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ADDRESSED TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NUMBER 431 OF 24 APRIL 1969 RFI SAVING TO UKMIS GENEVA BERNE ROHE UKDEL EEC THE HAGUE WASHINGTON LUXEMBOURG BRUSSELS TOKYO HONG KONG BONN

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MY TEL. NO. 393 (HOT TO ALL): MR. STANS'S VISIT.

AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE ON 23 APRIL, BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE FOR LONDON, MR. STANS MENTIONED THE POSSIBILITY OF PRESIDENT NIXON TAKING THE INITIATIVE TO MAKE THE AMERICAN MARKET FREER FOR EUROPEAN GOODS. HE REFUSED TO GIVE FURTHER DETAILS, OTHER THAN THAT THE PRESIDENT MIGHT POSSIBLY INTRODUCE LEGISLATION AFTER MR. STANS HAD REPORTED ON HIS EUROPEAN AND ALSO ON HIS FORTHCOMING FAR EASTERN

JOURNEYS. OBSERVERS HERE BELIEVE THAT THIS INITIATIVE COULD CONCERN THE ABOLITION OR EASING OF THE AMERICAN SELLING PRICE ARRANGEMENTS. 2. MR. STANS SAID THAT HIS INTERVIEWS IN THE VARIOUS EUROPEAN CAPITALS WERE SIMPLY EXPLORATORY AND DID NOT CONSTITUTE AN OPENING OF NEGOTIATIONS. HE HAD INFORMED THOSE HE HAD MET OF AMERICAN CONCERN OVER CERTAIN NON-TARIFF COMMERCIAL OBSTACLES AND HAD TAKEN NOTE OF THEIR VIEWS. HE THOUGHT IT A GOOD THING THAT VARIOUS NON-TARIFF OBSTACLES SHOULD BE OPENLY DISCUSSED BEFORE UNILATERAL, BILATERAL, OR MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS TAKE PLACE. THE FIRST STEP WAS ALREADY

UNDER WAY AT G.A.T.T. WHOSE REPORT ON ** NON-TARIFF OBSTACLES''WOULD SERVE AS A BASIS FOR DISCUSSIONS, FIRST OF ALL INFORMAL AND THEN OFFICIAL. IT WOULD TAKE A LONG TIME TO REACH A CONCRETE RESULT, 3. DURING HIS EUROPEAN VISIT MR. STANS HAD NOT ASKED FOR ANY

UNDERTAKINGS OF ANY SORT AND HE DID NOT HAVE THE INTENTION OF DOING

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