CYPHER/CAT.A
PRIORITY HONG KONG
CONFIDENTIAL
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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
PRICRITY HONG KONG TELNO.7 TO UKMIS GENEVA. 29 JULY, 1969
CONFIDENTIAL
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ADDRESSED UKM IS GENEVA TELNO 7 OF 29 JULY REPEATED FCO, WASHINGTON, UKDEL BRUSSELS, AMBASSADOR BRUSSELS (FOR PURVES), TOKYO, SEOUL
AND CTTAWA.
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INFORMATION HAS JUST BEEN RECEIVED FROM CANADIAN SOURCES THAT
GATT COUNCIL DECIDED ON 23 JULY NOT TO HOLD MEETING OF CTC ON
8 - 13 SEPTEMBER AS PROPOSED BY SECRETARIAT BUT TO POSTPONE MEETING,
PROBABLY TO OCTOBER.
2. COULD YOU PLEASE CONFIRM WHETHER ABOVE IS CORRECT AND, IF
SO, GIVE ANY INFRMATION ON :-
(A) APPROXIMATE DATES NOW MOST LIKELY TO BE FIXED AND
B) WHETHER THE POSTPONEMENT WAS ON INITIATIVE OF U.S. OR SOME
OTHER DELEGATION AND THE ARGUMENTS USED.
3.
IF THE ANSWER TO (B) IS THE U.S. AND (A) TURNS OUT TO BE A
MOVEABLE FEAST, DEPENDING ON PROGRESS IN INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS
OR SOMETHING SIMILAR, IT WOULD SEEM TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CONFIRMATION
OF THESIS IN WASHINGTON TELEGRAM TO F C O NO. 2118 THAT PRESIDENT
NIXON HAS NOW GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS THAT THE U.S. SHOULD SEEK AN
ACCOMMODATION WITH ASIAN COUNTRIES ONLY, AND PRESMABLY BEFORE
CONFIDENTIAL
/THE C.T.C. MEETING