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111) TRAN (AND TO A LESSER EXTENT TRAPPENIERS) WAS ALSO PREPARED TO
MAKE A PUBLIC STATEMENT IN GENEVA ALONG THE LINES OF THE DAVIGNON INTERPRETATION OF A KIND WHICH COULD SUBSEQUENTLY BE QUOTED BY BRITISH MINISTERS. HE WOULD NEVERTHELESS WISH TO COUCH IT IN DIPLOMATIC LANGUAGE.
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IV) HE COULD IN ADDITION ENVISAGE A MEETING OF THE TEXTILES
COMMITTEE AROUND NOVEMBER, THOUGH HE WOULD NOT WANT TO QUEER THE PRESENT GENEVA PITCH BY MAKING THIS PROPOSAL NOW. IT COULD NOT BE EARLIER SINCE HE DID NOT EXPECT TO HAVE A DRAFT MANDATE FOR THE BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS READY BEFORE MID-SEPTEMBER. FROM WHICH IT FOLLOWED THAT THE FIRST NEGOTIATIONS WERE UNLIKELY TO BEGIN UNTIL OCTOBER.
3. TRAPPENTER WAS AT FIRST EXTREMELY DOUBTFUL WHETHER DAVIGNON COULD COME TO LONDON TOMORROW. HIS VISIT TO PARIS WAS NOT CONCERNED SOLELY WITH TEXTILES AND WOULD TAKE UP MOST OF THE DAY. TRAPPENIER NEVERTHELESS AGREED TO CONSULT DAVIGNON ON THE POSSIBILITIES AND TO LET ELLIOTT KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. HE SUBSEQUENTLY RANG TO SAY THAT, SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION OF THE RESERVATIONS, IT LOOKED AS THOUGH DAVIGNON COULD GET TO LONDON TOMORROW ON A FLIGHT ARRIVING AT 1030 HRS (PRESUMABLY AF 852). KE WILL CONFIRM TOMORROW MORNING. GRATEFUL IF PROVISIONAL ARRANGEMENTS COULD BE MADE TO MEET DAVIGNON AT LONDON AIRPORT (HEATHROW) AND CONVEY HIM TO MR DELL
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