CYPHER/CAT A
WASHINGTON TO HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NO. 12
CONFIDENTIAL
/NEUTRAL_/
FROM HERMANN.
CONFIDENTIAL
4 MARCH 1969
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YOUR TELEGRAM NO.8 : TEXTILE CONSULTATIONS.
TOP CUPY
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HK
I HAVE INCORPORATED POINTS IN TWO LETTERS TO HOPP (COPIES ENROUTE).
2. CULOTTES. AS, WHATEVER WE PROPOSE, I FEEL SURE THAT AMERICANS WILL END BY IMPOSING LIMIT AT PRESENT LICENSED LEVEL (OR LESS IF THEY CAN FORCE US TO AGREE THAT PART WAS WRONGLY CLASSIFIED) I THINK IT BEST NOT TO DIVULGE BREAKDOWN OF LICENSED FIGURES. I HAVE THEREFORE TRIED FOR SECOND ALTERNATIVE FIRST, WHILE PROFESSING WILLINGNESS TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE MODIFICATION OF OUR CLASSIFICATION PRACTICE FOR THE FUTURE, AND NTIONING, TO SHOW WILLING, THAT YOU QUOTE ESTIMATE UNQUOTE ABOUT 27,000 CHILDREN'S CULOTTES IN PENDING. FIGURES.
FCO PASE PASS
MR. FREEMAN
/REPEATED AS REQUESTED
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION
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