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(A) WE HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED A FULLY DOCUMENTED REQUEST, WHICH
WE SHALL REQUIRE TIME TO STUDY SEMI COLON
(B) WE AWAIT THE ASSURANCE REFERRED ABOVE WHICH WE WOULD EXPECT
TO BE IN THE FORMAL REQUEST SEMI COLON
(C) WE BELIEVE THE PRIMARY NEGOTIATION WILL TAKE SEVERAL DAYS
AND WILL HAVE TO BE FOLLOWED ACCORDING TO ERNST HIMSELF -
BY FOUR SUB-NEGOTIATIONS WITH MEMBER STATES ON ADMINISTRATIVE
ARRANGEMENTS SEMI COLON
(D)
WE HAVE OTHER NEGOTIATING COMMITMENTS TO FIT IN AND ERNST
HAS INDICATED THE EEC WOULD WISH US TO GO TO BRUSSELS (NOT THAT
WE NECESSARILY WOULD) SEMI COLON
(E) WE SHALL NOT BE CLOSING DOWN IN AUGUST BUT NO DOUBT THE
COMMISSION WILL SEMI COLON
(F) IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO NEGOTIATE SUCH AN EXTENSIVE (AND NOVEL)
AGREEMENT IN SEPTEMBER AND IMPLEMENT IT FROM 1ST OCTOBER.
3. THE GERMAN CONSUL GENERAL WAS ADVISED SOME WEEKS AGO THAT WE
(AND, WE UNDERSTOOD, THE COMMISSION) SAW MERIT IN A SIMPLE
THREE MONTH EXTENSION. THE MESSAGE WAS CONVEYED BACK TO BONN
AND WE DOUBT IF WE NEED TAKE ANY MORE FORMAL ACTION WITH THE
GERMANS UNTIL ERNST REACTS TO YOUR APPROACH.
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