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FM UKREP BRUSSELS 191815Z
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INFO BONN BRUSSELS
FOR
TO PRIORITY FCO TEL NO 1477 OF 19 MARCH DOBOE) COPENHAGEN THE HAGUE LUXEM TOURG PARTS ROME UKMIS GENEVA
HONG KONG, INFO SAVING DUBLIN.
MY TEL MO 998.
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MEETING OF TEXTILES WORKING GROUP: 16 MARCH,
THE MEETING HAD A LONG AGENDA WHICH IT DID NOT COMPLETE. FUNDA-
HENTAL DIVERGENCES OF VICW EMERGED IN THE DISCUSSION ON THE SENSITIVE
LIST FOR HONG KONG AND IN VIEW OF THE LACK OF TIME, THE QUESTION WAS ONCE AGAIN SHELVED TO THE NEXT MEETING (ON 18 APRIL) WITHOUT AMY CONCLUSION HAVING BEEN REACHER, NIFT DESCRIBES THE DISCUSSION
ON NEGOTIATIONS WITH INDIA ON JUTE.
HONG KONG AND MACAO.
2. THE FRENCH REITERATED THEIR VIEW THAT THERE WERE IMPORTAKT ISSUES OF PRINCIPLE AT STAKE IN THE DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE NEGOTIATIONS WITH HONG KONG AND MACAO (THEY MENTIONED SAFEGUARD CLAUSES, COVER- AGE AND THE COMMUNITY'S CEMERAL POLICY ON SELF-LIMITATION AGREEMENTS, 6.6. IN THE CONTEXT OF CURRENT DISCUSSIONS ON JAPAN) AND THAT ANY DECISIONS REACHED SHOULD NOT CONSTITUTE A PRECEDENT FOR AGREEMENTS ON TEXTILES WHICH MIGHT SURSEQUENTLY BE CONCLUDED MULTI-LATERALLY.
AFTER THE MAT! DISCUSSION THE FRENCH READ OUT A PREPARED STATEMENT
ON THESE LINES AND SAID THAT IN VIEW OF THESE CONSIDERATIONS THEY WISHED TO PLACE A GENERAL RESERVE ON THE PROPOSALS FOR NEGOTIATIONS
WITH HONG KONG AND MACAO.
3. THE FRENCH SAID THEY WERE IN FAVOUR OF SHORT TERM MEASURES. ON THE MOST SENSITIVE PRODUCTS ONLY (THE LATTER POINT REPRESENTED A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE OF POSITION). THEY PROPOSED THAT THE DRAFT DIRECTIVES FOR THE NEGOTIATION BE AMENDED IN SUCH A WAY THAT
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