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TO PRIORITY FCO TELNO 676 OF 15 DECEMBER
INFO ROUTINE UKREP BRUSSELS.
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MY TELNOS 670, 672: TEXTILES/MFA- TIMING
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THE PRIVATE CONVERSATION WITH OURSELVES AND THE FRENCH BOTH SUTTON AND KLARIC HAVE TAKEN THE LINE THAT THE COMMISSION WILL BE NEITHER SURPRISED NOR DISMAYED IF THE COUNCIL ON 20 DECEMBER WERE TO FIND ITSELF UNABLE TO DEFER ITS DECISION UNTIL JANUARY,
2. KLARTC HAS ALSO ECHOED DAVIGNON'S REMARK TO GRAY (UKREP BRUSSELS TELNO 7669) THAT IN ANY CASE THE COMMUNITY WOULD NOT ACTUALLY BE IN A POSITION TO SIGN THE PROTOCOL BEFORE EXPIRY OF THE CURRENT MFA UNLESS THE EXPORTERS HAD BY THEN SIGNED THE FULL BILATER- AL AGREEMENTS - WHICH WAS UNLIKELY. ACCORDING TO KLARIC THE US HAVE BEEN CONTESTING WHETHER THE ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REQUIRED BY THE COMMUNITY ON FLEXIBILITY AND TRIGGER MECHANISMS COULD BE ACCEPTED AS QUOTE REASONABLE DEPARTURES UNQUOTE AND HAVE BEEN PRESSING THE EXPORTERS, PARTICULARLY HONG KONG AND KOREA, TO RESIST. HENCE IN THE COMMISSION'S VIEW IT WAS OF CRUCIAL IMPORTANCE TO GET THESE AGREEMENTS SIGNED BEFORE THE COMMUNITY SUBSCRIBES (IF THE COUNCIL S@
DECIDES) TO A RENEWED IFA. KLARIC ADDED FOR GOOD MEASURE THAT THE US WERE PARTICULARLY ANXIOUS THAT THE COMMUNITY SHOULD SIGN UP ON THE PROTOCOL BEFORE THE MID-JANUARY TARGET DATE FOR MTN OFFERS, WHEN THEY FEARED THEY WOULD HAVE TO EXPOSE THEIR INTENTION TO EXCEPT THE HIGH US TEXTILE TAFFIFS. AGAINST THIS BACKGROUND HE THOUGHT SOME DELAY IN COMMUNITY SIGNATURE MIGHT BE A USEFUL LEVER ON THE US. BUT IT WOULD POSE CONSIDERABLE PRACTICAL PROBLEMS DURING THE QUOTE INTER-REGNUM UNQUOTE.
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IT WAS NOT UNUSUAL FOR KLARIC TO COME OUT WITH SOMEWHAT CONSPIRATORIAL THEORIES AS TO THE MOTIVES OF GOVERNMENTS, WHETHER WITHIN OR WITHOUT THE COMMUNITY. BUT WE HAVE HAD CONFIRMATION FROM
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