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CYPHER/CAT A
PRIORITY ROME
TELEGRAM NUMBER 377
CONFIDENTIAL
[NEUTRAL]
CONFIDENTIAL
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
17 APRIL 1969
ADDRESSED TO F.C.0. TELEGRAM NUMBER NEUTRAL 377 DATED
17 APRIL 1969 REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO BONN, UKMIS GENEVA, BERNE, PARIS, UKDEL EEC BRUSSELS, THE HAGUE, TOKYO, WASHINGTON.
YOUR TELNO. 310 TO BONN: MR. STANS AND TEXTILES.
WE HAVE SPOKEN ON THE LINES OF YOUR PARAGRAPH 5 TO ROSSI LONGHI
AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. HE CONFIRMED THAT TEXTILES
WERE INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA FOR MR. STANS' VISIT TO ROME, AND
THAT THE ITALIANS WOULD FLATLY REJECT THE IDEA OF A GATT
59) CONFERENCE SHOULD MR. STANS SUGGEST IT (MY TELEGRAM NO. 315).
THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT RECOGNISED THAT THIS ISSUE WAS A DIFFICULT
INTERNAL PROBLEM FOR THE U.S. ADMINISTRATION. ITALY'S PROBLEMS
IN THIS CONNECTION WERE HOWEVER EVEN MORE EIFFICULT. THE
RECENT RIOTS OVER UNEMPLOYMENT AT BATTIPAGLIA MADE THIS A
PARTICULARLY BAD TIME FOR THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT TO BE SEEN
TAKING ANYTHING BUT A FIRM LINE ON AN ISSUE CARRYING SERIOUS
IMPLICATIONS FOR AN ITALIAN INDUSTRY ALREADY IN DIFFICULTY.
F.C.O. PASS BONN, UKMIS GENEVA, BERNE, PARIS, UKDEL EEC BRUSSELS,
THE HAGUE, TOKYO, WASHINGTON.
SIR E. SHUCKBURGH
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION
COMMODITIES D.
TR. POL. D.
RECEIVED IN
REGISTRY No. 51 24 APR 1969
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