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CYPHER CAT A
PRIORITY WASHINGTON
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1129
CONFIDENTIAL ANA G167ED,
NEUTRAL.
CONFIDENTIAL GUARD
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
10 APRIL 1969
ADDRESSED TO F.C.0. TELEGRAM NUMBER 1129 OF 10 APRIL REPEATED FOR
INFORMATION TO UKDEL EEC BRUSSELS, BRUSSELS, THE HAGUE, BONN,
UKMIS GENEVA, EERIE, ROME, PARIS, HONG KONG, TOKYO,
MY TEL NO 1889: MR. STANS AND TEXTILES,
WE NOW HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF THE LINE MR. STANS WILL
BE TAKING AND OF THE ARGUMENTS LIKELY TO BE USED. THESE ARE
SUMMARISED IN MY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING TELEGRAM WHICH ALSO SUGGESTS
POINTS THAT, AS SEEN FROM HERE, COULD BE EFFECTIVELY MADE IN
REPLY.
2. MEANWHILE WE HAVE GIVEN MORE THOUGHT TO HOW THINGS MIGHT
DEVELOP AFTER MR. STANS' TRIP TO EUROPE AND THE FAR EAST. SUCH
A LOOK AHEAD SUGGESTS BOTH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT SHOULD BE
SAID TO MR. SANS AND THE WAY IN WHICH THEY SHOULD BE PUT ACROSS.
3. THE OBJECT, AS WE SEE IT, REMAINS TO GET THE ADMINISTRATION
TO GIVE UP THE WHOLE IDEA OF EXTENDING TEXTILE RESTRAINTS.
THIS WOULD BE BEST ACHIEVED DY GETTING THEM TO RECOGNISE THAT
THE INTERNATIONAL CONSEQUENCES ARE UNACCEPTABLE WITHOUT
GOING SO FAR AS TO CONFRONT THEM WITH A FLAT REJECTION.
IN THIS WAY WE WOULD MINIMISE THE RISK THAT THE ADMINISTRATION
THEMSELVES WOULD GO FOR UNILATERAL QUOTAS ON THE REBOUND AND
MAXIMISE THE CHANCES OF THEIR RESISTING ATTEMPTS BY CONGRESS TO
SADDLE THEM WITH MANDATORY LEGISLATION. WE WOULD ALSO MINIMISE
THE RISK OF SOURING THEIR AT PRESENT GENUINE INTENTION OF
PURSUING LIBERAL TRADE POLICIES IN GENERAL.
4. TO BRING THEM TO THIS RECOGNITION IT WOULD BE DESIRABLE NOT ONLY
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