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TO ROUTINE F C O TELEGRAM NUMBER 1731 OF 21 MARCH INFO UKMIS GENEVA.
TEXTILES: ARTICLE 113 COMMITTEE, TUESDAY 21 MARCH
A. TEXTILES SURVEILLANCE BODY
COMPOSITION (MY TELNO 1217 REFERS).
1. BECK (COMMISSION) REPORTED ON THE TRILATERAL (JAPAN/EEC/U.S.) DISCUSSIONS WHICH TOOK PLACE IN SAN FRANCISCO LAST WEEK. A
CONSENSUS OF OPINION HAD BEEN REACHED ON THE COMPOSITION OF THE NEW TEXTILES SURVEILLANCE BODY (TSB). THE U.S. WILL PROBABLY SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY'S PROPOSAL THAT THE 8TH SEAT SHOULD GO TO
ASEAN FOR THE REST OF 1978: TO AN EASTERN BLOC COUNTRY E.G. ROMANIA IN 1979: AND TO A MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRY IN 1982. IT WAS
ASSUMED THAT CANADA WOULD CONTINUE TO SHARE A SEAT. THE JAPANESE REPRESENTATIVE WOULD PROBABLY STRADDLE THE FENCE BETWEEN IMPORTER AND EXPORTER BUT WAS LIKELY TO BE MORE FAVOURABLE TO IMPORTERS. THE OTHER SEATS DID NOT PRESENT A PROBLEM. TRAN (COMMISSION) EXPLAINED THE STRATEGY BEHIND THE COMMISSION'S PROPOSAL FOR THE 8TH SEAT. SOME OF THE ASEAN COUNTRIES HAD DONE WELL OUT OF THEIR RECENT NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WOULD BE LIKELY
TO SUPPORT US: ROMANIA WAS THE FIRST EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRY TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT WITH US: AND A SEAT FOR THE MEDITERRANEANS (WHO WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY CRITICISE THE COMMUNITY) WOULD BE A POLITICAL GESTURE. THE NEW TEXTILES SURVEILLANCE BOARD WOULD BE CONFIRMED ON 3 APRIL AT THE TEXTILE COMMITTEE MEETING IN GENEVA.
B. WORK OF THE T S B DISPUTES PROCEDURES.
2. TRAN EXPLAINED THAT THE COMMISSION HAD DECIDED TO ABANDON THE ORIGINAL FORMULA THAT IT HAD PROPOSED. IN RETURN THE U.S.WOULD DROP ITS PROPOSED FORMULA WHICH WOULD HAVE EFFECTIVELY SILENCED THE COMMUNITY. HE PROPOSED THAT THE COMMUNITY SHOULD SUPPORT THE
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