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ITALIANS ON THE DESIRABILITY OF MENTIONING BY NAME THE COUNTRIES .SUPPLYING PARTICULARLY SENSITIVE ITEMS AT VERY LOW PRICES (PARTIC-
ULARLY INDIA AND PAKISTAN) AS IN THE COMMISSION'S DRAFT. IT WAS AGREED TO DROP REFERENCES TO INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES AND ALSO TO LEAVE OUT THE FIRST TWO LINES IN THE TABLE DEALING WITH COTTON YARNS (FOR WHICH INDIA AND PAKISTAN WERE THE SUPPLIERS CONCERNED) AND TO REFER INSTEAD TO QUOTE THE PRINCIPAL EXPORTING COUNTRIES OF THE FAR EAST UNQUOTE. ALSO ON CHAPTER 6 THE COMMISSION SAID THAT THE GATT SECRETARIAT WANTED DETAILS GF QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS
OPERATED BY THE SIX ON A NON-COMMUNITY BASIS. THE COMMISSION PROPOSED AND THE SIX AGREED UNANIMOUSLY NOT TO PROVIDE THE INFORM- ATION. THE COMMISSION WERE LEFT TO THINK UP REASONS TO GIVE TO THE
GATT SECRETARIAT IN JUSTIFICATION.
6. ON THE QUESTION OF INCLUDING CHEMICAL FIBRES IN THE STUDY, THE COMMISSION SAID THAT THEY WERE PRODUCING A PAPER GIVING DETAILED ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT OF INCLUSION AND REBUTTING JAPANESE OBJECTIONS. THIS WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN ABOUT A WEEK. WE REPORTED OUR ACTION I SUPPORT OF SPINELLI'S LETTER TO LONG ON THIS SUBJECT.
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1. THE COMMISSION SAID THEY WOULD BE CIRCULATING TO THE NINE IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS, PROPOSALS FOR THE ESSENTIAL POINTS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE CHAPTER OF CONCLUSIONS TO THE GATT STUDY. SUGGESTIONS WERE CALLED FOR FROM THE MEETING BUT NONE WERE FORTHCOMING.
8. IT WAS AGREED THAT A FURTHER MEETING SHOULD BE HELD IN BRUSSELS SHORTLY BEFORE THE NEXT G A T T MEETING IN GENEVA ON 4 DECEMBER.
9. DISCUSSIONS BY THE SAME GROUP ON A COMMUNITY NON-COTTON TEXTILE POLICY AND ON JUTE PROBLEMS ARE REPORTED IN MY TWO IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING TELEGRAMS.
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