Kei Wakaizumi and Japan-US textile Negotiations

本文分析了1969- 1970年日美关于自愿限制羊毛纺织品和人造纤维进口的纺织品谈判。本研究的意义在于阐明了尼克松总统的国家安全顾问亨利基辛格与首相佐藤作的密使若泉庆之间的秘密渠道谈判过程。这样的谈判在日本外交史上是罕见的，也是极为特殊的。秘密渠道的谈判过程是有官方文件支持的。

This study analyzed Japan-US textile negotiations over the voluntary restriction of import of wool textile and man-made fiber in 1969-70. The significance of this study is to have elucidated the negotiations process of the back channel between Henry Kissinger, a National Security Advisor of President Richard Nixon, and Kei Wakaizumi, a secret envoy of the Prime Minister Eisaku Sato. Such negotiations are rare examples and extremely exceptional in the Japanese diplomatic history. The negotiations process of the back channel were supported by official documents.