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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 46
9 FEBRUARY 1970.
RECEIVED IN
REGISTRY No.51
CONFIDENTIAL
11 FEB 1970
NEUTRAL.
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ADDRESSED TO FCO TELNO. 46 OF 9 FEBRUARY, RFI TO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA ( FOR JONES), AHD HONG KONG, AND SAVING TO BONN, THE HAGUE, LUXEMBOURG, PARIS, ROME, WASHINGTON ( FOR HERMANN), TOKYO AND BRUSSELS (FOR DODGE).
MY TELNO.38.
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RENEWAL OF THE LTA FOR COTTON TEXTILES.
THE COMMERCIAL COUNSELLOR IN THE GERMAN PERMANENT REPRESENTATION HAS TOLD US THAT, IN ADDITION TO THE AUTHORITY GIVEN TO THE COMMISSION TO NEGOTIATE THE RENEWAL OF THE LTA FOR COTTON TEXTILES REPORTED IN MY TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE), THE COMMISSION RECEIVED CERTAIN MORE SPECIFIC DIRECTIVES, ALTHOUGH THERE WERE STILL A NUMBER OF POINTS OF DIVERGENCE OUTSTANDING.
2. THE BASIS GENERALLY APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL WAS THAT THERE SHOULD BE A THREE-YEAR RENEWAL AND THAT FOR THAT PERIOD THE COMMUNITY SHOULD NEGOTIATE AGREEMENTS WITH INDIVIDUAL THIRD COUNTRIES WITH THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS FOR GROWTH:
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(1) DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. THE COMMUNITY COULD ACCEPT A GROWTH IN IMPORTS FROM THESE COUNTRIES OF 15% PER ANNUM BASED ON THE 1967 COMMUNITY IMPORT FIGURES. (11) JAPAN. THE COMMUNITY COULD ACCEPT A 6-7% ( OR CONCEIVABLY EVEN 8%) PER ANNUM GROWTH ON THE BASIS OF THE FIGURES ALREADY ¡NEGOTIATED IN THE ARTICLE 4 AGREEMENT FOR 1970. Earment to a lesser
(111) HONG KONG. THE COMMUNITY COULD ACCEPT A GROWTH IN EXPORTS OF 2% PER ANNUM BASED ON THE FIGURE FOR COMMUNITY IMPORTS FROM HONG KONG FOR 1969.
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3. MOHLER SAID THAT IT WAS REALISED THAT THE 1969 FIGURES FOR IMPORTS (FROM HONG KONG) ON WHICH THE COMMISSION AND THE COMMUNITY HAD BEEN WORKING WERE HIGHER THAN THOSE PRODUCED BY HONG KONG. ERNST HAD TOLD HIM THAT, ON THE BASIS OF THE FIGURES FOR 1969
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