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25 Nov 1974
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TO ROUTINE E C G D TELEGRAM NUMBER EXCED 34 OF 22 NOVEMBER 1974 INFO ROYCE OPG DOT.
FOR FELL E C G D FROM KINNEAR.
YOUR TELEGRAM NO EXCED 31: MASS TRANSIT.
DESPITE A RECENT PRESS REPORT THAT CURRENT TALKS IN TOKYO SHOULD LEAD TO EARLY SIGNING OF CONTRACT, JAPANESE CONSUL GENERAL TOLD ME THE OTHER NIGHT THAT CONDITIONS IN JAPAN
WERE VERY DIFFICULT AND HE SAW NO PROSPECT OF AGREEMENT
BEING REACHED FOR A VERY LONG TIME. I THINK THERE IS A
GROWING FEELING HERE THAT THE JAPANESE ARE NOT GOING TO BE
ABLE TO PERFORM. I AM SEEING HADDON-CAVE ON TUESDAY 26
NOVEMBER TO ASK HOW HE SEES THINGS AND WHETHER THERE IS ANY CONTINGENCY PLAN IF A CONTRACT CANNOT BE NEGOTIATED WITH THE JAPANESE. I RATHER SUSPECT THERE IS NO SUCH PLAN.
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