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fisit of Mr.
na. is secretary of Commerce
bir. Mulley has been invited to attend a briefing meeting
at the Board of Trade at 4.15.p.m. on 23 April, and the plenary meeting with Mr. Stans and his party at 4.00 p.m. on 24 April.
The President of the Board of Trade will be in the Chair at both
meetings and discussions may contime at 10.00 a.m. on 25 April.
Mr. Mulley will be accompanied by Sir A. Snelling and Mr.Whitehead
General
2.
Mr. Stans' visit will provide the first opportunity for high
level contact with the new US Administration on international
trada questions. The Administration's thinking is still at a
formative stage and there is considerable domestic pressure for
more protectionist policies. The main aim of the discussions
will therefore be to probe vr. Stans' own intentions and to
influence him where possible in the direction of freep trade.
Where Mr. Stans puts forward proposals which are unwelcome to us
(as is likely to be the case on textiles) we should leave him in
no doubt about the difficulties we foresee, He have, however,
to bear in mind that Mr. Stans is in a difficult political
position, because of President Nixon's election campaign
commitment to take action on textile imports, and will be under
pressure to produce "results" from hás tour. He will be
arriving in London at the end of an exhausting series of visits
and is reported to have been discouraged by the reception his
PRoposals have met with in other European capitals. There is
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