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CONFIDENTIAL. [NEUTRAL]
POM HERMANN.
هد
12 DECEMBER, 1968
YOUR TELEGRAM 120: TEXTILE CONSULTATIONS,
THE DEADLINE FOR REQUESTING CONSULTATIONS ON THE NOTIFICATION
OF 19 NOVEMBER ABOUT CULOTTES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO PASS BUT STATE
DEPARTMENT THINK IT LIKELY THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO REQUEST CONSULT-
ATIONS ON THE NOTIFICATION OF 7 DECEMBER, IT IS ALSO MORE LIKELY
THAN NOT THAT CONSULTATIONS WILL BE REQUESTED ON GLOVES AND WORK-
SHIRTS, THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO GET A VERY URGENT DECISION IN THE
HOPE OF HOLDING CONSULTATIONS NEXT WEEK IF THEY ARE REQUIRED, CI AND
SEVERAL KEY AMERICANS WILL BE AWAY FROM 21 DECEMBER TO 1 JANUARY
INCLUSIVE.)
2. IN MEMO 223 POSTED YESTERDAY I EXPLAINED THAT AMERICAN THINKING
SEEMED ROOTED IN TAIWAN SITUATION CIN WHICH A CONSULTATION
CONCERNS ONLY A SPECIFIC REQUEST BY THE EXPORTING COUNTRY TO EXPORT
A STATED QUANTITY, AND U.S, REFUSAL MEANS THE END OF CONSULTATION)
AND THAT THEY DID NOT SHARE OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT CONSULTATION
SHOULD COVER TRADE CONDITIONS FOR WHOLE YEAR AND WOULD NORMALLY
RESULT IN ESTABLISHING A CPROBABLY TEMPORARY) SPECIFIC ANNUAL LIMIT.
THEY SEEM NOW HOWEVER TO BE, COMING ROUND TO OUR WAY OF THINKING, AND
IT 13 LIKELY THAT AT ANY CONSULTATION THEY WILL PROPOSE A TOTAL FOR
1968/9 SHIPIENTS. THEY ARE UNLIKELY TO WANT IT TO COMMIT THEM OR US
FOR FUTURE YEARS,
3.
IN SAGE THE FOREGOING IS CORRECT COULD YOU PROVIDE ME BY
TELEGRAM WITH BARGAINING AND FALLBACK FIGURES FOR OUR 1968/9
REQUIREMENTS ON ALL THREE CATEGORIES INCLUDING A SEPARATE FIGURE FOR
DRESS GLOVES? AMERICANS ARE UNLIKELY TO BE ABLE TO PRODUCE MORE
RELIABLE ESTIMATS OF TOTAL CONSUMPTICH OR DOMESTIC PRODUCTION
DURING YEAR THAN OURS OF TOTAL EXPORT ORDERS, 90 1 AASURE THEY WILL,
ON GENERAL PRINCIPLES, START WITH A LON FIRST OFFER AND PC PREPARED
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