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FM UKREP BRUSSELS C51125Z
CONFIDENTIAL
HKK 121/616/1.
7 NOV
FRAME EXTERNAL
DESKBY 071006Z
TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELEGRAM NUMBER 6575 OF 5 NOVEMBER
INFO UKMIS GENEVA
COMMITTEE OF PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES (DEPUTIES):
FRIDAY 4 NOVEMBER: TEXTILES
'YOUR TELNO 2014
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SUMMARY
1. THE COMMISSION GAVE A PROGRESS REPORT ON THE TEXTILE NEGOTIATIONS,
IN INISISTING THAT THE AGREED INTERNAL GLOBAL CEILINGS FOR THE MOST
SENSITIVE PRODUCTS SHOULD NOT BE BREACHED WITHOUT REFERENCE TO AND
A NEW MANDATE FROM THE COUNCIL, WE WERE SUPPORTED BY THE FRENCH AND
ITALIAN DELEGATIONS, AND AT NO TIME CHALLENGED BY THE COMMISSION.
DISCUSSION
2. TRAN VAN THINH (COMMISSION) REPORTED TO THE COMMITTEE ALONG THE LINES OF THE CONFIDENTIAL REPORT (IT-155/77) DISTRIBUTED YESTERDAY (OUR TELNO 6530, PARAGRAPH 8 REFERS). AGREEMENTS HAD BEEN CONCLUDED WITH SINGAPORE, THE PHILIPPINES, MACAO AND COLOMBIA AND WERE EXP- ECTED IMMINENTLY WITH THAILAND URUGUAY, MEXICO AND ARGENTINA.
THE COMMISSION ANTICIPATED THAT BY THE END OF NOVEMBER THE AGREE-
MENTS REACHED WOULD COVER 900,000 TONNES OF TEXTILE IMPORTS
REPRESENTING THE 75% COVERAGE OF LOW COST IMPORTS NECESSARY IN THE
COMMISSION'S VIEW TO DEEM THE NEGOTIATIONS A SUCCESS. THERE WERE
HOWEVER THREE MAJOR DIFFICULTIES: THE PREFERENTIAL COUNTRIES, INDIA,
AND BRAZIL,
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13. IF