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22 September, 1969
International Trade in Textiles
am sorry that, fr reasons which have been explained to your office, I have been unable to 1ct you have my comments on your paper by the time limit you sugecotid. Since, however, I do not want to ask for a meeting to discuss the peper, but only to dran absention to one or two pointó arising from it, I hope that this will not cause you any difficulty.
I fully appreciate the reasons for paying that, in the face of our decision to rely after the ond of 1071 on tariffs rather then quotas for the protection of domestic industry against importe of cotton textiles, it would duit us 1f the Long Term Arrangement were broughto an end, at any rate after 1071. But I think that it is realistic to conclude that we have 110tle chance
110510 of achieving this objective unless comothing effective and generally acceptable con Do püs in its place. It is obviously right also for us to try to Bucure improvements" in the extended Arrangement.
Whore I have doubts, however, is in regard to the suggestion that at sme appropriate stage and Ceponding on the soundings which we had taken as to the attitude of other countries, we might suggest the setting up of a Working Party under GATT to review the situation in regard to textilos Generally and to rccomacnd the best ways of dealing with it. I realise that this suggestion 13 tentative at the present stage ond that our tactics will have to be decided in the light
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The Rt. Hon. Anthony Crosland, K.P..
Board of Trade
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