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19. THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE OF THE INTERVENTION WE HAD BEEN PLANNING TO MAKE WAS IN THE EVENT PREEMPTED TO SOME EXTENT BY TRAN'S STATE- MENT, WHICH CLEARLY GOES A LONG WAY TOWARDS MEETING THE IMMEDIATE CONCERNS OF MEMBER STATES. BUT THIS WAS A USEFUL SESSION. THE COMM- ISSION HAVE BEEN PUT ON NOTICE, AND APPEAR NOW TO HAVE FULLY APPREC- IATED THAT MEMBER STATES CANNOT BE EXPECTED TO TOLERATE ANY BREACH-
ING OF THE INTERNAL GLOBAL CEILINGS WITHOUT A FRESH DISCUSSION IN THE COUNCIL. WE INTERPRET TRAN'S ORAL REPORT TO COREPER, AND HIS FULLER WRITTEN REPORT (WHICH HAS ALSO BEEN SUBMITTED FORMALLY TO THE COMMISSION) AS A SIGNAL THAT THE COMMISSION IS CONTEMPLATING SEEKING A REVISION IN THE NEGOTIATING DIRECTIVES FROM THE COUNCIL, POSSIBLYON 21/22 NOVEMBER.
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