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TO DESKEY 11130OZ FOO
TELNO 458
OF 011151Z AUGUST 1986
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OUR TELNO 452: GATT: NEW ROUND: FINAL MEETING OF THE PREPCOM, 31
JULY
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SUMMARY
1. THE PREPCOM AGREED THAT THE PUNTA DEL ESTE MECTING SHOULD BE FOR CONTRACTING PARTIES (CPS) MEETING AT MINISTERIAL LEVEL. THE
CHAIRMAN WOULD FORWARD W41, REV.1 (010), W47, REY, 2 (NEGOTIATING GROUP), W43 (ARGENTINA) TO PUNTA DEL ESTE. DUNKEL THEN BROUGHT THE PREPCOM TO A CLOSE.
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SUPPORT FOR W47, REV.2, GATHERED MOMENTUM AND AMBASSADOR BATISTA (BRAZIL) INADVERTENTLY UNDERMINED THE CREDIBILITY OF W41. TRAN (COMMISSION) SUCCEEDED IN CONVEYING IMPLICIT EC SUPPORT FOR $47. REV,2, WITHOUT PROVOKING PUBLIC FRENCH OPPOSITION.
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3. THERE MAY BE FURTHER WORK ON TEXTS IN GENEVA IN SEPTEMBER. COMMITTEE (FULL MEMBERS) HAVE PROVISIONALLY AGREED TO MEET IN GENEVA ON 5 SEPTEMBER TO ASSESS THE POSITION.
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4. TRAN CONVEYED THE EC WISH FOR A PROLONGATION OF THE PREPCOM'S WORK. HARD-LINERS COULD AGREE TO THIS OR TO END ON 31 JULY. ALL OTHERS INSISTED THAT PREPCOM MUST END ON SCHEDULE. DUNKEL AGREED:
THERE WOULD BY NO PROLONGATION.
PREPCOM
5.
DESPITE CONTINUOUS EC SILENCE, LDC PARTICIPANTS (INCLUDING MOST MEMBERS OF ASEAN) IN THE NEGOTIATING PROCESS CONTINUED TO THROW THEIR WEIGHT SEHIND W47, REV., GENERATING AN UNEXPECTED SENSE OF MOMENTUM. IN AN ATTEMPT TO COUNTERACT THE IMPRESSION OF GENERAL SUPPORT FOR W47, REV.2, BATISTA LISTED SOME 40 COUNTRIES WHOM HE CLAIMED TO HAVE CONSULTED IN THE PREPARATION OF WAL, THIS PROVOKED NUMEROUS LUCS, COMMENCING WITH THE LATIN AMERICAN CONSTITUENCY, TO PUBLICLY DISASSOCIATE THEMSLEVES FROM BATISTA AND W41: THEY IMPLIED
THAT CONSULTATION** HAD BEEN EITHER MINIMAL OR MERELY CONSISTED
OF ROUTINE PARTICIPATION IN THE INFORMAL GROUP OF DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES.
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