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BY THE COMMUNITY. MOREOVER, DESPITE YOUR EXPLANATIONS, OTHER MEMBER STATES WOULD REGARD SUCH ACTION AS INCONSISTENT WITH YOUR WILLINGNESS

TO ACCEPT COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE IN YOUR AGREEMENT WITH THE UNITED

STATES, AND IT WOULD CERTAINLY SOUR THE ATMOSPHERE TO SUCH AN

EXTENT AS TO MAKE PROGRESS TOWARDS THE INCLUSION OF HONG KONG'S

TEXTILES IN THE GSP FOR 1976 MOST UNLIKELY.

3. WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, WE WILL CONTINUE TO ARGUE STRONGLY

FOR A MANDATE WHICH REFLECTS THE MARKET DISRUPTION CRITERIA OF THE MFA. WE SUGGEST THAT BURGESS, DURING THE VITAL WEEKS AHEAD, KEEPS IN TOUCH WITH THE COMMISSION AND, AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, WITH OTHER COMMUNITY COUNTRIES THAT ARE LIKELY TO BE PARTICULARLY

DIFFICULT EG FRANCE.

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