GRS 1119
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IMMEDIATE
DESKBY 111439Z
CYPHER/CAT A
FROM UKREP BRUSSELS 111258Z
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TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 6761 OF 11TH NOVEMBER 1977
INFO UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON, NEW DELHI, JAKARTA, BUDAPEST, WARSAW, ISLAMABAD, LIMA.
MULTIFIBRE ARRANGEMENT: BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS
PROGRESS REPORT NUMBER 7 (9-10 NOV).
{
(A) SUMMARY.
}
318)
R:
MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH PERU, HUNGARY AND PAKISTAN, COMMISSION REPORTS
ON ACTIVITIES ON THE GENEVA AND WASHINGTON FRONTS. MAJOR REVISIONS
TO THE DRAFT MODEL AGREEMENT.
(B) BILATERALS.
2. INDIA
TRAN REPORTED THAT HIS PRESS CONFERENCE ON 4 NOVEMBER HAD APPARENTLY
IRRITATED THE INDIANS. THEY WERE COMING BACK ON 14 NOVEMBER TO
NEGOTIATE BUT AS YET THERE WAS NO GOVERNMENT POLICY TOWARDS THE
NEGOTIATIONS. THEY HAVE BEEN WARNED THAT BY 14 NOVEMBER A GOOD
PART OF THE RESERVES MAY ALREADY HAVE BEEN USED. AN INTERVIEW HAS
BEEN ARRANGED ON ALL INDIA RADIO WITH A COMMISSION SPOKESMAN
TO ENABLE THE COMMUNITY TO PUT ITS POINT OF VIEW.
3. INDONESIA,
THE INDONESIANS HAVE NO EXPORTS OF SIGNIFICANCE TO THE COMMUNITY
AT PRESENT. HOWEVER THEY HAVE TOLD THE COMMISSION THAT THEY HOPE
TO BUILD UP A BASE FROM WHICH TO EXPORT SUBSTANTIAL QUANTITIES.
RESTRICTED
/NO QUANTITATIVE