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PRIORITY HONG KONG TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
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HONG KONG TELNO 120 TO WASHINGTON
CONFIDENTIAL /NEUTRAL/
11 DECEMBER 1968
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FOR HERMANN.
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YOUR TELEGRAMS 90,91 AND 92: CONSULTATION LEVELS.
(A) GLOVES.
EXPORT AUTHORISATIONS FOR CATEGORY 39 TOTALLING 17,962 DOZ. PAIRS
HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. THIS FIGURE IS NET OF A SHORT SHIPMENT NOW
REPORTED WHICH REDUCES THE PREVIOUS 'OVERSHIPMENT' FIGURE OF
21,216 DOZ.
2. NOTIFICATION OF OUTSTANDING APPLICATIONS FOR GLOVES (MY TELEGRAM
118) HAS JUST BEEN MADE TO CONSULATE. ESTIMATION OF EXPECTED LEVEL OF APPLICATIONS FOR 1968/69 RENDERED IMPOSSIBLE BY DISTORTION OF
ORDER PATTERN CAUSED BY U.S. TREATMENT OF 1968 TAIWAN TRADE AND UNCERTAINTY ABOUT 1969. MUCH WILL DEPEND ON OUTCOME OF CURRENT
U.S./TAIWAN TALKS.
3. IF AS SEEMS LIKELY SOME LIMIT WILL BE IMPOSED ON CATEGORY 39
EITHER FOR 1968/69 ONLY OR AS A NEW PERMANENT CATEGORY LIMIT,
IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF IT COULD EXCLUDE DRESS GLOVES OR APPLY
SPECIFICALLY TO WORK GLOVES. COULD K.T. WOO HELP IN OBTAINING
INFORMATION ON U.S. INDUSTRY THROUGH GLOVE TRADERS?
(B) WORK SHIRTS.
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4. EXPORT AUTHORISATIONS ALREADY APPROVED PLUS OUTSTANDING
APPLICATIONS PAST THE CONSULTATION LEVEL TOTAL OF 47,000 DOZ.
FOR SHIPMENT IN PERIOD ENDING 30TH APRIL 1969. NO SEASONAL TRADING
PATTERN IS APPARENT FOR PAST YEARS AND SO NO PREDICTION BEYOND
THAT DATE IS POSSIBLE. SHIPMENTS IN 1967/68 TOTALLED ONLY 18,178 DOZ.
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ED IN ARCHIVES No.31
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