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1. PLEASE PASS THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IMMEDIATELY FROM MR DELL TO COMMISSIONER DAVIGNON:

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR MESSAGE ABOUT THE MFA BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS WHICH I RECEIVED ON 11 OCTOBER,

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HY CONCERN, AS YOU KNOW, IS TO ENSURE THAT THE OBJECTIVES OF STABILIZATION AGREED BY THE COUNCIL IN JUNE ARE ACHIEVED THROUGH THESE BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT THIS STAGE FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL MEMBER STATE TO JUDGE WHETHER THE COMMISSION'S PRESENT PROPOSALS CAN ACHIEVE OUR OBJECTIVES. AS I UNDERSTAND IT, APART FROM GROUP 1, FIRMLY QUANTIFIED PROPOSALS HAVE NOT YET BEEN PRESENTED, IT IS FOR THIS REASON THAT I AM MOST RELUCTANT TO SEE THE OPENING OF FORMAL NEGOTIATIONS BEFORE THESE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED AND AGREED. WITHOUT THIS KNOWLEDGE, I AM UNABLE TO FORM AN OVERALL VIEW OF THE EFFECT OF THE BILATERALS ON THE UNITED KINGDOM MARKET, AND I SEE A REAL DANCER THAT OUR OVERALL OBJECTIVE MAY BE SERIOUSLY ERODED IF THESE IMPORTANT DETAILS HAVE TO BE WORKED OUT IN THE COURSE OF THE NEGOTIATIONS WHEN THE COMMISSION NEGOTIATORS WILL INEVITABLY BE UNDER GREAT PRESSURE FRCH OUR NEGOTIATING PARTNERS TO GIVE

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I NOTE YOUR WELCOME ASSURANCE THAT IN MATTERS OF POLITICAL SENSI- TIVITY THE COMMISSION WILL SEEK AND ACWORD PROPER CONSIDERATION TO THE VIEWS OF THE MEMBER STATES' DELEGATIONS IN THE ARTICLE 113 COMMITTEE BEFORE FORMAL. PROPOSALS ARE CUBMITTED TO THE COMMUNITY'S NECOTIATING PARTNERS, IN ADDITION TO THIS CONSIDERATION, ! SHOULD BE 11007 GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD PROVIDE US WITH AN INDICATION OF THE PROPOSED OVERALL LEVEL OF IMPORTS INTO THE UK IN 1978 AND

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