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EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, INCLUDING PARTICULARLY THE E E C COUNTRIES, AND THAT IT MIGHT NOT IN ANY CASE HELP THE AMERICANS WITH THEIR OWN INDUSTRY AND CONGRESS. MY FEELING IS THAT HE WILL NONE- THELESS STICK TO HIS GUNS AND REFUSE TO BE COMMITTED TO CALLING A GATT CONFERENCE. HE KNOWS OF COURSE THAT HE CANNOT STOP THE AMERICANS RAISING THE QUESTION IN THE COTTON TEXTILES COMMITTEE WHEN IT NEXT MEETS, PROBABLY IN SEPTEMBER.
4. I ASSURED LONG THAT H G STOOD BY THE VIEW TAKEN AT THE TIME OF STANS'S VISIT TO LONDON (YOUR TELEGRAM NUMBER 954 TO WASHINGTON). I HAD NO SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OF ANY DEFAULTING BY OTHER COUNTRIES WITH A MAJOR INTEREST IN TEXTILES. (1 THOUGHT IT BEST NOT TO MENTION TO HIM THE SWISS BACKSLIDING). I ASKED WHETHER WE COULD DO ANYTHING TO HELP OVER HIS VISIT TO WASHINGTON. HE SAID HE HAD A FULL PROGRAMME THERE AND THAT HE WAS GRATEFUL FOR THE INFORMATION I HAD ALREADY GIVEN HIM BASED ON OUR REPORTS OF REACTIONS TO STANS'S VISITS TO EUROPEAN AND ASIAN CAPITALS. HE UNDERTOOK TO TELL ME HIS IMPRESSIONS OF HIS TALKS WITH THE US AUTHORITIES WHEN HE RETURNS TO
GENEVA ABOUT 21 JUNE.
FCO PASS WASHINGTON OTTAWA AND SAVING TO UKDEL E E C BRUSSELS.
SIR E MELVILLE
REPEATED AS REQUESTED
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