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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

6 FEBRUARY 1970.

PRIORITY UKDEL BRUSSELS

TELEGRAM NUMBER 38

RELEIVIC IN REGISTRY NO.51

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NEUTRAL.

TAKIL 616

ADDRESSED TO FCO TELMO 38 OF 6 FEBRUARY 1973, RFI TO ROUTINE WASHINGTON, UKMIS GENEVA, AND HONG KONG AND SAVING TO BONN, THE HAGUE, LUXEMBOURG, PARÍS, ROME, TOKYO AND BRUSSELS.

COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ( FOREIGN MINISTERS):

5 FEBRUARY.

RENEWAL OF THE LTA FOR COTTON TEXTILES.

THE COUNCIL DISCUSSED BRIEFLY ON 5 FEBRUARY THE FORTHCOMING

NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE RENEWAL OF THE LTA FOR COTTON TEXTILES. AGREEMENT WAS REACHED THAT THE COMMISSION SHOULD NEGOTIATE ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY UNDER THE PROCEDURES SET OUT IN ARTICLE 113 OF THE TREATY OF ROME WHICH PROVIDE THAT THE COMMISSION

SHALL CONDUCT NEGOTIATIONS IN CONSULTATION WITH A SPECIAL COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE COUNCIL TO ASSIST THE COMMISSION IN THIS TASK: AND THAT THEY SHALL NEGOTIATE WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF SUCH DIRECTIVES AS THE COUNCIL MAY GIVE.

2. THE COUNCIL DID NOT, HOWEVER, DISCUSS THE SUBSTANCE OF THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR RENEWAL ON WHICH THERE ARE STILL DIVERGENCIES BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES. IT WAS, HOWEVER, AGREED THAT AN ATTEMPT SHOULD BE MADE TO REACH A COMMON POSITION ON THESE ISSUES OF SUBSTANCE BY THE LATEST AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING ON 6/7

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