DECREASE IN SUCH EXPORTS IN 1972,
GENERAL.
THE ACTION THAT WE HAVE TAKEN IS NOT MEANT TO BE A FINAL
SOLUTION OF WHATEVER PROBLEMS MAY EXIST, IT WAS UNDERTAKEN AS A
GOODWILL GESTURE, IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE GERMANS MAY HAVE GENUINE CAUSE FOR CONCERN, AND IN ORDER TO GIVE
THE COMMUNITY THE TIME AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO FORMULATE A REASONABLE
COMMON POLICY, FREE FROM THE URGENCY IMPOSED BY THE GERMANS'
RECENT ATTITUDE.
WE WOULD HOPE THAT THE GERMANS WILL SEE NOW THAT THEIR LONG-TER" |
INTERESTS MARCH WITH YOURS. ONLY BRITISH, GERMAN AND PERHAPS DUTCH,
IMPORTERS HAVE HERETOFORE BEEN REALLY FREE TO BUY FROM HONG KONG,
IF THE OTHER MEMBER STATES WERE TO OPEN THEIR MARKETS WIDER, THE
COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE WOULD HAVE LESS OF A PROBLEM.
MACLEHOSE
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