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HE HAD NO SPECIFIC IDEA HOW THE ASSURANCE MIGHT BE GIVEN BUT THOUGHT THAT IT WAS UNLIKELY THAT THE JAPANESE WOULD WISH TO DO IT THROUGH THE EMBASSY (THIS MAY MERELY REFLECT HIS GWN
EXPRESSED DESIRE TO KEEP THINGS OUT OF NORMAL DIPLOMATIC
CHANNELS).
8. WE ALSO MADE THE POINT THAT WE WOULD NOT FEEL OURSELVES
NECESSARILY COMMITTED TO ANYTHING HE MIGHT AGREE WITH TAIWAN. HE SAID THAT HE ACCEPTED THIS. HIS IDEA WAS IN ANY CASE TO
ARRIVE AT PROVISIONAL AGREEMENTS IN THE FIRST PLACE AND RATIFY
THEM. ALL TOGETHER WHEN THEY WERE READY.
9. THE QUESTION AROSE WHETHER HE SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT DISCUSS THE TEXTILE QUESTION WITH H.M.G. ON HIS FORTHCOMING EUROPEAN
TRIP.
WE STRONGLY ADVISED HIM TO DO SO.
13. WE ALSO RAISED THE ISSUES OF OUR INCLUSION IN THE U.S. G.P.S. AND OF STAINLESS STEEL FLATWARE AND HAVE GIVEN HIM
AIDES-MEMOIRE ON THESE SUBJECTS.
11. KENNEDY MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT HE WISHED TO KEEP THIS
WHOLE MATTER ON AS PERSONAL A BASIS AS POSSIBLE. APART FROM · A TALK WITH ME, HE ASKED TO SPEAK PRIVATELY (ALONG WITH JURICH) WITH THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER THE FORMAL MEETING AND MOST OF WHAT IS REPORTED IN PARAGRAPHS 1, 2 AND 7 ABOVE WAS SAID ONLY AT THESE PRIVATE MEETINGS. IT IS VERY DESIRABLE, THEREFORE, THAT, SO FAR AS POSSIBLE, KNOWLEDGE OF THE GIST OF THESE PARAGRAPHS SHOULD, FOR THE PRESENT AT LEAST, NOT BE MADE APPARENT IN ANY CONVERSATION EITHER WITH THE
AMERICANS OR JAPANESE.
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