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TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELEGRAM NUMBER 5962 OF 10 CCTOBER
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FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF COMMISSIONER DAVIGNON'S MESSAGE TO MR DELL
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1. COMING BACK TO OUR RECENT CORRESPONDENCE ON THIS MATTER I SHOULD
NOW LIKE TO ADD THE FOLLOWING CONSIDERATIONS SO FAR AS THE FORTH-
COMING BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS ARE CONCERNED.
2. THE COMMISSION IS FULLY CONSCIOUS OF THE ACUTE DIFFICULTIES IN INDIVIDUAL REGIONS OF THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THE UK, CAUSED BY HIGH PENETRATION OF TEXTILES IMPORTS, THE COMMISSION'S PROPOSALS FOR BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS REFLECT THE CONCERN. SO DOES THE WORK CARRIED OUT AT EXPERT LEVELS, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT ONLY AS FAR AS THE PARTICULAPLY SENSITIVE ITEMS SET OUT IN GROUP 1 AND THE ITEMS SET OUT IN GROUP 2 ARE CONCERNED. IN PARTICULAR THE PROVISIONS REL- ATING TO REGIONS SET OUT ON PAGES 6 AND 9 OF DOCUMENT S/1509/77, TOTH AS REGARDS BASE LEVELS AND REGIONAL GROWITH RATES TILL 1932, ARE DESIGNED TO ENSURE STABILISATION OF IMPORT PENETRAT- TON MEASURES AS REFERRED TO IN THIS DOCUMENT,
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