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DRAFT: CVDher Telogram to British Embassy, Washington
CONFIDENTIAL
GUARD.
Personal for Ridley from Rughoo.
Your telegram 715, Non-Cotton Textiles.
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1. We seo possible advantage in encouraging hore to talk about textileo but would not wish him to feel that we had let him coso on false proton000.
Our position
is cat out in the Prime Minister'a message to Precident Hixon, which Trosise had not seen when he spoke to you. will now be aware of it end le ho # feels it worth while to discuss with to how the USA night proceed within the general linco of the Prime Minister'a lettor, we should of course be very pleased to pee him, We would be glad 12 you would convey this to him.
2. The main pointo wo abould like you to bear in mind in talking to him and draw on as necessary are these:-
(1) It follows from the Prime Minster's letter that we can seo no possibility of accepting the point at 4(b) in your telegram, 1.6. the possibility or establishing overall collings for non-cotton textileo/to the USA Pron individual supplying countries.
(11) If, however, the US Administration were prepared to lower their sights to the extent of making it clear that their preoccupations would be not if they could cocure restraints on a limited range of specific items such as chirts and cwontero where a presontable injury caso could be made out, we should certainly bo very glad to pursue with Trezise the question how the US might proceod and how the matter could be hunäled internationally so as to minimine the possibly damaging repercussions of which ve are all conscious
(111) You will see that what we have in mind is to discuss the possibility of an arrangement Involving at any
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