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TELEGRAM NO. 3119
UNCLASSIFIED
NEUTRAL
17 NOV 1969
1 JAKK6/12
13 NOVEMBER 1969
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Inferences.
ADDRESSED TO F.C.O. TELEGRAM NO. 3119 OF 13 NOVEMBER REPEATED FOR
LAST
INFORMATION TO UKDEL OECD PARIS, UKDEL EEC BRUSSELS, AND, UKHIE GENEVA
AND SAVING TO UKMIS NEW YORK.
MY TELEGRAM NO. 2991 OF 1 NOVEMBER: PREFERENCES,
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REF.
IN PRESENTING GOVERNOR ROCKEFELLER'S REPORT ON LATIN AMERICA
PRESIDENT NIXON INCLUDED IN HIS PREPARED STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING
PASSAGE ON TRADE PREFERENCES.
CUOTE
ALL OF THE AMERICAN NATIONS WANT TO SEE THE EARLY ESTABLISHMENT OF
A LIBERAL WORLD-WIDE SYSTEM OF GENERALIZED TRADE PREFERENCES FOR ALL
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. I STATED IN MY SPEECH THAT THE US INTENDED TO
PRESS VIGOROUSLY WITH THE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES FOR THE ADOPTION OF
SUCH A SYSTEM. THIS WEEK US REPRESENTATIVES AT O E C D MEETINGS IN
PARIS TOOK THAT POSITION. THE UNITED STATES WILL WORK ACTIVELY NOW
FOR SUCH A SYSTEM. I WANT TO SAY, HOWEVER, THAT IF FOR ANY REASON
WE FIND IT NOT POSSIBLE TO ESTABLISH A SATISFACTORY SYSTEM OF
GENERALIZED PREFERENCES WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME, THEN THE US WILL
BE PREPARED TO CONSIDER OTHER ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS IT CAN TAKE TO
ASSURE THAT THE AMERICAN NATIONS WILL HAVE PREFERENTIAL ACCESS TO
THE US MARKET..
UNQUOTE
2. THE PRESIDENT ALSO MADE THE FOLLOWING REMARKS ON THE SAME
CCCASION.
CUCTE
YOU WILL HAVE NOTED IN MY SPEECH THAT I REFERRED TO THE NECESSITY
FOR HAVING SPECIAL TRADE PREFERENCES FOR ALL THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
I POINTED CUT THAT THERE WERE COUNTRIES OUTSIDE OF THE WESTERN
HEMISPHERE THAT HAD SPECIAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES AND
/PARTICULARLY
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