CYPHER/CAT A
CONFIDENTIAL
IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 356
TO PARIS
79
21 JULY 1969 (OD)
CONFIDENTIAL.
NEUTRAL
ADDRESSED TO PARIS TELEGRAM NUMBER 356 21 JULY 1969 AND TO
BRUSSELS LUXEMBOURG THE HAGUE BONN ROME REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO UKDEL (EEC) BRUSSELS, UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON, UKDEL OECD
PARIS.
COTTON TEXTILES
MY TELEGRAM NUMBER 841 TO DELHI GIVES THE LATEST TEXT OF A
STATEMENT TO BE MADE IN THE HOUSE BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD
OF TRADE AT 3.30 PM ON 22 JULY. TEXT IS SUBJECT TO SLIGHT LAST
MINUTE AMENDMENTS WHICH WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU BEFORE
STATEMENT IS MADE.
2. PLEASE HAND COPY OF STATEMENT TO SENIOR OFFICIAL CONCERNED
WITH COMMERCIAL POLICY MATTERS, MAKING THREE POINTS. THE FIRST
IS THAT THE INFORMATION IN THE STATEMENT MUST BE TREATED AS
CONFIDENTIAL UNTIL 4.39 PM BST ON 22 JULY. THE SECOND IS THAT
THE PROPOSED TARIFF WILL BE VERY CLOSE TO THE COMMUNITY'S C.E.T.
ON COTTON TEXTILES. THE THIRD IS THAT OUR PROPOSED ACTION
SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSED IN ANY WAY WITH U.S. PROPOSALS FOR RESTRIC-
TIONS ON NON-COTTON TEXTILES. INDEED WE THINK THAT RELIANCE SOLELY ON A TARIFF FOR PROTECTION MAY SET A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR
OTHER DEVELOPED COUNTRIES.
3. YOU WILL NOTE THAT THE STATEMENT RECOGNISES THAT THE
NEW POLICY MIGHT HAVE TO BE MODIFIED IF WE JOINED THE E.E.C.
STEWART
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION
COMMODITIES DEPT.
REF.
76
RECEIVED IN
R SISTRY No.51 23 JUL 1969
CONFIDENTIAL
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