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PRIORITY WASHINGTON TELEGRAM NO 1236 CONFIDENTIAL.
NEUTRAL.
CONFIDENTIAL
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
21 APRIL 1969.
ADDSD TO FCO TELNO 1236 OF 21 APRIL REPTD FOR INFMN PARIS UKDEL EEC BRUSSELS UKMIS GENEVA. AND SAVING TO BRUSSELS THE HAGUE BONN
BERNE ROME TOKYO HONG KONG.
STANS VISIT: U.S. FOREIGN TRADE POLICY.
COMMERCIAL COUNSELLOR TALKED TODAY TO GREENWALD (ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS) JUST RETURNED FROM PARTICIPATION IN THE FIRST WEEK OF THE STANS TOUR.
2. GREENWALD SAID ( CONTRARY TO THE GLOSS BEING PUT OUT BY TEXTILE SYMPATHISERS HERE THAT NOBODY TURNED STANS' TEXTILE PROPOSALS DOWN) THAT THE NEGATIVE ATTITUDE OF EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS, THE EEC COMMISSION AND THE GATT SECRETARIAT REGISTERED FIRMLY. THE PRO-
TEXTILE MEMBERS OF THE GROUP WERE DISAPPOINTED AND STANS HIMSELF HAD BEEN GIVEN MUCH FOOD FOR THOUGHT. STANS WOULD OF COURSE HAVE TO GO THROUGH WITH HIS ASIAN TRIP NEXT MONTH. ASSUMING THE RESPONSE THERE WERE ALSO NEGATIVE THE PRESIDENT WOULD THEN HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO ABOUT HIS COMMITMENT. IT WAS TOO EARLY TO FORECAST WHICH PARTICULAR OPTIONS HE WOULD LOOK AT, BUT RELIANCE ON GATT ARTICLE XIX FOR CASES OF SECTORAL HARDSHIP MIGHT BE ONE POSSIBILITY. 2. GREENWALD CONFIRMED THAT THE ADMINISTRATION ARE LIKELY TO TABLE LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS SHORTLY IN CONGRESS TO INCLUDE ASP., TARIFF NEGOTIATING POWERS OF SOME KIND, EASIER ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE AND RELAXED ESCAPE CLAUSE CRITERIA. WE UNDERSTAND THAT LEGISLATION WILL BE SENT UP REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME OF STANS' TEXTILE
DISCUSSIONS.
3. IT WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY NOT DEAL WITH THE QUESTION OF CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS ON NON-TARIFF BARRIERS AFFECTING EXISTING US LEGISLATION. THIS WILL BE ONE OF
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