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OCMIAN 7517
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RR OTTAW
RR MEXIC
FM FCOLN TO NEDEL
211700Z FEB
GRS 573
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TO ROUTINE NEW DELHI
TELNO 216
OF 21170OZ FEBRUARY 86
AND TO ROUTINE DHAKA, BRASILIA, BOGOTA, PRAGUE, KINGSTON
AND TO ROUTINE BUDAPEST, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, MEXICO CITY
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AND TO ROUTINE ISLAMABAD, LIMA, MANILA, WARSAW, BUCHAREST, SINGAPORE AND TO ROUTINE SEOUL, COLOMBO, BANGKOK, MONTEVIDEO, BELGRADE INFO ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA, UKREP BRUSSELS, CANBERRA, VIENNA, DUBLIN
REYKJAVIK INFO ROUTINE OTTAWA, HELSINKI, PARIS, BONN, ATHENS,
WELLINGTON
INFO ROUTINE ROME, TOKYO, LUXEMBOURG, THE HAGUE, INFO ROUTINE OSLO, LISBON, MADRID, STOCKHOLM, BERNE, ANKARA INFO ROUTINE WASHINGTON, SOFIA, Brussels
INFO ROUTINE BISBA, CAIRO,
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PEKING
LUXEMBOURG TELNO 42 AND 43: MULTI-FIBRE ARRANGEMENT (MFA)
1. SOME ACTION ADDRESSEES WILL HAVE SEEN LANE'S (DTI) LETTER OF
27 JANUARY SETTING OUT OUR GENERAL ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE NEW GATT ROUND AND THE RENEWAL OF THE MFA. (COPIES BY BAG TO REMAINING
POSTS.)
2. FORMAL NEGOTIATIONS ON THE RENEWAL OF THE MFA BEGAN IN THE GATT TEXTILES COMMITTEE IN EARLY APRIL. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE A REPORT OF YOUR HOST GOVERNMENT'S APPROACH, THEIR OBJECTIVES AND WHAT THEY EXPECT TO EMERGE FROM THE FORTHCOMING NEGOTIATIONS. YOUR REPORTS WILL BE TIMELY IN THE RUN-UP TO THE 4-8 MARCH MEETING IN BEIJING AT WHICH SUPPLIERS WILL HOPE TO
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