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PRIORITY U.K. DEL EEC BRUSSELS TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
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6 MAY 1969
ADDRESSED TO F C O TELEGRAM NO. 74 OF 6 MAY REPEATED FOR INFORMATION
TO WASHINGTON UKMIS GENEVA AND SAVING TO BONN THE HAGUE PARIS ROME
BERNE TOKYO HONG KONG AND BRUSSELS.
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UKMIS GENEVA TELEGRAM NO. 260: VISIT OF MR. STANS
TEXTILES.
WE MENTIONED TO WELLENSTEIN'S OFFICE ON 5 MAY WEITNAUER'S
STATEMENT REPORTED IN PARAGRAPH 2 OF TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE. WELLENSTEIN (THE COMMISSION'S DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR EXTERNAL TRADE) HIMSELF SPOKE TO US ON 6 MAY. HE SAID THAT THIS WAS NOT A CORRECT STATEMENT OF WHAT HAD PASSED. DENIAU HAD MADE TWO POINTS. FIRST, THE AMERICANS SHOULD BE DISCOURAGED IN EVERY WAY FROM PUSHING FOR A MAJOR G.A.T.T. CONFERENCE ON THE MATTER. SECONDLY, THEY SHOULD BE URGED TO USE THE NORMAL CHANNELS OF G.A.T.T. (1.E. ARTICLE XIX) TO DEAL WITH THE PARTICULAR PROBLEMS THEY HAD: THEY SHOULD ADAPT THEIR LEGISLATION SO AS TO BE ABLE TO DO SO, AND SHOULD AVOID THE DAMAGE TO THE G.A.T.T. WHICH THEIR PRESENT SUGGESTIONS WOULD INVOLVE.
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WELLENSTEIN ADDED THAT THE MATTER HAD BEEN DISCUSSED BY THE COMMITTEE OF PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES ON 5 MAY. ALL HAD AGREED WITH THE LINE INDICATED ABOVE, ALTHOUGH THEY RECOGNISED THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT NOT TO BREAK OFF CONTACT WITH THE AMERICANS. LONG HAD VISITED BRUSSELS ON 5 MAY AND HAD BEEN GIVEN THE SAME LINE
F C O PASS ROUTINE TO WASHINGTON UKMIS GENEVA AND SAVING TO BONN THE HAGUE PARIS ROME BERNE TOKYO AND HONG KONG.
PASSED SAVING TO BRUSSELS...
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