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Our interest was of course to end the war.
appreciated Japan's efforts in this direction.
tried to get Gromykb to agree to the recall of
the Geneva Conference. Gromyko had professed to
want the orderly withdrawal of American forces.
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had pointed out, the best way to achieve this would
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be through the withdrawal of all forces but he would
not accept this. Most probably he was not in a
position to influence the North Vietnamese.
Moreover
the Americans did not seem keen on reconvening the
Conference. We were therefore stuck with the present
situation. We must nevertheless go on trying. A
Geneva-type conference or some variant of this might
provide an opportunity to make progress. He recalled
that after the 1962 Agreement, the Communist forces
had stayed in Laos. It would therefore be necessary
to have more ffective post-treaty arrangements.
On the economic front, he agreed that things
looked better in Indonesia. The Australians, with
whom he had discussed the matter during his visit
some months ago, certainly took this view. British
businessmen were also interested in Indonesia.
situation in Indonesia was in contrast to that in
Burma where the Government were hostile to foreign
investment and had only themselves to blame for
their economic difficulties. He noted Mr Aichi's
remarks about the Philippines consortium. In general
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we should be gald to see Japan take advantage of
opportunities in this area. This would promote
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stability and lead to better prospects industrially.
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