CONFIDENTIAL
Note of Meeting with Mr Nathaniel D Samuels (Deputy Under-
Secretary for Economic Affairs at the State Department)
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Mr Samuels called on me yesterday afternoon, accompanied
by Mr Stephen Rogers of the US Embassy. I had previously asked
the US Embassy whether Mr Samuels could lunch with me: he could
not, but his call was stimulated by that invitation.
2.
Mr Samuels had called previously on the Chancellor
of the Duchy of Lancaster and the Minister for Trade, and had
had talks both at Ditchley and at the FCO with Sir Con O'Neill.
Most of our conversation was on matters which he had already
covered at those earlier meetings.
Possible United States Initiative on Trade Policy
3.
Mr Samuels said that the United States authorities
this seemed to mean primarily the State Department were still
considering the question of launching a new initiative in the
fairly near future, possibly at the Ministerial meeting of
OECD in June. The aim of such an initiative would be to
secure general agreement among the industrialised countries
that when the enlargement of the EEC had been carried out
(i.e. in 1973) discussions should begin to reduce the remaining
barriers to trade between the industrialised countries.
in Washington who favoured the launching of such an initiative
also hoped that some kind of working party could be set up
this year to consider how the suggested work might be begun in
1973. Mr Samuels said that he would be visiting Paris on his
way back to Washington and intended to discuss this possible
initiative with the French. He hoped that they might be less
opposed to it than some people had earlier expected.
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