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OTHER SUPPLIERS TO CONCLUDE ARTICLE 4 AGREEMENTS WITH THE COMMUNITY. THIS, OF COURSE, CONVENIENTLY OVERLOOKS THAT:-
(A) OF THE OTHERS JAPAN, INDIA AND PAKISTAN ARE ALREADY ON AN
ARTICLE 4 BASIS WITH THE COMMUNITY SEMICOLON
(B) KOREA, TAIWAN AND THE UAR ARE ON AN ARTICLE 2 BASIS WITH ONE OR MORE MEMBER STATES AND HAVE SOMETHING TO GAIN FROM
SWITCHING TO ARTICLE 4 SEMICOLON
(C) NONE OF THE OTHERS IS AS DEPENDENT AS HONG KONG ON COTTON TEXTILE EXPORTS NOR ARE THEIR EXPORTS TO THE E E C OF THE MAGNITUDE
OF OURS SEMICOLON
(D) WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR IS REASONABLE AND NO MORE THAN CONSISTENT WITH THE ARRANGEMENTS SET OUT IN THE C T A WHATEVER
IMPRESSION TO THE CONTRARY HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE COUNCIL AND
THE MEMBER STATES.
4. I SUSPECT THAT THE PRESSURE ON US TO CONCLUDE AN EARLY AGREEMENT
REFLECTS AN AWARENESS IN THE COMMISSION THAT THEY HAVE NO CASE
FOR UNDERLINE COMPREHENSIVE RESTRAINT ON COTTON TEXTILES.
THE UNORTHODOX DEVICE OF PRESENTING US WITH A MODEL AGREEMENT
CONTAINING THE OFFERS LISTED IN BRUSSELS TELEGRAM 19 TO ME ADDS WEIGHT TO THIS VIEW. NATURALLY I DO NOT REGARD THESE OFFERS AS
THEIR MAXIMUM AND I AM REASONABLY CONFIDENT WE MIGHT NEGOTIATE AN INCREASE IN THE PROPOSED LIMIT AND PERHAPS THE EXCLUSION OF SOME FABRICS. BUT THE OFFER IS CLEARLY MADE ON THE ASSUMPTION
THAT NO CASE NEED PE MADE FOR THE EXTENSION OF RESTRAINTS TO PRESENTLY LIBERALISED TRADE WHICH IN 1969 EXPORT FIGURES AMOUNTED TO 2,554 METRIC TONS. THE RECORD OF THE MEETING
43 IN BRUSSELS ON 23 MARCH BETWEEN COMMISSION AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENT
REPRESENTATIVES SHOWS THE E E C WAS LEFT IN NO DOUBTS SUCH A PROPOSITION WAS UNACCEPTABLE. EVEN IF WE WERE FINALLY TO
AGREE TO COMPREHENSIVE RESTRAINTS, WITHOUT SUCH FIGURES IT
/WOULD
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