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TO IMMEDIATE UKREP BRUSSELS TELEGRAM NO 1876 OF 7 OCTOBER
AND TO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA, PARIS AND BONN.
COREPER, 10 OCTOBER: TEXTILES
OBJECTIVES
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1. (A) TO RESIST THE OPENING OF BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE
COMMUNITY'S TEXTILE SUPPLIERS UNTIL THE U.K. HAS BEEN ABLE TO
GIVE CONSIDERATION TO THE INDIVIDUAL FIGURES FOR EACH PRODUCT
TO EACH MEMBER STATE:
(B) TO RESIST THE OPENING OF NEGOTIATIONS UNTIL THE U.K.'S PARTICULAR POINTS ON THE TEXT OF THE DOCUMENTS IN YOUR TELEGRAM
NO 5893 ARE MET.
LINE TO TAKE
2. THE U.K. IS MOST CONCERNED THAT THE COMMUNITY'S BILATERAL
NEGOTIATIONS SHOULD SUCCEED, FOR THIS TO BE THE CASE, IT IS
ESSENTIAL THAT THE RESULTS ARE SATISFACTORY TO MEMBER STATES. IN ORDER TO BE SATISFIED, MEMBER STATES MUST BE ABLE TO TAKE
A JUDGEMENT ON THE FIGURES TO BE OFFERED FOR EACH PRODUCT TO EACH MEMBER STATE, IT MUST BE UNDERSTOOD THAT CHAPTER 11, PARAS
2 AND 3 DO NOT COMMIT THE U.K. TO ANY SPECIFIC GROWTH RATES
FOR ANY SPECIFIC PRODUCT, NO DOUBT OTHER MEMBER STATES WILL
BE IN THE SAME POSITION.
3. IN ADDITION, THE UK. HAS THE FOLLOWING MAJOR POINT. WE MUST HAVE ZERO GROWTH FOR THE UK, ON IMPORTS OF COTTON YARN. WE ARE
PREPARED TO CONSIDER ANY ARRANGEMENTS INVOLVING OTHER PRODUCTS
WHICH WOULD MAKE THIS EASIER FOR OTHER MEMBER STATES.
CONFIDENTIAL
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