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U.S. Textile Imports
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You will wish to know that on 9 March in the cours of discussions with Ridley (Commercial Counsellor, We, hingcent Trezise (Assistant Secretary of State for Egonomie Affaire-put forward a proposal for breaking the impasse on the non-cotton textile problem. He emphasised repeatedly that he was doing so on a
personal basis and asked that his confidence be
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Tresize began by saying that discussions with Japan appeared to be getting nowhere (Washington telegram to us No.798 of 16 March confirms this). The Department of Commerce continued to insist upon a comprehensive solution. President Nixon had avoided public commitments since his inauguration but
remained deeply convinced of the need to relieve the pressure from domestic textile interests. In the absence of a negotiated settlement legislation for quotas on shoes and textiles, whether independently or as a rider to the Trade Bill, would inevitably be
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