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TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELEGRAM NUMBER 7256 OF 28 NOVEMBER
INFO ANKARA, KUALA LUMPUR, SEOUL, LIMA
INFO SAVING TUNIS, RABAT, CAIRO, BUCHAREST, BUDAPEST
MULTI-F13RE ARRANGEMENT: BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS PROGRESS REPORT NO.11
25-28 NOVEMBER
A. SUMMARY
1. ARRANGEMENT AGREED WITH TURKEY. COMMISSION TRY FOR SIMILAR ARR-- ANGEMENT WITH MOROCCO AND TUNISIA. VARYING DEGREES OF PROGRESS MADE WITH KOREA, ROMANIA, HUNGARY AND MALAYSIA BUT NOT PROGRESS WITH EGYPT AND PERU. DIFFERENCES ABOUT THE STATE TRADERS' REGIME. COMMISS- ION THINKS IT UNLIKELY THAT EFFECTIVE ACTION CAN BE TAKEN WITH SUPP- LIERS WITH WHOM THE COMMUNITY HAS NO AGREEMENT WHO THREATEN TO BREACH GLOBAL CEILINGS.
B. BILATERALS
2. TURKEY. THE COMMISSION GAVE DETAILS OF DISCUSSIONS WITH TWO SEP- ARATE TURKISH DELEGATIONS REPRESENTATING THE COTTON TEXTILES AND APPAREL INDUSTRIES. THE TURKS CANNOT OFFICIALLY ACCEPT THE COMMUN- ITY'S FIGURES BUT THE DELEGATION FROM THE COTTON INDUSTRY HAVE AGREED TO RESPECT A UNILATERAL COMMUNITY DECLARATION (COPIES BY BAG) SETT- ING OUT COMMUNITY LIMITS FOR COTTON CLOTH, COTTON YARN, T-SHIRTS, BLOUSES AND DRESSES IN 1978. THE BREAKDOWN AMONG MEMBER STATES WILL BE SET OUT IN A SUPPLEMENTARY DECLARATION. ON SYNTHETIC CLOTH AND BED LINEN, THE COMMISSION WILL MAKE IT CLEAR TO THE TURKS THAT THEY WOULD WISH TO HAVE SERIOUS AND URGENT CONSULTATIONS IN THE EVENT OF IMPORTS REACHING DISRUPTIVE LEVELS 1.E. LEVELS IN EXCESS OF 1976 TRADE. FOR ALL OTHER PRODUCTS, THERE WILL BE REGULAR CONSULTATIONS TO AVOID THE NEED FOR SAFEGUARD MEASURES. FOR PRESENTATIONAL REASONS
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