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3. TRAN SAIN THAT DESPITE THE ALL NIGHT EFFORTS (THURSDAY 21/ FRIDAY 22) THERE WAS STILL NO ACCEPTANCE OF THE TRIPARTITE TEXT. PARAGRAPHS 5-AND 9 STILL PRESENTED THE MAJOR STUMBLING BLOCKS.
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MEMBER STATES WERE NOT PREPARED TO ACCEPT ANY FURTHER WHITTLING AWAY OF THE TEXTS AND QUESTIONED WHETHER IT WAS USEFUL TO CONTINUE ON THESE LINES. TRAN (COMMISSION) SAID THAT THE COMM- ISSION WOULD NOW BE PREPARING PAPERS FOR A REPORT TO NEXT WEEK'S COUNCIL IF THIS SEEMED APPROPRIATE.
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THERE WAS COMMENT (ACRIMONIOUS FROM GERMANY: SAD AND STERN FROM CHAIRMAN) ABOUT A STATEMENT IN QUOTE JOURNAL
DE GENEVE UNQUOTE OF THAT DAY GIVEN TO THE PRESS BY COLMANT (FRANCE), COLMANT REACTED VIGOROUSLY ON THE LINES THAT PRESS STATEMENTS SEEMED TO BE THE ONLY WAY THAT MEMBER STATES COULD MAKE THEIR VIEWS KNOWN.
6. AT THE 7+7 MEETING AT 5.30 PM THERE WAS LITTLE DISCUSSION. TWO OF THE QUOTE HARDLINERS UNQUOTE (BRAZIL AND INDIA) PLEADED FOR A PAUSE IN THE DELIBERATIONS FOR PROPER TIME TO CONSULT THEIR CAPITALS. THE US URGED FURTHER EFFORTS TO COME TOGETHER. TRAN (COMMISSION) CALLED FOR A FURTHER MEETING OF THE TEXTILES COMMITTEE ON SATURDAY. LONG ACCEPTED A US OFFER TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO BRING ALL TOGETHER HE WOULD NOT CONVENE THE TEXTILES COMMITTEE FOR SATURDAY BUT INSTEAD CALLED FOR A 7+7 MEETING ON THAT DAY.
7. AT A CO-ORDINATION MEETING OF THE ARTICLE 113 COMMITTEE ON SATUR- DAY 23 JULY, TRAN (COMMISSION) PRODUCED YET ANOTHER TEXT (REVISION 4 OF THE US/COMMISSION/JAPAN TRIPARTITE TEXT). THE MAIN CHANGES WERE TO PARAGRAPH 9. THERE WAS VIGOROUS OPPOSITION FROM THE MAJORITY OF MEMBER STATES: IN THEIR VIEW THE CHANGES MADE THE QUOTE COMMITMENT UNQUOTE TO RENEW THE MFA UNCHANGED EVEN STRONGER. TRAN (COMMISSION) SAID THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD NOT MAKE A STATEMENT IN THE TEXTILES COMMITTEE ABOUT THE CONDITIONS ON WHICH THE COMMUNITY WOULD RENEW THE MFA), THE CHAIRMAN (DE SMAELE) ASKED THE COMMISSION, IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT THE MAJORITY DISAGREED WITH THE NEW TEXT, NOT TO TAKE A DEFINITIVE POSITION UNTIL DELEGATIONS HAD HAD A CHANCE TO
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