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TEL NO 259 OF 18 MAY 1967
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ADDRESSED TO GOVERNOR HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO 7 OF MAY 18 REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE.
FOLLOWING FROM MARTIN.
COTTON TEXTILE EXPORTS FROM HONG KONG TO THE BENELUX COUNTRIES.
I CALLED AT THE BELGIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS THIS AFTERNOON
AND M DE WAARD, A DIVISIONAL HEAD OF THE DUTCH MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS (SUPERIOR TO BOTH FEIJ AND STOLP) AND ALSO DE THEULEGOET, AND I WAS INFORMED THAT AN AIDE-MEMOIRE FROM THE BENELUX COUNTRIES HAD BEEN SENT TO THE COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
LONDON AS WELL AS TO THE CONSULS GENERAL IN HONG KONG TO BE
PASSED TO YOU, SEEKING CONSULTATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 3 OF THE LTA SO THAT RESTRAINT MEASURES COULD BE MADE OPERATIVE FOR THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: NIGHT WEAR FOR MEN AND WOMEN, HANDKERCHIEFS, TABLE, BED AND HOUSEHOLD LINEN OF COTTON, FALLING WITHIN THE BENELUX STATISTICAL NUMBERS 61.33.73, 61.04.50, 61.05.90, 62.02.03. 62.02.05, 62.02.25 AND 62.02.20
2.
IT IS SAID THAT THE DUTCH TEXTILE INDUSTRY IS SUFFERING
A GREAT DEAL FROM IMPORTS PARICULARLY FROM HONG KONG AND THAT, THEREFORE, THE RESTRAINT MEASURES WERE NECESSARY.
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