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PRIORITY
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CYPHER CAT A
FM UKREP BRUSSELS 172106Z
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DESKBY 1308 36Z
RECTIVE
RECIT
20 DEC 1973
PA.
AE
NKK 6/548/17.
18:
19
TO PRIORITY FCO TEL NO 6386 OF 17 DECEMBER.1973.
*
YOUR TEL NO 1542.
COTTON YARN RESTRICTIONS.
WITH WORKING TIME SHORT BETWEEN NOW AND 31 DECEMBER WE HAVE TODAY:
A) TOLD ERNST (COMMISSION) THAT WE WANTED AN EXTENSION AND
B)
CONFIRMED THIS BY TELEX (COPIES BY BAG) WHICH FORMALLY
OPENS THE PROCEDURE.
2. ERNST'S OFF THE CUFF REACTION WAS THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE TIME TO INITIATE CONSULTATIONS UNDER REG 1025/72 BEFORE THE
END OF THE YEAR BUT HE MAY HAVE SECOND THOUGHTS.
3. WE RECOMMEND AN EARLY MEETING WITH THE COMMISSION BUT
DATES WILL BE DIFFICULT. WE CAN DECIDE THEN WHETHER TO LEAVE
A TEXT WITH THE COMMISSION OR WHETHER (AS WE TOOK THE PRECAUTION OF SAYING IN THE TELEX) WE SHOULD NOT PUT OUR POSITION ON
PAPER UNTIL THE CONSULTATION MEETING TAKES PLACE.
FCO PASS ADVANCE COPIES TO:-
FCO - HART (EID).
CAB BRECKNELL.
DTI - HOPE (CT), MISS ELLIOTT (CRE).
PALLISER
EUROPEAN ECONOMIC DISTRIBUTION
[ADVANCED AS REQUESTED]
EID
RESTRICTED
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
FRAME
COPIES TO:
MR R HOPE, CT DIVISION,
DTT.