CYPHER/CAT.A.
HONG KONG
TELNO.690
CONFIDENTIAL
[NEUTRAL]
CONFIDENTIAL
THE
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Para(s)
NKX6/2017/1
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
1 SEPTEMBER, 1969
YOUR TELEGRAM 589 : TEXTILE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA.
I AM GRATEFUL FOR INTERIM RE-CONFIRMATION OF OUR EXISTING POLICY OF
M.M.F. TEXTILES AND HOPE THAT WE CAN RESUME TALKS WITH CANADIANS
WITHOUT DELAY.
2. I AM GRATEFUL ALSO FOR YOUR FIRST THREE PARAGRAPHS DEALING WITH
THE CONDUCT OF HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE RELATIONS. I REALISE HOW
DIFFICULT IT IS TO DEFINE SUCH MATTERS IN THE SHORT TIME AVAILABLE
AND I THINK THE STATEMENT CAN HOLD THE POSITION WITH EXECUTIVE
COUNCIL AND THE TEXTILE ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE TIME BEING. BUT FROP
MY POINT OF VIEW, AS WELL AS PROBABLY FROM THEIRS, I SHALL HAVE TO
ASK FOR FURTHER ELUCIDATION AND ELABORATION, PARTICULARLY IN
CONNECTION WITH THE RESOLUTION OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND THE
SOURCE OF, AND CHANNELS OF, AUTHORITY. I WILL TELEGRAPH AGAIN WHEN
HAVE HAD TIME TO GIVE THE MATTER MORE THOUGHT.
SIR D. TRENCH
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