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TO IMMEDIATE UKREP BRUSSELS TELNO 1865 OF 6 OCTOBER INFO IMMEDIATE PARIS, BONN, PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA.

TEXTILES: COREPER, 7 OCTOBER

OBJECTIVES

1. (A) TO ENSURE IT IS FULLY UNDERSTOOD THAT THE UK MUST OBTAIN CLARIFICATION OF THE OUTSTANDING POINTS BEFORE BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS CAN OPEN.

(B) TO ENSURE ZERO GROWTH FOR COTTON YARN FOR THE UK MARKET.

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2. WE RECOGNISE THE NEED TO OPEN BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS AS SOON AS

FOSSIBLE, THE SITUATION HAS BEEN EVOLVING EXTREMELY RAPIDLY OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. ALL MEMBER STATES WILL NEED TO EXAMINE THE PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS OF HIGHLY COMPLICATED PROPOSALS,

3. MR DELL MADE CLEAR OUR GENERAL PREOCCUPATIONS IN THE COUNCIL ON

20 SEPTEMBER. AMONG OTHER POINTS, THESE MEAN WE MUST HAVE A SOLUTION

TO CUMULATIVE DISRUPTION BEFORE WE CAN JUDGE THE RESULTS OF THE

BILATERALS TO BE SATISFACTORY.

4. HERE, HOWEVER WE ARE CONCERNED WITH MANDATES FOR PARTICULAR

NEGOTIATIONS AND WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING POINTS OF MAJOR CONCERN: (1) THE UK MUST HAVE ZERO GROWTH FOR COTTON YARN IMPORTS, THE

PRESIDENCY COMPROMISE MAKES THIS PROVISION FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY,

WE ARE OF COURSE PREPARED FOR THE ZERO GROWTH TO APPLY TO THE UK

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