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TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELEGRAM NUMBER 7227 OF 25 NOVEMBER
INFO ROUTINE BONN PARIS UKMIS GENEVA BRASILIA DELHI ISLAMABAD
COLOMBO SEOUL MEXICO CITY BELGRADE LIMA
INFO SAVING CAIRO ATHENS RABAT TUNIS ANKARA,
MULTIFIBRE ARRANGEMENT: BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS
PROGRESS REPORT NO 10 (22-24 NOVEMBER)
SUMMARY
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1. WITH ONLY SIX DAYS TO GO TO THE COMMISSION'S DEADLINE FOR THE END OF NEGOTIATION, TRAN VAN THINH (COMMISSION) YESTERDAY
GAVE THE 113 COMMITTEE A FRANK REPORT ON THE CURRENT STATE OF
PLAY. HE DESCRIBED THE COTTON YARN AND COTTON CLOTH CEILINGS
LAID IN THE MANDATE AS THE MAIN STUBLING BLOCKS TO AGREEMENT WITH
SEVERAL SUPPLIERS INCLUDING BRAZIL, INDIA, PAKISTAN. AND EGYPT.
POLITICAL DECISIONS WOULD THEREFORE HAVE TO BE MADE AT THE
DECEMBER COUNCIL EITHER TO AUTHORISE THE INCREASES IN THE
CEILINGS WHICH WERE NECESSARY TO SECURE AGREEMENT WITH THESE
SUPPLIERS OR TO TAKE AUTONOMOUS MEASURES.
PREFERENTIAL COUNTRIES
2. TRAN PREDICTED THAT AN ARRANGEMENT COULD PROBABLY BE REACHED
ON THE FIGURES, IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH MOROCCO AND TUNISIA. TURKEY WAS VIRTUALLY SETTLED BUT IT WAS UNLIKELY THAT ANY SORT
OF ARRANGEMENT COULD BE AGREED WITH GREECE.
BRAZIL
3. A PSYCHOLOGICAL WAR WAS BEING WAGED BY BRAZIL. ON ONE FRONT, DISCUSSIONS WERE PROGRESSING WITH THE BRAZILIAN AMBASSADOR IN AN ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY AREAS OF AGREEMENT WITHOUT REACHING A FORMAL
RESTRICULED.
/AGREEMENT OM ASS