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THE GERMANS INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD CERTAINLY NOT AT PRESENT TOLERATE ANY NEW ILLIBERALITY IF A MUTUALLY ACCEPTABLE CONCLUSION WAS NOT IN FACT REACHED BY END SE/TEMBER. THE GERMAN ATTITUDE WAS FRIENDLY AND COOPERATIVE THROUGHOUT. OVERTON (ECONOMIC COUNSELLOR IN THE FMB SSY) WAS ALSO HELPFUL BEFOREHAND. FRIEDRICH DID WARM AND RELAX APPRECIABLY AND THE VISIT WAS USEFUL AND VERY TIVELY, WE CAN NOW BUT AWAIT THE RESULTS OF THE NEXT CERMAN MOVES IN BRUSSELS, WHERE I AM RETURNING TODAY.
9. P.S. OVER LUNCHEON YESTERDAY FRIEDRICH EXPRESSED RENEWED CONCERN OVER THE RECENT FIGURES FOR UMBRELLAS AND A FEW UNSPEC- IFIED MMF ITEMS. HE IMPLIED THAT THE UMBRELLA QUESTION WOULD BE RAISED LATER BY ERNST.)
FCO PASS TO GOVERNOR HONG KONG BRUSSELS PARIS THE HAGUE ROME UKVIS GENEVA AND UKDEL EC.
SIR ROGER JACKLING.
[REPEATED. AS REQUESTED]
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