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TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 598 OF 17 NOVEMBER
INFO PRIORITY UKREP BRUSSELS
YOUR TELNO 358: GATT TEXTILES COMMITTEE
1. A GROUP OF MAJOR TEXTILE EXPORTERS APPROACHED THE GATT SECRETAR- IAT YESTERDAY 16 NOVEMBER WITH A REQUEST FOR THE GATT TEXTILES COMMITTEE TO BE CALLED NEXT WEEK TO EXAMINE THE CURRENT SITUATION OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN TEXTILES. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS SENT FOLLOWING DISCUSSION IN THE ARTICLE 113 COMMITTEE IN BRUSSELS ON 9-10 NOVEMBER (UKREP BRUSSELS TELNO 6961) THE HEAD OF THE COMMISSION DELEGATION HERE (LUYTEN), WHEN CONSULTED BY THE SECRETARIAT, TOOK THE LINE THAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD NOT BE IN A POSITION TO PARTICIPATE IN A MEETING AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEK: THAT THIS WAS NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT HAD BEEN ENVISAGED AT THE END OF THE COMMITTEE'S SESSION IN JULY (CF THE CHAIRMAN'S SUMMING UP IN COM.TEX/W/45): AND THAT IT WOULD BE, IF HELD, COUNTERPRODUCTIVE AND EVEN QUOTE DISRUPTUVE UNQUOTE. HE HAD
PREVIOUSLY MADE THESE POINTS DIRECTLY TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
EXPORTERS HERE BUT EVIDENTLY WITHOUT EFFECT.
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