CONFIDENTIAL
Os File X6
CYPHER/CAT A
PRIORITY WASHINGTON
TELEGRAM NUMBER: 1569
CONFIDENTIAL.
NEUTRAL.
TO: FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH CFFICE
23 MAY, 1969.
ADDRESSED TO F.C.0. TELEGRAM NUMBER 1569 OF 23 MAY REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO UKDEL EEC BRUSSELS, TOKYO AND SAVING TO HONG KONG, SEOUL, TAIPEI, UKMIS GENEVA, BRUSSELS, THE HAGUE, BONN, BERNE, PARIS AND ROME.
TEXTILES.
DENIAU AND OTHER MEMBERS OF E.E.C. TEAM CONCLUDED DISCUSSIONS WITH ADMINISTRATION YETERDAY AT A FINAL MEETING WITH STANS FOLLOWING PRELIMINARY TALK WITH NEHMER. THEY SAY RICHARDSON (AS ASCTING SECRETARY OF STATE IN ROGERS' ABSENCE), SAMUELS (DEPUTY UNDER-SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT), MCCRACKEN (CHAIRMAN, COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS) GILBERT (SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE DESIGNATE FOR TRANDE NEGOTIATIONS), PETTY (TREASURY) AND HARDIN (SECRETARY, AGRICULTURE). STATE DEPARTMENT AND ALL OTHERS THEY MET OUTSIDE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT, MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY WISHED, AT THIS STAGE, TO AVOID BEING INVOLVED IN DISCUSSION OF THE TEXTILE PROBLEM.
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8. STANS SAID THAT COUNTRIES HE HAD JUST VISITED WERE NOT ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE U.S. PROPOSALS. NEVERTHELESS THE U.S. ADMINISTRATION MAINTAINED ITS POSITION. HE WAS NOT GOING TO PRESENT A REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT SETTING CUT CERTAIN ALTERNATIVES. AMONG THESE WOULD BE THE POSSIBILITY OF OFFERING COMPENSATORY TARIFF CONCESSIONS. BUT CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORITY WAS NEEDED FOR
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MAY 1969
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