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ROUTINE WASHINGTON
RECEIVED IN ARCHIVES No.45
TELEGRAM NO. 868
24 MAR 1969
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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
22ND MARCH, 1969.
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TEL. NO. 868 OF 22/3 REPEATED FOR INFORMATION
TO TOKYO, HONG KONG, AND SAVING BRUSSELS, UKDEL EEC BRUSSELS, THE HAGUE, BONN, UKMIS GENEVA, BERNE, ROME AND PARIS.
U.S. SECRETARY OF COMMERCER'S EUROPEAN TOUR AND TEXTILE RESTRAINTS. MR STANS ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT HE WOULD BE LEAVING IN THREE WEEKS
FOR DISCUSSIONS IN WESTERN EUROPE ON MAJOR TRADE ISSUES..
WE UNDERSTAND HE WILL VISIT BRUSSELS, THE HAGUE, BONN, GENEVA (WHERE HE EXPECTS TO MEET BOTH SWISS GOVERNMENT AND GATT REPRESENTATIVES), MILAN, ROME, PARIS AND LONDON, AND THAT YOU ARE IN TOUCH WITH THE AMERICAN EMBASSY ABOUT HIS PROGRAMME IN LONDON ON 24 AND 25 APRIL. HIS PARTY IS EXPECTED TO INCLUDE STANLEY NEHMER (DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF COMMERCE AND A LEADING EXPONENT OF TEXTILE PROTECTIONISM) AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND THE OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TRADE REPRESENTATIVE ( WHOSE SURVIVAL UNDER THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION STILL HANGS IN THE BALANCE).
BEFORE LEAVING STANS HOPES TO HAVE A TALK WITH THE AMBASSADOR OF EACH OF THE COUNTRIES TO BE VISITED.
2. NO DETAILS ARE YET AVAILABLE OF THE TOPICS HE WILL RAISE. 'FROM WHAT WE HAVE HEARD OF THE ARRANGEMENTS IN LONDON IT SEEMS THAT
HE HAS IN MIND A BROAD EXCHANGE OF VIEWS. BUT HE SAID TODAY THAT
TEXTILES WOULD BE ON THE LIST AND THAT HE HAS BEEN GIVEN THE JOB OF IMPLEMENTING THE PRESIDENT'S ELECTION PROMISES ABOUT TEXTILE IMPORTS. (WE HAVE CONFIRMED PRIVATELY THAT THIS IS NO LONGER BEING HANDLED BY ELLSWORTH IN THE WHITE HOUSE).
3.
HE IS LIKELY TO PROPOSE THE EXTENSION TO ALL TEXTILES UNDER
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