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TO FLASH F C O TELNO 1117 OF 9 NOVEMBER 1977
INFO IMMEDIATE BRUSSELS (FOR BURGESS) PERSONAL FROM GOVERNOR FOR MURRAY,
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YOUR TELNO 858 OF 8 NOVEMBER AND MY 1116 OF 9 NOVEMBER:
EEC TEXTILES.
IN VIEW OF THE SITUATION REPORTED IN UKREP BRUSSELS TELNO 6634 TO /301 YOU, REPEATED TO ME, I WAS ABOUT TO ASK FOR AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TO MY TELNO 1098 OF 7 NOVEMBER, AND IN PARTICULAR
PARA 4 THEREOF.
2. YOU WILL HAVE SEEN MY TELNO 1116, WHICH SUMMARISES THE
POSITION AT CLOSE OF PLAY YESTERDAY, AS REPORTED BY JORDAN. IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES KNOW TO ME, I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW YOU CAN CONTEND THAT THE COMMUNITY AND HONG KONG ARE NOT VERY FAR
APART ON MANY OF THE ESSENTIAL ASPECTS WHICH COULD PRODUCE
AGREEMENT''.
3. WE ARE, INDEED, VERY FAR APART. YOU KNOW THE COMMUNITY'S POSITION
LET ME SUMMARISE OURS:
(4) WE HAVE MADE A PROPOSAL TO RESTRICT 1978 QUOTAS FOR SEVEN
OF THE SENSITIVE ITEMS TO 1976 IMPORT LEVELS WHICH, AS THE
COMMISSION SPOKESMAN HAS ACKNOWLEDGED, MEETS THE EEC
"'STABILISATION'' REQUIREMENT:
(B) WE HAVE OFFERED TO BRING UNDER SURVEILLANCE ALL THE PRODUCTS
THE COMMUNITY WANTS UNDER SURVEILLANCE:
(C) WE HAVE AGREED TO THE COMMUNITY'S PROPOSALS IN REGARD TO
GROWTH RATES:
(D) WE ARE PREPARED TO SIGN A FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT, DESPITE ITS DISADVANTAGEOUS NATURE:
(E) WE HAVE WARNED OF THE UTTER CONFUSION AND DISLOCATION
OF TRADE WHICH WOULD FOLLOW THE RE-CATEGORISATION INSISTED ON
BY THE EEC AND PROPOSED THE CONTINUATION OF CATEGORIES WELL
UNDERSTOOD BY THE TRADE AND OFFICIALS AT BOTH ENDS: BUT
(F) WE HAVE REFUSED TO AGREE THAT THE EEC HAS THE RIGHT TO MAKE
AN ARBITRARY REDISTRIBUTION OF OUR WELL ESTABLISHED TRADE TO
OTHER SUPPLIERS.
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