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5. IN 1967/68 WE SHIPPED ABOUT 45,000 DOZ. PAIRS OF DRESS
GLOVES, I.E. ABOUT 12 PER CENT OF TOTAL GLOVE SHIPMENTS. OF THE
343,000 DOZEN PAIRS AUTHORISED SO FAR THIS YEAR, ROUGHLY 12,600
DOZEN ARE DRESS GLOVES. OF THE 165,480 DOZ. FOR WHICH APPLICATIONS
ARE BEING HELD UP, ONLY 6,000 DOZ. ARE DRESS GLOVES.
6. COULD YOU SEEK AGREEMENT TO CONTINUATION OF DRESS GLOVE EXPORT
AUTHORISATIONS AS A QUID PRO QUO FOR US ACCEPTING THAT CONSULTAT-
-IONS CASSUMING THEY ARE NOW REQUESTED) ARE HELD OVER UNTIL TAIWAN.
TALKS ARE COMPLETED?
WE COULD MAKE SUCH EXPORT AUTHORISATIONS OF ONLY ONE MONTH'S
VALIDITY SO AS TO AVOID SPECULATIVE APPLICATIONS, BUT IF SOME SUCH
ARRANGEMENT IS NOT AGREED SOME AIRFREIGHT CHRISTMAS TRADE
WILL BE FRUSTRATED. WE WOULD, OF COURSE, CONTINUE TO HOLD UP ALL
APPLICATIONS FOR WORK GLOVES UNTIL THE ISSUE WAS SETTLED.
FCO PLEASE PASS PRIORITY WASHINGTON.
SIR D. TRENCH
/REPEATED AS REQUESTED
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION
H.K.D.
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