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GERMANS PERSIST IN REGARDING THEM AS MINIMA, AND THE COMMISSION WILL NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND RIGIDLY BY THEM.
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ROMANIA
5. THE FIRST MEETING WITH ROMANIA TOOK PLACE ON 26 OCTOBER AND WAS CONFINED TO A GENERAL DISCUSSION. THE ROMANIANS HAD QUERIED THE COMMUNITY'S FIGURES FOR 1976 IMPORTS WHICH APPARENTLY DIFFERED CONSIDERABLY FROM FIGURES GIVEN TO ROMANIA BY SOME MEMBER STATES IN APRIL THIS YEAR.
SRI LANKA
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6. THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH SRI LANKA BROKE DOWN ON 26 OCTOBER. SRI LANKA DELEGATION HAD SAID THAT THE GROWTH RATES OFFERED FOR GROUPS 2-5 WERE TOTALLY INADEQUATE. THEY REGARDED THE COMMUNITY'S
OFFER OF 1 MILLION SHIRTS AND BLOUSES FOR 1978 AS DERISORY. THEY WERE THINKING IN TERMS OF SOMETHING NEARER 17 MILLION PIECES. THEY RAISED THE POSSIBILITY OF A UNILATERAL RENUNCIATION OF THE EEC/SRI LANKA COMMERCIAL CO-OPERATION AGREEMENT. BUT THE COMMISSION THINKS THAT IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE TO DO SOMETHING FOR SRI LANKA AT THE END OF ALL THE NEGOTIATIONS. THE DOOR IS THEREFORE NOT YET COMPLETELY CLOSED.
HUNGARY AND POLAND
7. THERE HAVE BEEN TWO OFFICIAL MEETINGS WITH HUNGARY AND POLAND AT WHICH THE COMMUNITY'S OFFERS WERE PRESENTED TO THEM. COUNTER- PROPOSALS HAVE NOW BEEN RECEIVED FROM BOTH. COMPARED TO THOSE FROM SOME OTHER COUNTRIES, THESE COUNTER-PROPOSALS LOOK REASONABLE. THE NEXT MEETING WITH POLAND WILL TAKE PLACE ON 3/4 NOVEMBER AND WITH HUNGARY ON 8 NOVEMBER.
INDIA
8. THE INDIAN DELEGATION HAVE STILL NOT ARRIVED IN BRUSSELS
DESPITE THE COMMISSION'S ATTEMPTS TO PERSUADE THEM TO COME. HOWEVER IT IS POSSIBLE THAT INDIAN EXPERTS WILL BE IN BRUSSELS NEXT WEEK TO DISCUSS ORIGIN, SURVEILLANCE, PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION AND FOLK- LORE ITEMS.
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