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TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELEGRAM NUMBER 6479 OF 29 OCTOBER
INFO PRIORITY BRASILIA
YOUR TELNO 2004
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TEXTILES: BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS
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1. THIS MORNING I SPOKE TO COMMISSIONER DAVIGNON AS INSTRUCTED IN
YOUR TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE AND AGREED AT YESTERDAY'S MEETING
AT THE CABINET OFFICE.
2. DAVIGNON SAID THAT HE HAD INSTRUCTED THE NEGOTATORS YESTERDAY
THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO QUESTION OF EXCEEDING THE OVER-ALL LIMITS
WHICH HAD BEEN AGREED. THERE MIGHT BE SOME PARCELLING WITHIN THE
AGREED LIMITS. IN ANSWER TO MY QUESTION DAVIGNON SAID THAT HIS INST- RUCTIONS MEANT THAT THE IMPACT ON THE UK MARKET WOULD NOT BE GREATER
THAN AGREED BY THE COUNCIL.
3. DAVIGNON WENT ON TO SAY THAT HE PROPOSED THAT THE PROGRESS OF
THE BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS SHOULD BE REVIEWED NEXT MONTH WITH A
VIEW TO DECIDING WHETHER A SECOND ROUND WAS JUSTIFIED OR WHETHER THE SITATION SHOULD BE LEFT AS IT WAS. HE ENVISAGED SUBMITTING A DEFIN-
ITIVE REPORT TO THE DECEMBER COUNCIL WHEN THE FINAL DECISIONS
WOULD HAVE TO BE TAKEN.
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