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3. KITTEL (GERMAN) SAID THAT ALTHOUGH THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG W NO LONGER URGENT IT SHOULD NOT BE DROPPED ALTOGETHER AND
TECHNICAL EXAMINATION BY THE GROUP SHOULD CONTINUE. HE SAW NO NEED TO EXTEND THE GROUP'S WORK TO OTHER COUNTRIES BUT WOULD NOT OBJECT IF OTHER MEMBERS SAW SUCH A NEED. CAZIMAJOU (FRANCE) STRESSED
THE NEED NOT TO PREJUDICE THE COMMUNITY'S POSITION IN GATT ON THE
QUESTION OF BILATERAL AGREEMENTS IN VIEW OF THE DIVERGENCES DETWEEN
MEMBER STATES.
4. AS REGARDS THE STUDY ON THE FAR EASTERN SUPPLIERS, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE GROUP (VAN DACLE) POINTED OUT THAT SINCE SOME MEMBERS OF THE
GROUP WERE NOT IN FAVOUR OF EARLY NEGOTIATIONS, WHAT WAS REQUIRED
FROM THE COMMISSION WAS NOT, IN THE FIRST PLACE, TO PRODUCE
ADDITIONAL DRAFT MANDATES FOR NEGOTIATIONS BUT RATHER A GENERAL
PLAN FOR THE COMMUNITY'S BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS. WHEN THIS HAD BEEN
DISCUSSED IN THE GROUP IT COULD BE SUPPLEMENTED BY SPECIFIC
PROPOSALS, ROBINET (CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE) POINTED OUT THAT
IT WAS UP TO THE COMMISSION TO DECIDE HHAT PROPOSALS IT WOULD
SUBMIT. KITTEL SUPPORTED BY MACCHIA (ITALY) STRESSED THAT DISCUSS-
IONS IN THE GROUP SHOULD TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE OUTCOME OF THE FORTH-
COMING TALKS ON AN MULTILATERAL AGREEMENT IN GENEVA,
FCO PASS ADVANCE COPIES
FCO HALL EID HAZLE TRD GOODFELLOW HKD.
DTI HOPE RIDLEY (CT) MISS ELLIOTT HAGESTADT (CRE).
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