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TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELEGRAM NUMBER 4708 OF 18 JULY
INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA ROUTINE BONN BRUSSELS COPENHAGEN DUBLIN LUXEMBOURG THE HAGUE PARIS ROME WASHINGTON AND TOKYO,
TEXTILES: RENEWAL OF M FA
YOUR TELNO 1550
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1. SINCE I WAS TIED UP ALL AFTERNOON IN THE FINANCE COUNCIL, COUNSELLOR EXTERNAL TRADE CALLED ON TRAPPENIERS (COMMISSIONER DAVIGNON'S CHEF DE CABINET) TO MAKE THE POINTS IN YOUR TELEGRAM
UNDER REFERENCE. THEY WERE LATER JOINED BY TRAN VAN THINH (COMMISSION DG 1).
2. IN RESPONSE THE COMMISSION REPRESENTATIVES MADE THE FOLLOWING MAIN POINTS:
1) IN THEIR VIEW THE MANDATE, AND THE COMMUNITY'S FREEDOM OF
ACTION IN RELATION TO SIGNATURE OF A RENEWED M F A, WERE FULLY SAFEGUARDED IN THE COMPROMISE TEXT (MY TELNO 4691). THE ONE. POSSIBLE EXCPETION MENTIONED BY TRAN RELATED TO THE CHANGES IN THE COMPOSITION OF THE T S B FIGURING IN PARAGRAPH 8 OF DOCUMENT S/399/77. HE WAS QUITE SURE THAT ALL THE OTHER ASPECTS OF THE MANDATE, INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY'S OBJECTIVES ON HANDLOOM PRODUCTS, COULD BE SECURED THROUGH THE WORDING IN PARAGRAPH 5 OF THE COMPROMISE TEXT.
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11) THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT SOME GAP EXISTED BETWEEN DAYIGNON'S
STATEMENT TO ME ON SATURDAY AND THE ACTUAL WORDING OF PARAGRAPH
TO FILL THAT GAP DAVIGNON HAD ALREADY AGREED TO STRENGTHEN
PARAGRAPH 9 BY SUBSTITUTING THE PHRASE "SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION??
FOR AND IS EXPECTED TO BE CONFIRMED'' IN THE PENULTIMATE LINE, ACCORDING TO TRAN THIS AMENDMENT WAS ACCEPTABLE TO THE AMERICANS
AND THE JAPANESE AND HAD ALREADY BEEN EMBORED IN THE TEXT
UNDER DISCUSSION IN GENEVA.
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