TNAG-0145-FCO40-181-Exports-of-textiles-to-United-States-of-America-1969 — Page 109

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QUESTION:

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on this trip?

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Mr. Secretary, did you go to Vietnam

SECRETARY STANS: No, I did not.

QUESTION: Would you endorse legislation under

those circumstances you have just named, sir?

SECRETARY STANS: It depends on the framework of

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the legislation and it depends, on all of the circumstances

at the time.

I would not at this time endorse legislation because

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I think a voluntary solution is highly to be preferred. voluntary solution can be worked out on the basis which I think would be much more favorable to our trading partners

than would legislation and would not necessarily

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would not involve potential retaliation from other countries. Unilateral action is certainly much less desirable

than would either multilateral or bilateral agreements we

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might work out.

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QUESTION: Do you consider that the objectives.

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that you had in the textile field were successful?

Did

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you meet those objectives or were they unsuccessful?

SECRETARY STANS: I think we met every objective

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except one which was a time table for a meeting that we

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had hoped might be held in Geneva in June, but since we..

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nothing to negotiate we did not negotiate.

We did state

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our

case very thoroughly and very carefully in every country..

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