THE 113 COMMITTEE CONCLUSION, NEVERTHELESS CONVEYED A CLEAR SIGNAL THAT THE EC REGARDED 147,REV.2, AS THE ONLY VIABLE BASIS FOR NEGOTIATION AT PUNTA DEL ESTE. THIS INTERVENTION WENT A LONG WAY
TO RESTORING TRAN'S CREDIBILITY AS EC NEGOTIATOR, AND, BY
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IMPLICATION SOME CREDIBILITY TO THE EC ITSELF, OSEPITE THE
PUSILLANIMITY OF SOME MEMDER STATES.
12.
THE GENRAL READINESS OF CPS FINALLY TO AGREE UPON THE STATUS OF
THE MINISTERIAL MEETING REFLECTED THE NEUTRALISATION OF THE
HARD-LINERS OVER THE PAST MONTHS AND THE GENERAL UNDERSTANDING THAT
NON-TRADITIONAL SUBJECTS WILL HAVE TO BE DISCUSSED AT PUNTA DEL
ESTE, WHATEVER THE NATURE OF THE MEETING.
13. THE COMMUNITY'S UNREALISTIC PROPOSAL TO REOPEN THE NEGOTIATIONS IN, THE PREPCOM WAS GIVEN SHORT SHRIFT BY OTHER PLAYERS IN THE
NEGOTIATING PROCESS, WHO DEMONSTRATED CLEARLY THAT THEY HAD NO INTENTION OF BEING BLOWN OFF COURSE AT THIS LATE STAGE BECAUSE OF EC
INTERNAL WRANGLING.
14.
THUS THE MAIN ODJECTIVES OF THE PROCESS WHICH BEGAN IN THE
EIGHT DWARFS CROUP SOME MONTHS AGO HAVE COME TO FULFILLMENT.
SUCCESSIVE NEGOTIATING PROCESSES HAVE PRODUCED A CENTRAL TEXT WHICH, DESPITE ITS IMPERFECTIONS, OFFERS THE ONLY VALID BASIS FOR FUTURE
DISCUSSION AND NEGOTIATION. DESPITE THE GENERAL COMMITMENT OF ALL
INVOLVED NOT TO UNRAVEL W47, REV.2, THE AGRICULTURAL SECTION IS
CLEARLY THE MOST LIKELY TO BE REOPENED, SINCE IT APPEARS TO SATISFY
NO-OME. NEVERTHELESS, GIVEN THE OPPOSITION TO THIS SECTION FROM BOTH
AUSTRALIA AND FRANCE FROM OPPOSITE EXTREMES, THE PRESSURES FOR
CHANGE SEEM LIKELY TO CANCEL ONE ANOTHER OUT AND WE MAY WELL END UP
WITH A TEXT LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE HAVE NOW.
15.
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ALTHOUGH THE PREPCOM HAS COMPLETED ITS WORK, THE POSSIBILITY
EXISTS FOR SOME FURTHER CONTACTS AND EVEN PRE-NEGOTIATION IN EARLY
SEPTEMBER. DUNKEL IS THOUGHT TO BE CONTEMPLATING A HIGH LEVEL
MEETING DEFORE PUNTA DEL ESTE. FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS MAY WELL DEPEND
UPON TRAN'S CONTINUING CONTACTS WITH THE HARD-LINERS, DESIGNED TO STRIKE A COMPROMISE ON THE HANDLING OF THE NON-TRADITIONAL SUBJECTS.
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