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TO ROUTINE F C O TEL NO 248 OF 7 JUNE

INFO UKDEL EEC, TOKYO, HONG KONG AND WASHINGTON

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MY TEL NO 235: GATT TEXTILE STUDY..

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1. LONG NOW PROPOSES A FURTHER INFORMAL MEETING, EFFECTIVELY OPEN TO ALL INTERESTED DELEGATIONS ON EITHER 19 OR 20 JUNE.

IT WILL BE PRECEDED BY DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN SECRETARIAT AND

INDIVIDUAL DELEGATIONS AND FOLLOWED BY A MEETING OF THE COUNCIL

LATER THIS MONTH, PROBABLY ON 26 OR 27 JUNE,

JUNE, WHEN THE DRAFT TERMS OF REFERENCE (C/W/202) WILL COME UP FOR APPROVAL. (YOU WILL HAVE SEEN THAT THESE DIFFER FROM THOSE IN MY TEL NO 43 SAVING (NOT TO ALL) BY MENTIONING IN THE PREAMBLE THE INTERESTS OF DEVELOP- ING COUNTRIES, BY EMPHASISING THAT IT SHALL BE A FACTUAL STUDY AND

EY CALLING FOR A REPORT BY THE END OF 1972 WITHOUT HOWEVER

MENTIONING ANY EARLIER DATE (PREVIOUSLY 1 OCTOBER) FOR THE

BASIC DETERMINATION OF THE FACTS.) IT MAY THEN BE POSSIBLE FOR THE

TEXTILE STUDY GROUP TO MEET FOR THE FIRST TIME EARLY IN JULY.

2. WE HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT HONG KONG WILL WISH TO BE REPRESENTED

IN OUR DELEGATION FOR THE INFORMAL MEETING.

MASON

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