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9. MR LILLEY REITERATED OUR POSITION ON TRANSPLANTS. REGRETTED BANGEMANN'S REMARKS IN TOKYO: GIOLA SAID HE DID TOO. AEROSPACE
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10. GIOLA SAID HE WAS FULLY SEIZED OF THE NEED TO PUT PRESSURE ON THE JAPANESE BOTH ON AIRBUS AND ROLLS ROYCE (THE JAPANESE HAD NOT BOUGHT ANY ROLLS ROYCE ENGINES FOR SEVENTEEN YEARS). LINKAGE WITH THE CARS ISSUE WAS A POSSIBILITY BUT THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE AEROSPACE DOSSIER OF BENEFIT TO THE ITALIANS.
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11. GIOLA SAID NUTTALL HAD FOUND MITI OFFICIALS REASONABLY RESPONSIVE BUT PREOCCUPIED BY THE CARS ISSUE. THE COMMISSION WAS UNCERTAIN HOW TO DEVELOP SUFFICIENT NEGOTIATING PRESSURE TO OVERCOME THE JAPANESE DOMESTIC LOBBIES BUT THOUGHT A DEAL. MIGHT BE DONE BY REDUCING THE HIGHER RATE OF THE JAPANESE TARIFF. ROBERTS EMPHASISED THE POLITICAL IMPORTANCE OF THE ISSUE.
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12. ROBERTS EXPRESSED FRUSTRATION AT LACK OF PROGRESS WITH KOREA ON OUTSTANDING TRADE PROBLEMS. GIOLA AGREED, COMMENTING THAT THE COMMISSION HAD MADE REPRESENTATIONS AT ALL LEVELS INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT WITHOUT RESULT. ROBERTS SUGGESTED THAT, AS THE KOREANS SEEMED TO VALUE THE POLITICAL APPROVAL OF THE COMMUNITY, THE EC MIGHT GIVE THOUGHT TO TURNING THIS TO NEGOTIATING ADVANTAGE. HE PRAISED THE WORK OF THE COMMISSION
OFFICE IN SEOUL.
COMMISSION OFFICE IN HONG KONG
13. ROBERTS SAID WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS ESTABLISHED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. HONG KONG WAS A MAJOR PLAYER IN WORLD MARKETS. GIOLA SAID THERE WAS A CLEAR NEED FOR AN OFFICE AND HE PERSONALLY FELT IT SHOULD BE A PRIORITY ON HUMANITARIAN GROUNDS BUT THERE WERE BUDGET PROCEDURES TO GO THROUGH AND PRAGUE, SOFIA AND RIYADH WERE IDENTIFIED AS HAVING HIGHER PRIORITY. WAS UP TO UK OFFICIALS IN THE COMMISSION TO PRESS THE CASE.
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