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WITH THE TEXT AS DISTRIBUTED THIS MORNING. BUT, IF HE HAD UNDER- STOOD DENMAN PROPERLY, HE WAS NOT CALLED UPON TO MAKE ANY SNAP
JUDGMENT. THE COMMISSION PROPOSED TO TAKE ITS RESPONSIBILITIES DY
ACCEPTING THE TEXT ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY. HE TOOK NOTE
OF THIS SITUATION AND WOULD REPORT IT TO HIS AUTHORITIES. DENMAN
CONFIRMED THAT THE COMMITTEE WERE NOT BEING ASKED SPECIFICALLY TO
APPROVE THE TEXT. IN THE LAST RESORT THE COMMISSION MUST INTERPRET THE MANDATE GIVEN TO IT.
10. ROBINET (CHAIR) SUMMED UP IN THE SENSE OF GOLDSMITH'S INTERVENTION, BUT NOT BEFORE SCHEER HAD WARNED THE COMMISSION OF THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE FRENCY GOVERNMENT MIGHT ''DISTANCE ITSELF?" FROM THE GENEVA NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE RISK OF CONSEQUENCES NEFASTES** FOR THE COMMUNITY.
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THE TEXT OF THE PROPOSED COMMISSION STATEMENT TO THE PRESS AND OF THE LAST SUBSTANTIVE PARAGRAPH OF COMMISSION DAVIGNON'S LETTER TO MR DELL ARE INTENDED TO MEET BRITISH PREOCCUPATIONS OVER WHAT MINISTERS MIGHT EVENTUALLY SAY TO INDUSTRY AND TO THE HOUSE. DAVIGNON PROPOSES TO EXPLAIN THE SITUATION TO INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES IN BRUSSELS TOMORROW.
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