RESTRICTED"
IL
AGREEMENT. ON THE SECOND FRONT, BRAZIL WAS BUSY PREPARING AN ANTI-COMMUNITY OFFENSIVE IN GENEVA, HE THOUGHT HOWEVER THAT IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE TO PATCH UP AN INFORMAL UNDERSTANDING WITH B ON FOSSIBLE AREAS OF AGREEMENT ON A LIMITED NUMBER OF POINTS. THE COMMISSION WOULD THEN ASK THE COUNCIL TO TAKE A POLITICAL DECISION WHETHER TO ACCEPT THIS, OR TO PAY THE PRICE FOR BRAZILIAN AGREEMENT ON COTTON YARN AND COTTON CLOTH, OR TO TAKE AUTONOMOUS MEASURES.
INDIA AND PAKISTAN
4. THESE ARE PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT CASES. IN ORDER TO REACH AGREEMENT WITH THESE TWO COUNTRIES, THE MANDATE FIGURES FOR COTTON YARN AND COTTON CLOTH WOULD HAVE TO BE EXCEEDED. THE COUNCIL WOULD THEREFORE BE PRESENTED WITH AN ASSESSMENT OF THE PRICE WHICH WOULD HAVE TO BE PAID TO SECURE THEIR AGREEMENT.
EGYPT
5. NO AGREEMENT WOULD BE INITIALLED WITH EGYPT SINCE THERE WERE VIRTUALLY NO RESERVES LEFT TO MEET HER REQUESTS.
SRI LANKA
6. BY DRAWING ON THE RESERVES FOR BLOUSES AND SHIRTS, IT WAS LIKELY THAT AGREEMENT COULD AFTER ALL BE CONCLUDED WITH SRI LANKA.
KOREA
7. AGREEMENT WITH KOREA WAS LIKELY.
HONG KONG
8. MUCH PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE SINCE THE HONG KONG DELEGATION RETURNED TO BRUSSELS. THE DELEGATION NOW APPEARED TO BE REASONABLE AND IT WAS LIKELY THAT AGREEMENT ON THE ECONOMIC CONTENT COULD BE REACHED BEFORE 32 NOVEMBER.
MEXICO
9. AN AGREEMENT WOULD SOON BE INITIALLED ON THE ECONOMIC CONTENT,
YUGOS YUGOSLAVIA
10. THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY DELICATE CAGE. THE YUGOSLAVS WERE PURSUING A WAIT AND SEE POLICY AND THE DELEGATION HAS NO NEGOTIATING MANDATE. THERE WAS NO HOPE OF AGREEMENT WITH THEM BEFORE 30 NOVEMBER.
PERU
11. TRAN HAS GIVEN UP THE IDEA OF AN AGREEMENT WITH PERU SINCE IT
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RESURICTED
AWOULD REQUIRE.