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FURTHER JAPANESE RESPONSE REFERRED TO IN THAT TELEGRAM BEFORE TAKING THINGS FURTHER. IT MIGHT THEN BE DESTRAELE FOR HIM TO COME TO LONDON QUICKLY TO SEE IF A SOLUTION COULD BE PUT TOGETHER WHICH MIGHT COMMEND ITSELF TO BOTH JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES, THE TWO COUNTRIES WERE SO BOXED IN THAT A NEW INITIATIVE MIGHT NEED TO COME

FROM A THIRD PARTY.

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HE GAVE NO PRECISE INDICATION OF WHETHER HE HAD ANY IDEAS FOR A SOLUTION AND IF SO WHAT. IN THE COURSE OF THE TALK, HOWEVER, HE DID WONDER WHETHER PRACTICE IN CANADA MIGHT NOT AFFORD AN EXAMPLE. THE CANADIANS HAD ALWAYS MANAGED TO STAY WITHIN GATT RULES, BUT SOME OF THE EXPORTING COUNTRIES SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN EASILY SATISFIED OVER INJURY. RIDLEY COMMENTED THAT WINDOW-DRESSING ON INJURY COULD EASILY DETERIORATE, AS AMERICAN PRACTICE UNDER THE L.T.A. SHOWED,

INTO A MERE FORMALITY,

MR. FREEMAN.

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