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OCMIAN 7517

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RR WASHI

RR OTTAW

RR MEXIC

FM FCOLN TO NEDEL

211700Z FEB

GRS 573

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FM FCO

TO ROUTINE NEW DELHI

TELNO 216

OF 21170OZ FEBRUARY 86

AND TO ROUTINE DHAKA, BRASILIA, BOGOTA, PRAGUE, KINGSTON

AND TO ROUTINE BUDAPEST, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, MEXICO CITY

17517 - 1

AND TO ROUTINE ISLAMABAD, LIMA, MANILA, WARSAW, BUCHAREST, SINGAPORE AND TO ROUTINE SEOUL, COLOMBO, BANGKOK, MONTEVIDEO, BELGRADE INFO ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA, UKREP BRUSSELS, CANBERRA, VIENNA, DUBLIN

REYKJAVIK INFO ROUTINE OTTAWA, HELSINKI, PARIS, BONN, ATHENS,

WELLINGTON

INFO ROUTINE ROME, TOKYO, LUXEMBOURG, THE HAGUE, INFO ROUTINE OSLO, LISBON, MADRID, STOCKHOLM, BERNE, ANKARA INFO ROUTINE WASHINGTON, SOFIA, Brussels

INFO ROUTINE BISBA, CAIRO,

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PEKING

LUXEMBOURG TELNO 42 AND 43: MULTI-FIBRE ARRANGEMENT (MFA)

1. SOME ACTION ADDRESSEES WILL HAVE SEEN LANE'S (DTI) LETTER OF

27 JANUARY SETTING OUT OUR GENERAL ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE NEW GATT ROUND AND THE RENEWAL OF THE MFA. (COPIES BY BAG TO REMAINING

POSTS.)

2. FORMAL NEGOTIATIONS ON THE RENEWAL OF THE MFA BEGAN IN THE GATT TEXTILES COMMITTEE IN EARLY APRIL. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE A REPORT OF YOUR HOST GOVERNMENT'S APPROACH, THEIR OBJECTIVES AND WHAT THEY EXPECT TO EMERGE FROM THE FORTHCOMING NEGOTIATIONS. YOUR REPORTS WILL BE TIMELY IN THE RUN-UP TO THE 4-8 MARCH MEETING IN BEIJING AT WHICH SUPPLIERS WILL HOPE TO

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