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7. THE GERMANS AND BELGIANS BOTH NOW HAVE DOUBTS ABOUT CONTINUING
A COMMUNITY QUOTA ON EGYPTIAN COTTON YARN BECAUSE OF THE EFFECT
THEY AND THE COMMISSION CLAIM THIS HAS HAD ON EGYPT'S ATTITUDE
TO THE DISCUSSION OF RENEWAL OF THE MFA. THE COMMISSION DID
NOT REACT. WE ADKED THE FRENCH PRIVATELY HOW FAR THEY WERE GOING
TO PUSH THEIR REQUESTS FOR REDUCTIONS. TESSIER DID NOT GIVE A STRAIGHT ANSWER BUT HINTED THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME FLEXIBILITY EXCEPT ON WOVEN SHIRTS FROM MOROCCO AND TUNISIA.
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