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countries; while announcing that an overall ceiling

the

(the sum of former quotas) had been fixed for quantity

of licences to be issued.

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(v) No need for immediate action (we could rely on

Article 19 of the GATT if we had to take emergency

action) but we should embark quickly on discussions

with the EEC on long term objectives; such discussions

could be fitted into the possible GATT study.

How should the FCO react to the options mentioned in

paragraph 15

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