RESTRICTED
4.
ON THE NORTH/SOUTH DIALOGUE, THE DISCUSSION HAD BEEN LITTLE MORE THAN A RECITAL OF THE RESPECTIVE POSITIONS. ON ENERGY, THE COMMISSION HAD BEEN STRUCK BY THE OPTIMISM OF MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION THAT THE ESSENTIAL PARTS OF THEIR LEGISLATIVE
PROPOSALS WOULD BE CARRIED,
5. THE COMMISSION HAD COME AWAY WITH TWO GENERAL IMPRESSIONS. FIRST, RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES WERE CLOSER AND FRIENDLIER THAN THEY HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY, AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN THIS
CONTEXT WAS THE ATTITUDE OF THE SPECIAL TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
MR STRAUSS, WHO ATTACHED IMPORTANCE TO THE SUCCESS OF THE MTNS, AND RECOGNISED THE POSSIBLE LINKAGE WITH OTHER AREAS EG STEEL. SECOND, THE COMMISSION HAD BEEN STRUCK BY THE STRENGTH OF PROTECTIONIST PRESSURES IN THE US.
6.
THERE WAS NO DISCUSSION.
FGO ADVANCE TO DOT FOR MRS JONES (CRE).
MAITLAND
FRAME EXTERNAL
EID (E)
N.A.D
[ADVANCED AS REQUESTED]
2
RESTRICTED
ADDITIONAL DISTN. FRAME