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Mr. Kissinger
Professor Yoshida
3/19/70; 11:20 p.m.
Y:
In the past 12 hours I have had three conversations with my friend
on your three conditions. My friend appreciates your three points
and asked me to convey the following message to you. He feels he
and his government is definitely prepared to
restrictions on the ten items which we proposed a
few days ago [I could not understand him]. I know that is not
satisfactory for you but as you understand in any diplomatic
negotiations one has to start with a
line and will have
to take an appearance of mutual concession. It is particularly
true for us in view of the mounting pressures of our industry.
Second, with regard to injury position my friend understands your
position and although we have asked you about this we are not now
seeking further substantial demonstration from you. However, it
will be great help for us if you could show some form or some
kind of
on this question, should this be possible on
your side. Third, the question of separate aggregate ceilings on
two materials is also in essence acceptable to my friend. The
problem for us is how to make it look like selected for home
consumption here. On this point my friend is hopeful that we can
devise some formula through negotiations which could be mutually
acceptable.
K:
How could this happen?
Y:
Our position is flexible. We will make your requirements through
negotiations. Soon after I talked to my friend he summoned his
two top associates and you know who I mean and advised them
fresh instructions had been sent to Washington along the lines I just
mentioned. My friend says we must avoid under any circumstances
the breaking of the discussions, which would be disastrous to both
of us. If your friend is willing, we would like to continue the talks
and ask your negotiators to keep our
in mind and to
press hard on our
to accommodate your minimum
requirements and now they should be able to meet them on essential
points. I XXX may add that my friend and his associates will now
have to talk to our industry to get their consent and cooperation.
This is not an easy task. My friend and his aides are determined
to accomplish this. Whatever decision our government makes, we
must still discuss it with the industry.
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