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TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELEGRAM NUMBER 5825 OF 5 OCTOBER
TEXTILES WORKING GROUP, 4 OCTOBER: MY TELNO 5794
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1. THE GROUP CONTINUED IN SESSION UNTIL 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT MAKING
SLOW PROGRESS. DELEGATIONS, LED BY THE GERMANS, WERE UNANIMOUS IN
ASKING THE CHAIRMAN TO POSTPONE HIS REPORT TO COREPER UNTIL FRIDAY
ON THE GROUNDS THAT THE GROUP NEEDED MUCH MORE TIME TO WORK THROUGH THE PAPER. THIS WAS AGREED AGAINST THE OBJECTIONS OF THE SECRETARI AT
WHO POINTED OUT THAT, WITH THE NEGOTIATIONS DUE TO BEGIN EARLY NEXT
WEEK, THIS LEFT ALMOST NO TIME TO FULFIL THE NECESSARY WRITTEN
PROCEDURES. BUT THE FRENCH AND ITALIAN DELEGATIONS POINTED OUT THAT
IN ANY CASE THEIR REPRESENTATIVES IN COREPER TODAY WOULD NOT BE IN A POSITION TO TAKE ANY FINAL DECISION ON THE MANDATE. (COREPER) AGREED THIS MORNING TO TAKE TEXTILES ON FRIDAY AT 10.00 AM, THE
CHAIRMAN INSISTING THAT REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD BY THEN BE EQUIPPED
WITH ''POLITICAL INSTRUCTIONS THAT WOULD ENABLE REPRESENTATIVES
TO REACH AGREEMENT.) THE GROUP RESUMED WORK AT 9 AM THIS MORNING.
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2. THIS RELEGRAM DOES NOT ATTEMPT TO COVER ALL THE MINOR RESERVES
EXPRESSED SY DELEGATIONS. BUT THE MAJOR RESERVES IN WHICH THE UK
HAS AN INTEREST AND WHICH EMERGED DURING YESTERDAY'S MEETING WERE
AS FOLLOWS:
(A) COTTON YARNS. WE AND THE ITALIANS STOOD OUT FOR THE LATEST
PRESIDENCY COMPROMISE OF ZERO PERCENTAGE GROWTH WITH FORMAL RESER~
VES FROM THE COMMISSION AND THE GERMANS.
(B) REVIEW CLAUSE. A UK RESERVE SUBJECT TO FINAL DECISION ON
WHETHER THIS INVOLVES AUTOMATIC REVIEW OR CONSULTATIONS.
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