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CONFIDENTIAL
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REGISTRY NOSIDENTIAL
- 2 APR 1971
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TO ROUTINE F CO TELNO 261 OF 30 MARCH INFO WASHINGTON OTTAWA
UKDEL BRUSSELS UKMIS GENEVA
WAKEFIELD'S LETTER 6/60 OF 5 MARCH TO HUGHES: GATT APRIL MEETING.
FURTHER JAPANESE THOUGHT ABOUT THE MEETING IN THE PAST THREE
WEEKS HAS PRODUCED LITTLE IN THE WAY OF CONCRETE IDEAS. THERE
HAVE BEEN FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CANADIANS, AND WITH
PATTERSON
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ASSISTANT DIRECTOR GENERAL OF GATT WHO WAS HERE LAST WEEK.
THE JAPANESE DELEGATION FROM HERE WILL BE LED BY YASUKAWA
DEPUTY VICE MINISTER CROUGHLY DEPUTY SECRETARY
EQUIVALENT IN THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, WHO WILL BE SUPPORTED
BY HIRAHARA, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE ECONOMIC AFFAIRS BUREAU
IN THE SAME MINISTRY, AND SOMEBODY FROM HITI. HARADA, DIRECTOR'
GENERAL OF THE INTERNATIONALTRADE BUREAU, MIGHT HAVE GONE
BUT THERE ARE PLANS FOR HIM TO ACCOMPANY HIS MINISTER TO AUSTRALIA
AT THAT TIME.
2. THE JAPANESE DO NOT SEEM TO HAVE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED WITH
PATTERSON'S SUGGESTIONS FOR SMALL GROUP MEETINGS ON THE MARGIN,
THEY DOUBTED WHETHER A GROUP ON TEXTILES WOULD GET ANY WHERE
QUOTE BECAUSE OF THE CONTINUED LACK OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
2 MAIN PARTIES UNQUOTE: AND THEY WERE CYNICAL ABOUT THE VALUE
OF SHALL MEETINGS OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES
3. THE JAPANESE ARE MUCH MORE INTERESTED IN OTHER BROAD TRADE
INITIATIVES AFFECTING PARTICULARLY THE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES.
TARIFFS
THE IDEA OF A JAPAN ROUND ON TARIFFS IS STILL VERY MUCH ALIVE.
BUT THE JAPANESE DO NOT THINK THE TIME IS RIPE FOR IT TO BE
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