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20 JUL 1977
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MY TELNO 385: TEXTILES: MFA NEGOTIATIONS.
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1. WHEN THE ARTICLE 113 COMMITTEE MET AGAIN ON THE EVENING OF OF 20 JULY, THE COMMISSION CIRCULATED A CLEAN COPY OF THE CURRENT TEXT. THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO SELL TO THE OTHER PARTICIPANTS THE ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT TO PARAGRAPH 8 (SEE PARAGRAPH 3 OF MY TELNO 396) WITH A FURTHER SLIGHT AMENDMENT TO THAT FINAL PART OF THAT PARAGRAPH NOW READS:
QUOTE ..... A SUFFICIENT CONVERGENCE OF VIEWS HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED WHICH IS SUBJECT ( ON THE BASIS OF THE ELEMENTS MENTIONED IN. PARA 5 ABOVE -) TO CONFIRMATION BY THE SIGNATURE AS FROM 15.12.77 OF A PROTOCOL FOR THE RENEWAL OF THE MFA IN ITS PRESENT FORM FOR
A PERIOD OF 5 YEARS. UNQUOTE
2. IN DISCUSSION THERE WAS A MOVE BY THE FRENCH WHO SAID THEY WERE NOW PREPARED (WITH GREAT RELUCTANCE) TO DROP THEIR INSISTENCE ON A REFERENCE TO ANNEX B IN PARAGRAPH 5. THEY REGARDED THIS AS A MAJOR CONCESSION WHICH MADE IT MRE THAN EVER IMPERATIVE TO MAKE THE CONDITIONS ON WHICH THE COMMUNITY COULD RENEW THE MFA ABSOLUTELY EXPLICIT. WE SUPPORTED THIS AND SAID THAT PARAGRAPH 3 AS DRAFTED WAS STILL UNACCEPTABLE TO US. FIRM SUPPORT ALSO CAME FROM THE IRISH,
DUTCH AND ITALIANS, THE GERMANS DANES AND BELGIUNS COULD STILL ACCEPT THE PRESENT TEXT (LUXEMBOURG WAS NOT REPRESENTED).
3. THE GERMANS COMPLAINED AGAIN ABOUT POLITICAL MANIPUL- ATION” IN PARIS AND LONDON, WHICH THEY CLAIMED GAVE RISE TO AMENDMENTS TO THE TEXT WHICH HAD NOT BEEN DISCUSSED IN THE 113 COMMITTEE. WE, THE FRENCH, THE PRESIDENCY AND THE COMMISSION
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