PRIORITY
CYPHER CAT A
FM PARIS 201209Z
CONFIDENTIAL
***VI! CONFIDENTIAL
[FRAME]
+KX6/6
1973
2
TO PRIORITY FCO TELNO 108 OF 22 JANUARY/INFO PRIORITY UKREP
BRUSSELS ROUTINE BONN SAVING TO THE HAGUE LUXEMBOURG COPENHAGEN
DUPLIN BRUSSELS UKMIS GENEVA TOKYO SEOUL
YOUR TELEGRAM NO 54 TO BONN: EEC/HONG KONG NEGOTIATIONS ON
NON-COTTON TEXTILES.
1. MEMBER OF ECONOMIC SECTION SPOKE AS REQUIRED TO PANAFICU
IN THE DREE ON 19 JANUARY AND LEFT A PIECE OF PAPER BASED ON
PARAGRAPH 2 OF YOUR TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE.
2. PANAFIEU SAID THAT THE ONLY POINT THE FRENCH COULD ACCEPT WITHOUT RESERVE WAS(E) ALTHOUGH OUR ATTITUDE TO THE PROBLEM DID NOT COINCIDE WITH THE FRENCH ONE, HE WELCOMED THIS APPROACH
BY US WAS GLAD TO BE INFORMED OF OUR VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING, AND HOPED THAT FURTHER BILATERAL TALKS ON THE QUESTION OF TEXTILES POLICY IN THE EEC CONTEXT MIGHT BE ARRANGED
IN THE SAME WAY AS RECENT BILATERAL TALKS ON EEC POLICY
TOWARDS NEGOTIATIONS IN THE GATT.
3. FCO PLEASE PASS ADVANCE COPY TO RIDLEY DTI
FCO PSE PASS SAVING TO ALL
찌
2215
TOMKINS
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
EUROPEAN ECONOMIC DISTRIBUTION:
TRD
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION:
FRAME
EID
HKIOD FED
COPIES TO:
MR. HOPE, CTD, DTI.
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