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WOULD APPROVE IT. HE UNDERSTOOD THAT DAVIGNON WOULD BE CALLING
1 THOSE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES WHO MIGHT BE AVAILABLE
OVER THE WEEKEND TO PRESENT THE TEXT TO THEM. MEAN.HILE THE
US AND JAPAN WOULD BE TRYING TO SELL IT TO THE EXPORTERS,
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5. THE DISCUSSION THAT ENSUED WAS PREDICTABLY ACRIMONIOUS AND IN THE COURSE OF IT THE COMMISSION SPOKESMEN BECAME INCREAS-
INGLY OFFENSIVE AND CONTEMPTUOUS OF ANY DISSENTING VIEWS. UK
FRANCE AND NETHERLANDS REPEATED THEIR EARLIER RESERVES AND
EXPRESSED ASTONISHMENT THAT ON SO IMPORTANT AND SENSITIVE
AN ISSUE THE COMMISSION SHOULD HAVE SEEN FIT SIMPLY TO IGNORE THE SPECIFIC OBJECTION THEY RAISED. THEY WERE JOINED IN THEIR
DEMAND FOR TIME TO BE ALLOWED FOR CONSULTATION AND INSTRUCTIONS BY ITALY, IRELAND AND BELGIUM AND THE MEETING CONCLUDED AT 0103 WITH A COLLECTIVE CALL FROM THE COMMITTEE FOR NO PASS
TO BE IRREVOCALLY SOLD BEFORE 1800 ON 18 JULY, WHEN THE COMMITTEE WILL RECONVENE TO TAKE STOCK OF THE SITUATION.
COMMENT.
6. THE COMMISSION'S
BEHAVIOUR WAS NERVOUS, EXCITED AND
TRUCULENT BY TURNS. IN RETROSPECT IT LOOKS AS THOUGH TRAN AND HIS TEAM HAVE BEEN UNDER FIRM INSTRUCTIONS FROM BRUSSELS TO FIND A WAY OUT THROUGH THE CHAIRMAN'S SUMMING UP DEVICE AND THAT WHEN TRAN RETURNED TO BRUSSELS ON THURSDAY DAVIGNON INSTRUCTED HIM TO SETTLE FOR WHATEVER HE COULD GET. IF THE COMMISSION ARE TO BE BROUGHT BACK FROM THE BRINK IT CAN PROBABLY ONLY BE BY APPROACHES AT THAT LEVEL. FOR WHAT IT WORTH THE FRENCE REPORT THEIR TRADE SOURCES AS SAYING THAT THE TEXT REPRESENTS A JOINT DAVIGNON STRAUSS DRAFT.
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