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PRIORITY WASHINGTON TELEGRAM NO. 1128
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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
10 APRIL 1969
ADDRESSED TO F.C.O. TELEGRAM NO. 1128 OF 10 APRIL REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO UKDEL EEC BRUSSELS, UKMIS GENEVA, BRUSSELS, THE HAGUE PARIS, BONN, ROME, HONG KONG, BERNE AND TOKYO.
MY TELEGRAM NO. 1089: MR STANS' VISIT.
THE PRESIDENT HAS NOMINATED MR CARL GILBERT, CHAIRMAN OF GILLETTE, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR TRADE NEGOTIATIONS. HE WILL ACCOMPANY MR STANS ON HIS VISIT TO EUROPE AS NUMBER 2 IN THE DELEGATION. THIS SUBORDINATION TO MR STANS IS APPARENTLY TO BE JUSTIFIED ON THE GROUNDS THAT HIS APPOINTMENT HAS NOT YET BEEN CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE. THE SUBSTANTIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE AND THE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE HAS NOT BEEN DEFINED.
2. GILBERT HAS BEEN CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE FOR A NATIONAL TRADE POLICY AND A CONSISTENT SPOKESMAN FOR LIBERAL TRADE. HOWEVER HE IS GENERALLY BELIEVED TO BE WEAK AND IT IS FEARED THAT HE MAY FALL UNDER STANS' THUMB. INDEED HE WANTED THE POSITION SO BADLY THAT HE MAY ALREADY HAVE AGREED TO LIMITATIONS ON HIS RESPONSIBILITY. ALTHOUGH HE WILL TECHNICALLY BE IN THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT IT IS EXPECTED THAT HE AND HIS STAFF WILL BE PHYSICALLY LOCATED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.
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THE NEW GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TRADE
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RECEIVED IN ARCHIVES No.31
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