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TO ROUTINE UKREP BRUSSELS TELMO 659 OF 11 MAY INFO SAVING DRUSSELS, THE HAQUE, COPENHAGEN AND BONN.
YOUR TELNO. 2279: HONG KONG TEXTILES.
DTI WILL PROBABLY PUT A PAPER TO EUC ON THE COMPLEX OF TEXTILES
QUESTIONS.
2. MEANWHILE AS THERE SEEMS TO BE A GOOD DEAL OF MISUNDERSTANDING IN OTHER MEMBER GOVERNMENTS OF WHAT OUR POSITION REALLY HAS BEEN ON THE HONG KONG MANDATE, RIDLEY AND MISS LOWNE WOULD, IF YOU AGREE, LIKE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE MEETING ON 17/18 MAY (ABOUT THE COMMUNITY'S POSITION IN THE GATT TEXTILE NEGOTIATIONS) TO HAVE INFORMAL TALKS WITH THE DUTCH, DELGIANO AND DANES, PREFERABLY OVER A HEAL. A SIMILAR TALK WITH THE GERMANS IN GENEVA LAST WEEK (UKMIS GENEVA TELEGRAM SAVING NO. 59) SEEMED TO RESULT IN A MORE SYMPATHETIC UNDERSTANDING OF OUR POINT OF VIEW. THERE SEEMS
LESS ADVANTAGE IN TALKING IN THIS WAY TO THE FRENCH.
3. RILEY WOULD DE GRATEFUL IF SEPARATE INVITATIONS COULD BE EXTENDED TO THE TEXTILE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE THREE COUNTRIES.
LUNCH AND DINNER ON 17 AND LUNCH ON 13 ARE AVAILABLE.
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