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IMMEDIATE UK MISSION GENEVA TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 525
3 OCTOBER 1969
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ADDSD TO F C O TEL NO 525 OF 3 OCTOBER REPTD FOR INFMN PRIORITY
TO WASHINGTON, TOKYO, HONG KONG AND UKDEL E E C BRUSSELS.
REPLY NEEDED BY FIRST THING MONDAY MORNING, 6 OCTOBER. ADVANCE COPIES TO GOLDSMITH AND CAREY ( BOARD OF TRADE)
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MY JAPANESE COLLEAGUE HAS ASKED TO SEE ME ON MORNING OF 6
OCTOBER FOR AN EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON THE LIKELY COURSE OF THE
COTTON TEXTILES COMMITTEE MEETING HERE NEXT WEEK. FROM WHAT HE
SAID (AND CREDA 251 FROM TOKYO CONFIRMS THIS) IT IS NOT LIKELY
THAT HE HIMSELF WILL HAVE RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS: BUT HE WILL
CERTAINLY ASK OUR LINE.
2. I WOULD PROPOSE TO GIVE NAKAYAMA A GENERAL INDICATION OF OUR
THINKING ON THE LINES OF F C O TELEGRAM NUMBER 687 TO BONN,
BUT WOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY SPECIAL POINTS
YOU WOULD WANT ME TO MAKE, E.G. IN THE LIGHT OF WASHINGTON TELEGRAM NUMBER 63 TO HONG KONG AND PARTICULARLY THE LAST
TWO PARAGRAPHS.
3. MY OWN ASSESSMENT IS THAT THE GENEVA MEETING NEXT WEEK MAY
WELL BE A SHORT ONE AND LARGELY CONFINED TO FORMAL STATEMENTS
OF POSITION ON THE POINT OF EXTENSION OF THE EXISTING ARRANGEMENTS
BEYOND 1973. THIS SEEMS THE MORE PROBABLE AS CERTAIN BILATERAL
APPROACHES ON NON-COTTONS HAVE BEEN INITIATED BUT THERE HAS
NOT BEEN SUFFICIENT TIME FOR THE US TO ASSESS THE LIKELY OUTCOME.
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY No.51 -6 OCT 1969
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