MISSION GENEVA AND SAVING TO TOKYO.
HR STEWART
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