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PROTAGONIST. ON CURRENT PLANS THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE WOULD BE MEETING ON 9 OCTOBER AND THE COORDINATION GROUP ITSELF ON 12 OCTOBER. IN THE ITALIAN VIEW, IF WE WANTED TO EXERT PRESSURE ON THE AMERICANS, OTHER EC MEMBERS SHOULD JOIN THEM IN THEIR BOYCOTT OF THE GROUP'S MEETINGS. KIMMITT HAD INDICATED, WHEN THE AMBASSADOR HAD SAID THE ITALIANS MIGHT CONTINUE TO STAY AWAY, THAT THE AMERICANS WOULD PROBABLY WISH TO GO AHEAD ANYWAY, A RESPONSE WHICH THE AMBASSADOR FOUND QUOTE RATHER RUDE UNQUOTE. 4.
IN SUBSEQUENT DISCUSSION AMONG HEADS OF MISSION, THE MINISTER (WHO WAS REPRESENTING ME) HAD GERMAN AND DUTCH SUPPORT FOR HIS SUGGESTION THAT IT WAS THE PRACTICAL RESULT IN TERMS OF COORDINATING OUR EFFORTS TO DEAL WITH AN URGENT
PROBLEM THAT MATTERED. SUBJECT TO WHAT MIGHT BE
DECIDED AT ASOLO HE ASSUMED WE WOULD BE ATTENDING THE 9 AND 12 OCTOBER MEETINGS.
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