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WASHINGTON TELEGRAM NO.521 TO FOREIGN OFFICE

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I PRESUME THAT GREENWALD ARRANGED THIS MEETING PARTLY TO

TEST THE FIRMNESS OF OUR ATTITUDE WHICH IS, OF COURSE, ALREADY

WELL KNOWN TO HIM, AND PARTLY TO LOOK FOR ANY POSSIBLE OPENING FOR

A LIMITED DEAL CI.E. ON WOOLLENS) TO HELP THE PRESIDENT OUT:

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CONCEIVABLY, TOO, THEY ARE EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF A DEAL

WITH OTHER HIGH-COST COUNTRIES AT THE EXPENSE OF JAPAN, HONG KONG

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AND THE L.D.C's. ! LEFT GREENWALD AND TREZISE IN NO DOUBT THAT

THERE IS NO DISPOSITION TO COMPROMISE ON OUR SIDE, AND I DO NOT

THINK THAT EITHER HE OR TREZISE WERE SURPRISED. TREZISE'S POSITION

IS OBVIOUSLY A LITTLE DELICATE AND I DID NOT SEEK TO CONFIRM WHETHER

HE, RATHER THAN ELLSWORTH, WOULD BE CONDUCTING ANY ACTUAL

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NEGOTIATIONS. IT IS INTERESTING, HOWEVER, THAT THE POSSIBILITY

OF MOVING THE ACTION INTO THE STATE DEPARTMENT IS UNDER CONSIDER-

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ATION. THIS SUGGESTS THAT THE WHITE HOUSE IS BEGINNING TO DISCOVER

THE SNAGS AND MAY THINK IT BETTER TO MOVE THE RESPONSIBILITY

OUT OF THE DIRECT PRESIDENTIAL SPHERE.

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F.C.O. PASS BONN, PARIS, ROME, TOKYO, UKDEL EEC BRUSSELS, UKDEĻ

OECD, UKMIS GENEVA.

MR.TOMKINS

[REPEATED AS REQUESTED)..

INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION:

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