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 No, just non-market states.

How would it apply to East Europe?

It's the same for all of them.

How about Romanians?

You would have to seek some assurances. The Romanians say they won't have any problem.

Supposing Romania performs and the Soviet Union doesn't. How would we handle that?

We would work that out.

Abe and I talked to Ceausescu and he said it was no problem. I think they stopped because the Soviet Union didn't want them to set bloc policy. The PRC isn't yet an issue.

Because they want to keep MFN from the Soviet Union. Scoop has a great future in the PRC.

They say the threat will come through Europe. Chou wants to talk to Mansfield on this.

The complaint in the Jewish community is that the Soviet Union has cut the rate and they should restore the rate before we move to show good faith. I said no. The same on the high visibility trials. They also fear numbers, as a possible quota. I don't buy this because with artful language we can make it okay.

We don't want a bilateral agreement between West Germany and the Soviet Union to affect this. This argument is for about 1000 a month. We wouldn't want any other agreements to count against this quota.

I am worried about the language. I would prefer blanket authority with a right to cut off.

Let's get the technicians together and see if we can't work it out.

This is so designed that Congress has to retain some authority.