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LAB-06 NSAE-00 NSC-07 PA-04 RSC-01 AID-20 CIEP-02
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FM AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 3866
INFO AMEMBASSY BONN
AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS
USMISSION EC BRUSSELS UNN
AMEMBASSY COPENHAGEN
AMEMBASSY DUBLIN
AMEMBASSY LONDON
AMEMBASSY LUXEMBOURG
AMEMBASSY PARIS
USMISSION OECD PARIS UNN
AMEMBASSY ROME
USMISSION GENEVA
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E.O. 11652: N/A
TAGS: EGEN, ETRD, EC, GATT, NL, FR
SUBJECT: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH VAN OORSCHOT
1. SUMMARY: IN WIDE-RANGING CONVERSATION SOME DAYS AGO WITH ECON/
COMMERCIAL COUNSELOR, MIN ECON DIRGEN VAN OORSCHOT EXPRESSED CON-
CERN ABOUT UK RENEGOTIATION PROPOSALS, URGED ESTABLISHMENT OF
"GROUP OF WISEMEN" TO ASSIST SYG LONG IN MTN, AND URGED HIGH LEVEL
US/FRENCH UNDERSTANDING ON MTN. END SUMMARY.
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2. IN PERIODICALTOUR D'HORIZON, VAN OORSCHOT STARTED OFF BY
EXPRESSING DEEP PESSIMISM ABOUT FUTURE OF EC WHICH IN HIS VIEW
HAS SHOWN ITSELF INCAPABLE OF PRODUCTIVELY ADDRESSING SUCH FUNDAM-
ENTAL ISSUES AS COMMON INDUSTRIAL AND ENERGY POLICIES, EMU,
RELATIONS WITH ACP COUNTRIES, RELATIONS WITH EASTERN EUROPE, AND
MTN. HE CONSIDERS CALLAGHAN'S PRESENTATION IN LUXEMBOURG, DESPITE
ITS MORE CONCILIATORY TONE, TO BE NO LESS HARD LINE THAN HIS
INITIAL DEMARCHE APRIL 1. MAIN THRUST IS STILL TO GET MORE MONEY
OUT OF OTHER 8 AND IN PRACTICE THIS MEANS CHIEFLY OUT OF GERMANS
AND DUTCH. VAN OORSCHOT FELT FRUSTRATED THAT GON COULD MAKE NO
SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO RESTORATION OF IMPETUS IN EC EVOLUTION.
MAIN NEED AS HE SEES IT IS FOR REAL PROGRESS ON INSTITUTIONAL
REFORM BUT HE SEES NO EVIDENCE THAT OTHER 8 ARE WILLING TO SUPPORT
DUTCH IN MOVING TOWARD SUCH REFORM.
3. ON MTN, VAN OORSCHOT SEES NEED FOR MEETING OF MINDS ON TIMING
AND OBJECTIVES BETWEEN US AND FRANCE AT HEAD OF STATE LEVEL TO GET
NEGOTIATION INTO HIGH GEAR. OTHERWISE HE FEARS GENERAL
PARALYSIS IN EC WILL INFECT MTN. IN HIS VIEW PASSAGE OF TRA WOULD
PROVIDE USEFUL TRIGGER FOR NIXON-GISCARD DISCUSSION OF THIS SUBJECT.
HE BELIEVES MTN WILL BE AMONG TOPICS DISCUSSED BY GISCARD
AND SCHMIDT JULY 8. VAN OORSCHOT ALSO FEELS THAT LONG IS TOO
LETHARGIC AND "INTELLECTUAL" TO INSTILL NEEDED SENSE OF URGENCY
AND DIRECTION IN MTN. VAN OORSCHOT SUGGESTS THAT "GROUP OF WISEMEN"
WHO WERE INVOLVED IN KENNEDY ROUND BE DESIGNATED TO ADVISE LONG
AND KEEP HIS FEET TO THE FIRE. AS VAN OORSCHOT RETIRES FROM GON
THIS YEAR HE DOUBTLESS REGARDS HIMSELF AS POTENTIAL PARTICIPANT
IN SUCH A GROUP.
GOULD
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