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AND WOULD MEET AGAIN PERHAPS IN LONDON WHEN CANADIAN TEXTILE EXPERTS
WERE IN EUROPE FOR A REVIEW OF THE G.A.T.T. LONG TERM ARRANGEMENT.
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5. IT IS CLEAR THAT THE CANADIANS WILL EXPECT TO HAVE FURTHER
DISCUSSION ON COTTON TEXTILES AT THE MEETING OF THE ANGLO-CANADIAN
CONTINUING COMMITTEE AND WILL MAKE AS MUCH AS THEY CAN ABOUT OUR
FAILURE TO CONSULT BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT'S INTENTIONS WERE ANNOUN-
CED. NOR CAN IT BE EXCLUDED THAT THEY MAY WISH TO RAISE THE
1947 EXCHANGE OF LETTERS AND ALLIED DOCUMENTS.
6. AS PERHAPS WAS TO BE EXPECTED FROM THEIR EARLIER REACTIONS, THE CANADIAN'S OPENING POSITION WAS UNCOMPROMISING, BUT DESPITE SOME SIGNS OF DIFFERENCE OF VIEW BETWEEN SCHWARZMANN AND GREY, THERE
WAS NO GIVE IN THEIR ATTITUDE SO FAR, IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHETHER
THIS WILL BE MAINTAINED: THIS CAN ONLY BE TESTED IN PATIENT FURTHER
DISCUSSION, IN THE COURSE OF WHICH WE MAY HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO
STATE WHAT COMPENSATION WE WOULD REGARD AS JUSTIFIED.
SIR C CROWE
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