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TO PRIORITY FCO TELEGRAM NO 282 OF 19 JANUARY, /INFO PRIORITY BONN COPENHAGEN DUBLIN THE HAGUE LUXEMBOURG PARTS ROME UKMIS GENEVA,

SAVING TO BRUSSELS TOKYO AND SEOUL.

YOUR TELEGRAM TO BONN NO. 54: NON-COTTON TEXTILES.

IN THE COMMITTEE OF PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES (COREPER) TODAY BURIN DES ROZIERS (FRANCE) RAISED UNDER OTHER BUSINESS THE MEETING

ARRANGED FOR MONDAY 22 JANUARY. HE DELIVERED TO THE COMMISSION A

STERN REBUKE, CITING ABUSES OF ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY PROCEDURES, TRESPASSES UPON THE COMPETENCE OF THE COUNCIL, FAILURE TO CONSULT SUFFICIENTLY WITH THE MEMBER STATES AND UNAUTHORISED LEAKAGES OF

DOCUMENTS TO INDUSTRIAL INTERESTS BEFORE THEY WERE COMMUNICATED TO

MEMBER STATES. ERNST (COMMISSION) REPLIED VOLUBLY, CONTENDING THAT

THE COMMISSION HAD METICULOUSLY OBSERVED ALL PROCEDURES AND THAT

IT HAD NOT ADOPTED THE PRACTICE, COMMON IN CERTAIN NATIONAL ADMIN-

ISTRATIONS, OF TELLING INDUSTRIAL INTERESTS EVERYTHING THAT MIGHT

AFFECT THEM.

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2. SINCE EOTH BURIN AND ERNST HAD, FROM SEPARATE STANDPOINTS, BASED SOME OF THEIR REMARKS ON THE COMMISSION'S COMMUNICATION TO THE

COUNCIL OF SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR ON THE ADOPTION OF A COMMON COMMERCIAL POLICY FOR NON-COTTON TEXTILES, VAN DER MEULEN (DELCIAN CHAIRMAN) DIRECTED THAT THIS ITEM SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA OF THE

MEETING ON MONDAY 22 JANUARY, WITH THE UNSTATED IMPLICATION THAT A REPORT ON THE COMMISSION'S COMMUNICATION SHOULD THEN COME

FORWARD FROM THAT MEETING (OR MEETINGS) TO THE COREPER,

3. THIS SEEMS TO SUIT US NICELY BECAUSE IT SQUARELY OPENS UP

MONDAY'S DISCUSSION TO ALL THE POINTS IN YOUR PARAGRAPH 2.

4. AT THE SAME TIME THE INSTRUCTIONS RECEIVED BY THE GERMAN

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