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PRIORITY UK MISSION GENEVA TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 241
21 APRIL 1969.
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ADDRESSED TO F C O TELEGRAM NUMBER 241 OF APRIL 21 R F I SAVING
BERNE COPENHAGEN HELSINKI OSLO VIENNA LISBON STOCKHOLM UKDEL
EEC BRUSSELS UKDEL OECD PARIS WASHINGTON.
EFT A DISCUSSION WITH US SECRETARY OF COMMERCE.
AT THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING OF THE COUNCIL, THE OFFICIAL CHAIRMAN THRANE OF DENMARK REPORTED ON THE BRIEF MEETING ON
18 APRIL BETWEEN MR STANS PARTY AND THE MINISTERIAL CHAIRMAN
OF EFT A MR NYBOE ANDERSEN (WHO WAS IN GENEVA FOR THE E F TA CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE) AND THE SECRETARY GENERAL.
2. ANDERSEN AND COULSON EMPHASISED E F TA 'S LIBERAL OUTLOOK
ON WORLD TRADE AND THE BENEFICIAL EFFECTS ON THIRD COUNTRIES.
WHEN THE DISCUSSION TURNED TO TEXTILES, ANDERSEN REFERRED TO
EFT A COUNTRIES' EXPERIENCE: WE HAD MADE STRUCTURAL CHANGES
INSTEAD OF ATTACKING IMPORTS. COULSON REFERRED TO LANCASHIRE
AS AN OUTSTANDING INSTANCE OF STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT. NEHMER
CHALLENGED THIS. HE HAD A LARGE DOSSIER OF EUROPEAN RESTRICTION'S
ON TEXTILES AND MENTIONED IN PARTICULAR RESTRAINTS ON PORTUGUESE
EXPORTS TO THE UK.
3. FOR THE REST, STANS SPOKE ON THE USUAL LINES. HE EMPHASISED
THAT THE TRADE INITIATIVES WHICH THE PRESIDENT HAD IN MIND
ON ABOLITION OF A S P, ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE AND POSSIBLE
TARIFF CHANGES IN CERTAIN AREAS WERE CONDITIONAL UPON THE
FINDING OF AN INTERNATIONAL SOLUTION ON TEXTILES.
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