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PRIORITY BONN TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 444
CONFIDENTIAL
17 APRIL 1969.
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ADDRESS TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NUMBER 444 OF
17/4 RF PRIORITY TO UKMIS GENEVA, ROME: AND ROUTINE TO
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UKDEL EEC, THE HAGUE, PARIS, WASHINGTON: SAVING TO LUXEMBOURG, BRUSSELS, TOKYO, HONG KONG AND BERNE.
YOUR TELEGRAM NO. 310.-
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THE FEDERAL ECONOMICS MINISTRY INFORM US THAT, DURING THE MAIN TALKS WITH MR. STANS YESTERDAY MORNING, WHICH WERE CONDUCTED ON THE GERMAN SIDE BY STATE SECRETARY DOHNANY!, THREE SUBJECTS WERE DISCUSSED :
(A) NON-TARIFF BARRIERS:
(B) U.S. AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS :
(C) TEXTILES.
2. ON TRADE BARRIERS GENERALLY, MR. STANS SAID THAT THE ADMINIS- TRATION WERE COMMITTED TO FREE TRADE AND INTENDED, IN THE SUMMER,
TO ASK CONGRESS FOR TRADE LEGISLATION IN THIS DIRECTION. THE FLOOD OF CHEAP TEXTILES, HOWEVER, MUST SOMEHOW BE RESISTED. HE EXPLAINED THAT THE OBJECT OF HIS EUROPEAN TOUR WAS PURELY EXPLORATORY
AND HE HAD NO INTENTION TO NEGOTIATE. HE HOPED TO ENLIST HELP
FOR SOLVING WHAT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM.
3. ON TEXTILES, MR. STANS OPENED BY EXPLAINING THE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ASPECTS OF THE U.S. PROBLEM, REFERRING TO THE SIZE OF
THE INDUSTRY AND THE SPECIAL SENSITIVITY OF THE SOUTH. HE EMPHASISED THE IMPORTANCE OF A SOLUTION FOR THE ADMINISTRATION'S
DEALINGS WITH CONGRESS IN THE WHOLE FIELD OF TRADE POLICY, AND SUGGESTED THAT THE KENNEDY ROUND COULD NEVER HAVE BEEN EFFECTED WITH- OUT A TEXTILE AGREEMENT. THE U.S. WANTED DISCUSSIONS ABOUT A NEW TEXTILE AGREEMENT (ALSO COVERING SYNTHETIC FIBRES) TO START
IN G ATT IN JUNE.-
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