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P. Slayent
нисковые Cpestentity Whitehear o by Caite:
IRITISH EMBASSY,
WASHINGTON, D.C.,
25 March, 1969 1/3
Ŝ wd like to Ece This again 1.d.c.
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Will/you please refer to Washington telegrams Nos. 868 and 882, reporting the indications that the Americans will shortly propose extending the Long Term Cotton Textile Arrangement to woollens and man-mades.
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You may like to have the enclosed copy of a letter which Alec Hermann, the Counsellor for Hong Kong Commercial Affairs here, sent to his people in Hong Kong a few days ago. It contains some useful additional arguments against the extension of restraints. Since the letter was written the indications of what the Americans have in mind have of course become much plainer.
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I also enclose (not to copy addressees) the text of the Secretary of Commerce's speech to the American Textilo Manufacturers Institute on 22 March.
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P. W. Ridley
ARCHIVES No.31
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0. S. Inglefield, Esq.,
Board of Trade.
co's:f. G. Britten, Esq., Trade Policy Dept., F.C.O.
F. H. Jackson, Esq., 0.B.E., Brussels P.H.R. Marahall, Esq., Geneva
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