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WASHINGTON TELEGRAM NO.521 TO FOREIGN OFFICE
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I PRESUME THAT GREENWALD ARRANGED THIS MEETING PARTLY TO
TEST THE FIRMNESS OF OUR ATTITUDE WHICH IS, OF COURSE, ALREADY
WELL KNOWN TO HIM, AND PARTLY TO LOOK FOR ANY POSSIBLE OPENING FOR
A LIMITED DEAL CI.E. ON WOOLLENS) TO HELP THE PRESIDENT OUT:
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CONCEIVABLY, TOO, THEY ARE EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF A DEAL
WITH OTHER HIGH-COST COUNTRIES AT THE EXPENSE OF JAPAN, HONG KONG
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AND THE L.D.C's. ! LEFT GREENWALD AND TREZISE IN NO DOUBT THAT
THERE IS NO DISPOSITION TO COMPROMISE ON OUR SIDE, AND I DO NOT
THINK THAT EITHER HE OR TREZISE WERE SURPRISED. TREZISE'S POSITION
IS OBVIOUSLY A LITTLE DELICATE AND I DID NOT SEEK TO CONFIRM WHETHER
HE, RATHER THAN ELLSWORTH, WOULD BE CONDUCTING ANY ACTUAL
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NEGOTIATIONS. IT IS INTERESTING, HOWEVER, THAT THE POSSIBILITY
OF MOVING THE ACTION INTO THE STATE DEPARTMENT IS UNDER CONSIDER-
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ATION. THIS SUGGESTS THAT THE WHITE HOUSE IS BEGINNING TO DISCOVER
THE SNAGS AND MAY THINK IT BETTER TO MOVE THE RESPONSIBILITY
OUT OF THE DIRECT PRESIDENTIAL SPHERE.
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F.C.O. PASS BONN, PARIS, ROME, TOKYO, UKDEL EEC BRUSSELS, UKDEĻ
OECD, UKMIS GENEVA.
MR.TOMKINS
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