CYPHER CAT/A
ROUTINE UKDEL EEC BRUSSELS
TELEGRAM NO.48
CONFIDENTIAL
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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
11 MARCH 1969
ADDRESSED TO FCO TELEGRAM NO.48 OF 11 MARCH REPEATED FOR INFORMATION
TO WASHINGTON HONG KONG AND SAVING TO BONN THE HAGUE LUXEMBOURG
PARIS ROME TOKYO AND BRUSSELS.
WASHINGTON TELEGRAM NO.610 (NOT TO ALL): U S TEXTILE IMPORTS.
WE WERE SEEING HIJZEN (COMMISSION) ON ANOTHER MATTER ON 11 MARCH. HE TOLD US THE COMMISSION HAD HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY'S WASHINGTON INFORMATION OFFICE THAT THE WHITE HOUSE STAFF HAD NOW BEGUN TO APPRECIATE THE DIFFICULTIES ABOUT VOLUNTARY RESTRICTION OF SUPPLIES. THEY HAD CONTACTED THE AMBASSADORS OF ALL THE SIX COUNTRIES AND HAD HAD A NEGATIVE RESPONSE FROM THEM: FURTHERMORE
THE AMBASSADORS HAD EXPRESSED DISMAY ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES OF SOLOMON IN THE STEEL FIELD AND HAD INDICATED THAT IF THE AMERICANS THOUGHT SIMILAR ACTION COULD SUCCESSFULLY BE TAKEN ON TEXTILES THEY WERE WRONG. THE INFORMATION OFFICE HAD SAID THAT IN ITS VIEW THE WHITE HOUSE MIGHT CARRY ON WITH THE EXERCISE FOR A FEW MONTHS AND THEN TELL THE DOMESTIC INDUSTRY THAT THEY COULD NOT HAVE THE PROTECTION THEY REQUESTED.
2. HIJZEN EXPRESSED SOME SURPRISE AT THIS REPORT, SINCE IT APPEARED OVER-SANGUINE IN THE LIGHT OF PREVIOUS INDICATIONS OF THE AMERICAN POSITION.
FCO PLEASE PASS WASHINGTON AND HONG KONG AND SAVING TO BONN
THE HAGUE LUXEMBOURG PARIS ROME TOKYO
PASSED BRUSSELS SAVING.
SIR J MARJORIBANKS
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION
TRADE POLICY DEFT.
H.K. DEPT.
N.A.C.D..
W.E.D.
COMMODITIES DEPT.
NEWS DEPT.
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14 MAR 1969
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