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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE 24 FEBRUARY 1969
ADDRESSED TO F C O TELNO 29 OF 24 FEBRUARY REPEATED FOR INFORMATION
TO BONN PARIS ROME WASHINGTON AND SAVING TO THE HAGUE LUXEMBOURG
UKMIS GENEVA TOKYO AND BRUSSELS,
MY TELNO 25.
PRESIDENT NIXON'S VISIT: TRADE POLICY QUESTIONS.
DENIAU, THE MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION RESPONSIBLE FOR TRADE POLICY QUESTIONS, HAS GIVEN US THE FOLLOWING ACCOUNT OF THE DISCUSSION OF TRADE POLICY QUESTIONS WHEN THE COMMISSION SAW PRESIDENT NIXON THIS AFTERNOON.
2. NONE OF THE SPECIFIC PROBLEMS WERE DISCUSSED FULLY. THERE WERE GENERAL DECLARATIONS FROM BOTH SIDES ON THE NEED TO AVOID A RETURN
TO PROTECTIONISM. NIXON SAID THAT THE DIFFICULTIES NOW ENCOUNTERED SHOULD BE FACED CALMLY AND WITHOUT HEAT. ASP WAS ONE OF THE EXAMPLES THAT HE GAVE: AND HE OFFERED NO PROMISES. SOMETHING WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE ON TEXTILES. CONGRESS HAD 93 PROPOSALS BEFORE IT AND IT WOULD BE BETTER TO HAVE THE MATTER SOLVED BY AGREEMENT WITH THIS INTEREST RATHER THAN IN ANY OTHER WAY.
3. THERE WAS NO DIRECT REFERENCE TO THE MANSHOLT PROPOSALS ON AGRICULTURE BUT NIXON RAISED THE PROBLEM POSED FOR AMERICAN SOYA
BEAN EXPORTS BY THE COMMISSION'S PROPOSAL FOR A TAX ON IMPORTED
FATS AND OILS.
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