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TO IMMEDIATE UKREP BRUSSELS TELEGRAM NO 1876 OF 7 OCTOBER

AND TO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA, PARIS AND BONN.

COREPER, 10 OCTOBER: TEXTILES

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1. (A) TO RESIST THE OPENING OF BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE

COMMUNITY'S TEXTILE SUPPLIERS UNTIL THE U.K. HAS BEEN ABLE TO

GIVE CONSIDERATION TO THE INDIVIDUAL FIGURES FOR EACH PRODUCT

TO EACH MEMBER STATE:

(B) TO RESIST THE OPENING OF NEGOTIATIONS UNTIL THE U.K.'S PARTICULAR POINTS ON THE TEXT OF THE DOCUMENTS IN YOUR TELEGRAM

NO 5893 ARE MET.

LINE TO TAKE

2. THE U.K. IS MOST CONCERNED THAT THE COMMUNITY'S BILATERAL

NEGOTIATIONS SHOULD SUCCEED, FOR THIS TO BE THE CASE, IT IS

ESSENTIAL THAT THE RESULTS ARE SATISFACTORY TO MEMBER STATES. IN ORDER TO BE SATISFIED, MEMBER STATES MUST BE ABLE TO TAKE

A JUDGEMENT ON THE FIGURES TO BE OFFERED FOR EACH PRODUCT TO EACH MEMBER STATE, IT MUST BE UNDERSTOOD THAT CHAPTER 11, PARAS

2 AND 3 DO NOT COMMIT THE U.K. TO ANY SPECIFIC GROWTH RATES

FOR ANY SPECIFIC PRODUCT, NO DOUBT OTHER MEMBER STATES WILL

BE IN THE SAME POSITION.

3. IN ADDITION, THE UK. HAS THE FOLLOWING MAJOR POINT. WE MUST HAVE ZERO GROWTH FOR THE UK, ON IMPORTS OF COTTON YARN. WE ARE

PREPARED TO CONSIDER ANY ARRANGEMENTS INVOLVING OTHER PRODUCTS

WHICH WOULD MAKE THIS EASIER FOR OTHER MEMBER STATES.

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