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PRIORITY WASHINGTON
TELEGRAM NUMBER 569
CONFIDENTIAL [Neutral]
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTI, OFFICE
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DATED 24 FEBRUARY 1969
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ADDRESSED TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NUMBER 569 OF 24 FEBRUARY 1969 REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO HONG KONG, GENEVA (FOR JONES), HONG KONG LONDON OFFICE (FOR SELLERS),
HONG KONG TELEGRAM 176 TO YOU: U.S. TEXTILE IMPORTS.
HONG KONG HAVE HAD COPIES OF ALL TELEGRAMS FROM HERE EXCEPT NO. 297
WHICH IS NOW BEING SENT TO THEM..
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2. WE ARE SENDING D.C.1, COPIES OF MIDGLEY'S LETTER OF 11 FEBRUARY
TO MUCHES AND RIDLEY'S LETTER OF 14 FEBRUARY TO MACMAHON CEOTH
B.O.T.) WHICH COMPLETES CORRESPONDENCE FROM THIS END. LETTERS BEING CONFIDENTIAL MUST TRAVEL BY BAG AND WILL THEREFORE BE SLOW.
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3. COMMENTS REFERRED TO IN HONG KONG'S THIRD PARAGRAPH WERE NOT SENT
BECAUSE MILLS PROPOSALS WHICH WERE IN ANY CASE NEBULOUS WERE
OVERTAKEN BY REVELATION OF PRESIDENTIAL INTENTIONS.
4. HONG KONG'S PARAGRAPH 5 SEEMS TO US A MISTATEMENT OF THE POSIT-
ION. THE U.S. ADMINISTRATION ARE PREPARING, AS DISCREETLY AS WE AND
OTHERS LET THEM, TO TRY TO CARRY OUT A PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
PROMISE ALONG VOLUNTARY LINES SEMI COLON THE NEAR-INEVITABILITY
OF QUOTA LEGISLATION BY CONGRESS IF THE ATTEMPT FAILS IS A FACT OF LIFE, NOT A THREAT BY THE J.S. GOVERNMENT. PARAGRAPH 6 MAY
BE AN ACCURATE PREDICTION BUT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE AS YET.
5. HONG KONG MAY BE ASSURED THAT THEIR INTERESTS ARE KEPT CONSTANTLY IN MIND HERE.
F.C.0. PLEASE PASS HONG KONG, GENE
HONG KONG, GENEVX,
^ TOMKINS.
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HONG KONG LONDON OFFICE.
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