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3. ON CONSIDERATION, HOWEVER, WE FEEL THAT THE FOLLOWING FURTHER CLARIFICATION IS DESIRABLE:

(1) PARAGRAPH 4(5) - BEFORE UNITS OF CONTROL THE QUANTITY IN'' SHOULD BE ADDED INSERTED SEMICOLON

(11) PARAGRAPH 5:-

(-A) OUR POINT HERE IS THAT THE PARAGRAPH SHOULD NOT IMPLY THAT E.E.C. FIGURES HAVE ANY GREATER AUTHORITY THAN OURS SEMICOLON WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL ACTUALLY MEASURE WEIGHT OF FIBRE IN ALL CONSIGNMENTS. THE MERE DELETION OF

"'REELS'' DOES NOT MEET OUR POINT THAT, JUST AS CURS ARE ONLY "TONNAGES INDICATED ON LICENCES'' SO THE WORDING FOR THEIRS SHOULD BE TONNAGES AS RECORDED BY THE COMMUNITY'' OR WORDS TO THAT EFFECT, AS THEY ARE NOT ACTUAL TONNAGES EITHER.

(B) WE DO NOT AGREE THAT CONSULTATIONS SHOULD BE

AUTOMATIC SEMICOLON WE SHOULD ADD AT THE REQUEST OF EITHER PARTY IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR NORMAL PRACTICE.

(111) PARAGRAPH 6. WE THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER TO RESTORE

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PLEASE TAKE UP THESE POINTS URGENTLY WITH ERNST.

FCO PLEASE PASS PRIORITY TO BRUSSELS, UKMIS GENEVA AND UKDEL EEC)

SIR H. NORMAN-WALKER

REPEATED AS REQUESTED/

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