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disrupted.
If, however, the Secretary of State considers
that the case advanced by Mr Davies is so strong that
quotas must be imposed, then the least we can do is to
give ample time for consultation with major suppliers.
This would mean in practice that in Parliament next week
Mr Davies would say that we were consulting major suppliers
about the possibility of maintaining the quota in addition
to the tariff. Even this course would, however, cause
deep resentment since we should at best be able to give
only the barest advance notice of this statement.
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H B C Keeble
c.c. Mr Bottomley
Sir S Tomlinson
Sir L Monson
Mr Tickell
Mr Hale
Mr Laird
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