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TO IMMEDIATE FCO TEL NO 406 OF 14 DECMEBER 1977
INFO SAVING UKREP BRUSSELS, BRUSSELS, ROME, BONN, PARIS,
COPENHAGEN, LUXEMBOURG, DUBLIN
YOUR TEL NO 750 TO PARIS:
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TEXTILES: RENEWAL OF MEA
1. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS HAS TOLD
US THAT THE NETHERLANDS GOVERNMENT IS STILL TRYING TO DECIDE WHAT
LINE TO TAKE AT FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL. AN INTER-DEPARTMENTAL
COMMITTEE IS TO MEET ON 15 DECEMBER TO TRY TO REACH AGREEMENT
ON ADVICE TO OFFER MINISTERS. STOLP PROMISED TO GIVE US A FURTHER
REPORT AFTER THAT MEETING.
2. MEANWHILE STOLP SAID THAT DUTCH OFFICIALS WERE FINDING IT DIFFICULT TO FORM A VIEW. THEY WERE NOT SURE HOW MANY BILATERAL
AGREEMENTS HAD BEEN INITIALLED AND SUSPECTED THAT SOME OF THOSE
ON THE LIST WHICH THE COMMISSION WERE PREPARING TO PRESENT TO
THE COUNCIL HAD NOT YET REACHED THE INITIALLING STAGE, THE LACK
OF STATISTICAL INFORMATION ALSO DID NOT HELP, BUT WHILE THEY WERE NOT ENTIRELY HAPPY WITH THE DILATERAL AGREEMENTS THEY WERE
LIKELY TO GO ALONG WITH THE CONCESSIONS WHICH COUNTRIES SUCH AS
INDIA, PAKISTAN AND EGYPT WERE SEEKING AND TO ACCEPT THE
PACKAGE AS IT STANDS.
3. DESPITE THEIR RESERVATIONS ON THE BILATERAL AGREEMENTS STOLP
SAID THAT IN THE DUTCH VIEW IT WOULD NOT BE WISE TO ALLOW
THE EXISTING MULTIFIBRE ARRANGEMENT TO LAPSE AT THE END OF THE
YEAR WITHOUT THERE BEING ANYTHING TO REPLACE IT. THEIR VIEW WAS
CONFIDENTIAL
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