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COMMUNITY'S IMAGE AND TO ITS RELATIONS WITH THE EAST EUROPEANS. I SUPPORTED THESE SENTIMENTS AND SAID THAT AT LEAST IN THE CASE OF HUNGARY, CZECHOSLAVAKIA, YUGOSLAVIA AND BULGARIA WE SAW ABSOLUTELY NO SCIENTIFIC CASE FOR MAINTAINING THE BAN. RUTTEN MORE OR LESS ACCUSED THE COMMISSION OF DIPLOMATIC INCOMPETENCE IN TURNING DOWN A VISIT BY A TEAM OF POLISH EXPERTS.

5. A CHASTENED BESELER (COMMISSION) RETURNED TO COREPER IN THE AFTERNOON TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD BE PUTTING FORWARD A PROPOSAL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, PROBABLY TOMORROW MORNING, ALONG THE LINES SET OUT IN PARA 1 ABOVE. THE QUESTION OF WHICH COUNTRIES WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE SPECIAL LIST WAS STILL OPEN, AS WAS THE PROBLEM OF WHETHER THAT LIST SHOULD BE SET ON A GEOGRAPHICAL BASIS

OR ON THE BASIS OF CONTAMINATION LEVEL. THIS SHOULD PERMIT THE

LIFTING OF THE CONTROLS ON YUGOSLAVIA. THE COMMISSION HOPED THAT

THEIR PROPOSAL WOULD BE ADOPTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, PERHAPS BY THE

BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. IT WOULD OF COURSE REPLACE THE EXISTING

REGULATION.

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I SAID THAT THE LIST OF COUNTRIES MUST BE DRAWN UP ON PURELY

SCIENTIFIC:CRITERIA. YUGOSLAVIA SHOULD NOT BE MADE AND EXCEPTION TO

THIS RULE. NOTREDAEME (BELGIUM) ASKED WHETHER THE COMMISISON COULD

ADD A SECTION ON INTRACOMMUNITY TRADE TO THEIR PROPOSAL. CALAMIA

(ITALY), REFLECTING THE MOOD OF MOST OF THOSE AROUND THE TABLE, SAID THAT THE IMMEDIATE PROBLEM WAS THAT OF LIFTING THE BAN.

INTRODUCTION OF INTRACOMMUNITY CONSIDERATIONS COULD COMPLICATE THAT

AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED. RUTTTEN AGREED WITH THIS, AND WE EMPHASISED

THE SAME MESSAGE TO THE COMMISSION IN THE MARGINS AFTERWARDS.

RUTTEN SAID THAT COREPER WOULD DISCUSS THE WHOLE QUESTION FURTHER AT

1100 TOMORROW.

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7. RUTTEN, SPEAKING ON INSTRUCTIONS EXPRESSED STRONG REGRET THAT

THE COMMUNITY HAD NOT ARRIVED AT A COMMON STATEMENT IN VIENNA.

AUDLAND ECHOED THIS. NOTREDAEME SUGGESTED THAT FOR THE JUNE BOARD

OF GOVERNORS THE PREPARATORY WORK SHOULD BE DONE IN BRUSSELS.

AGREED THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE ACHIEVE A COMMON STATEMENT IN JUNE. PART OF THE PREPARATION MIGHT BE DONE IN BRUSSELS BUT VIENNA

COULD OBVIOUSLY NOT BE EXCLUDED COMPLETELY. RUTTEN SAID HE WOULD

REFLECT ON THE PROCEDURAL POINT.

HANNAY

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