ur DERING WHETHER
THE AMERICANS WERE BLUFFING (WITH REFERENCE TO CONGRESSIONAL
ACTION), HE COULD ASSURE ME THAT THEY WERE SERIOUS.
4. I SHOULD ALSO ADD THAT DE GEER (SWEDEN) APPROACHED ME AT O E CD
FERENCES VEETING IN PARIS AT END OF LAST WEEK WITH A REQUEST FOR INFORMAL TALKS WITH JORDAN DURING C T C MEETING. HE APPA- RENTLY HAD FURTHER STATISTICS OR WOMEN'S AND GIRLS' UNDER- GARMENTS AND MIGHT WISH ALSO TO RAISE ANOTHER MATTER''.
I SAID I WOULD PASS ON THIS INFORMATION BUT WAS SURE JORDAN WOULD BE PREPARED TO DISCUSS WITHOUT COMMITMENT, DE GEER WILL BE
IN GENEVA ON 9 OR 10 OCTOBER.
F C O PASS PRIORITY HONG KONG AND ROUTINE WASHINGTON (FOR HERMANN).
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