Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume IX, Foreign Economic Policy

81. Editorial Note

Concerns in the Government of Japan about the Kennedy administration’s proposed interest equalization tax prompted Japanese Foreign Minister Masayoshi Ohira to come to Washington for discussions with senior U.S. officials. He met separately with Under Secretary Ball and Secretary Rusk on August 1 and with President Kennedy on August 2, 1963. Memoranda of all three conversations are scheduled for publication in volume XXII. Regarding earlier Japanese complaints on this question, see Document 79.