No. 816
Editorial Note
Working-level talks between officials of the United States and Japan commenced in Washington on October 21. The Japanese side was led by Takeuchi, the United States side by Baldwin. On October 24, the first plenary meeting of the preparatory talks was held, at which the Japanese side was led by Minister Aichi and the American group by Assistant Secretary Robertson. Topics discussed included Japanese-United States economic cooperation in Southeast Asia, surplus agricultural products, MSA aid, GARIOA, Japanese-United States trade relations, GATT, defense industries, war criminals, and status of the Ryukyu and Bonin Islands. Documentation on these preliminary discussions and on the Yoshida visit to Washington, which began on November 7, is in Conference files, lot 60 D 627, CF 396 and 397.