51. Memorandum From the President’s Deputy Special Assistant (Bator) to the Executive Secretary of the Department of State (Read)1
Washington, June 23, 1965.
SUBJECT
- Japanese Aviation Negotiations
The President has authorized the Department to resume negotiations with Japan on the basis of the position proposed in the May 29 memorandum of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,2 amended as follows:
Our minimum conditions should include the first two optional concessions listed in the enclosure to the May 29 memorandum: (1) Japanese recognition of the United States right to operate air services beyond Japan to mainland Asia and Europe; (2) Japanese recognition of the right to operate all-cargo services under the Civil Air Transport Agreement.3
Francis M. Bator
- Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964–66, POL 7 JAPAN–US. Confidential.↩
- Document 49.↩
- Additional documentation on the aviation question is in the National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964–66, POL 7 JAPAN–US, POL JAPAN–US, and AV 9 JAPAN–US. An agreement reflecting Mann’s proposals (Document 49) was finalized by an exchange of notes on December 28. The text of the notes is in 16 UST 2029.↩