CYPHER CAT A
FROM ROUTINE ROME
TELEGRAM NO 315
CONFIDENTIAL
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
3 APRIL 1969
CONFIDENTIAL
ADDRESSED TO FCO TELNO 315 3/4 RFI SAVING TO : WASHINGTON,
TOKYO, HONG KONG, UKDEL TO EEC BRUSSELS, THE HAGUE, BONN, U.K.MISSION GENEVA, BERNE, PARIS.
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WASHINGTON TELEGRAM NO. 882 TO YOU:
U.S. TEXTILE RESTRAINTS.
ROSSI LONGHI AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TODAY
TOLD US THAT THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT WERE FIRMLY OPPOSED TO THE
IDEA OF A CONFERENCE ON TEXTILES AND WOULD REJECT IT OUTRIGHT
SHOULD MR STANS SUGGEST IT WHEN HE COMES TO ROME ON 19 APRIL.
THE U.S. WAS A VERY IMPORTANT MARKET FOR THE ITALIAN TEXTILES
INDUSTRY, WHICH WAS ALREADY IN CONSIDERABLE DIFFICULTY AND WOULD
BE ''RUINED' BY ANY SIGNIFICANT RESTRICTIONS OF THE AMERICAN
MARKET.
2. ROSSI LONGHI SAID THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT WOULD APPRECIATE
HMG'S VIEWS ON THE CONFERENCE PROPOSAL. GRATEFUL FOR INSTRUCTIONS.
FCO PASS SAVING TO WASHINGTON, TOKYO, HONG KONG, UKDEL TO EEC BRUSSELS, THE HAGUE, BONN, U.K. MISSION GENEVA, BERNE, PARIS.
SIR E. SHUCKBURGH
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION
TRADE POLICY DEPT.
COMMODITIES DEPT.
HONG KONG DEPT.
RP.
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Dalay
CONFIDENTIAL
RECEIVED IN ARCHIVES No.51
ARCHIV
10 APR 1969
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