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TELNO. 1692
CONFIDENTIAL.
CONFIDENTIAL
PRIORITY WASHINGTON TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
6 JUNE, 1960
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ADDRESSED TO F C O TELEGRAM NO 1692 CF 6 JUME REPEATED
FOR INFORMATION TO UKMIS GENEVA OTTAWA AND SAVING TO UKDEL E.E.C.
BRUSSELS AND BRUSSELS.
U.S. TEXTILE IMPORTS.
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ARE HOPING TO GET CLIVER LONG TO VISIT WASHINGTON AT THE END OF THIS MONTH AFTER A VISIT TO CANADA WHICH WE UNDERSTAND IS ALREADY ARRANGED. THEY ATTACH IMPORTANCE TO DISCUSSING WITH HIM THEIR PROPOSAL FOR A CATT CONFERENCE ON
NON-COTTON TEXTILES.
2. JUDGING FROM THE ACCOUNT OF HIS DISCUSSIONS WITH STANS IN UKMIS GENEVA TELEGRAM NO 235 LONG NEEDS LITTLE ADVICE ON HOW TO DEAL WITH SUCH AN APPROACH, SCEN FROM HERE, HOWEVER, IT WOULD DEST SUIT EXPORTING COUNTRIES' PURPOSE OF GIVING STANS AS LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT AND HELP AS POSSIBLE FOR LONG TO DECLINE THE INVITATION IF HE CAN. IF HE FELT HE HAD TO COME AND HE WERE FACED WITH A REQUEST TO ARRANGE FOR A GATT DISCUSSION ON NON-COTTON TEXTILES IN SEPTEMBER IT SEEMS TO US THAT HE COULD REASONABLY SAY, IN THE LIGHT OF THE HEGATIVE ATTITUDE DISPLAYED BY VIRTUALLY ALL THE GOVERNMENTS WHICH STANS VISITED, THAT HE MUST TAKE SOUNDINGS OF OTHER CONTRACTING PARTIES IEFORE HE CAN AGREE.
3. STANS IS STILL CLAIMING THAT THREE OF THE GOVERNMENTS HE MET DECLARED THEIR WILLINGNESS TO PARTICIPATE IN A GATT CONFERENCE, PUT PERSISTENT QUESTIONING OF OFFICIALS HAS FAILED TO ELICIT THEIR IDENTITY, WE HEARD SOME TIME AGO THAT BELGIUM WAS ONE, BUT THE BELGIAN EMBASSY HERE DENY ALL KNOWLEDGE.
F C O PASS UKMIS GENEVA ROUTINE AND SAVING TO UKDEL E.E.C.
ERUSSELS AND BRUSSELS.
MR. FREEMAN.
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
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