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ROUTINE HONG KONG TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO. 11 TO WASHINGTON
3 APRIL, 1969
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ADDRESSED WASHINGTON (FOR HERMANN) TELEGRAM 11 OF 3
APRIL RFI FCO AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE (FOR SELLERS).
YOUR TELEGRAM 14 AND MEMORANDUM 45: TEXTILE CONSULTATIONS.
TO EMPHASISE THAT ALL SUCH CASES MUST BE TREATED ON THEIR
INDIVIDUAL MERITS, PLEASE MAKE THREE WRITTEN RESPONSES ALONG
FOLLOWING LINES :-
CULOTTES, AS PROPOSED IN PARAGRAPH 5 OF YOUR TELEGRAM 14. FIGURE
CONFIRMED.
WORK SHIRTS. THE FIGURE OF 25,00A DOZEN WORK SHIRTS IS UNACCEPTABLE.
IF IMPOSED IT WILL FRUSTRATE CONTRACTED BUSINESS TOTALLING
21,690 DOZEN. WE DO NOT BELIEVE SUCH ACTION TO BE IN THE SPIRIT OF
EITHER THE BILATERAL AGREEMENT OR THE CTA AND WILL EXERCISE
RESTRAINT AT 25,000 DOZEN WITH EXTREME RELUCTANCE IF FORMALLY
SO REQUIRED TO DO.
*
GLOVES. THE WORK SHIRT ARGUMENTS APPLY A FORTIORI. THE U.S. OFFER
WOULD SERIOUSLY JEOPARDISE THE PROSPERITY OF OUR GLOVE INDUSTRY
AND THREATEN THE VERY EXISTENCE OF THE DRESS GLOVE SECTOR (ALTHOUGH
WE AGREED NOT TO PRESS FOR SEPARATE LIMITS FOR DRESS AND WORK GLOVES,
THERE IS NOTHING TO STOP US MAKING A CASE BASED UPON THE DICHOTIC
NATURE OF THE INDUSTRY). WITHIN A REASONABLE LIMIT, I.E. ONE THAT
WOULD PERMIT SOME TRADE TO CONTINUE, WE WOULD JUGGLE ISSUE OF
LICENCES TO TRY TO ENSURE SURVIVAL OF DRESS GLOVE SECTOR TWO FIRMS
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RECEIVED IN ARCHIVES No.31
- 8 APR 1969
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