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ROITURE WASHINGTON TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
ASHLWGTON TELEGRAM NO. 83 TO HONG KONG
COLT IDENTIAL
NEUTRAL 1
FROM HERMANN.
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29 OCTOBER 1968
YOUR TELEGRAM 112: TEXTILE CONSULTATIONS.
PA
Mur
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2. PARAGRAPH 4 OF MY TELEGRAM 78 WAS MISTAKEN. FIRM AMERICAN INTENTION IS EVENTUALLY TO REDUCE FUTURE TAIWAN SHIPMENTS BY
TOTAL PAST OVERSHIPMENTS.
3.
YOUR PARAGRAPH 5: SURELY CAUSE OF DISRUPTION IS TAIWAN
ACTION AND AMERICAN FAILURE TO STOP IT QUICKLY.
4. YOUR PARAGRAPH 6: THIS IS LEGITIMATE CONCERN BUT RELEVANT
TO PROTEST OVER GENERAL HANDLING OF TRADE RATHER THAN TO
QUESTION OF 20000 DOZEK GLOVES.
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YOUR PARAGRAPH 7. 1 STILL SEE SOME MERIT IN THEIR NEVER
HAVING CALLED US ON PRINCIPLE BUT ONLY IN AN CHERGENCY.
6.
AMERICANS IN FACT ASKED US TO QUOTE COUNT OUR OVERSHIP. ENT AS DEING SHIPPED IN 1968/9 UNQUOTE: I INTERPRETED THIS AS SEING REDUCTION OF TRIGGER POINT BECAUSE, IN THE ABSENCE
OF SPECIFIC LIMITS, NO OTHER CONSEQUENCE OF TRANSFER BETWEEN
YEARS SEEMED POSSIBLE.
FCO PASS HONG KONG
SIR P DEAN
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION
TRADE POLICY DEFT.
HONG LONG DEPT.
NORTH AMERICAN « CanIBBEAN DEPT.
CONFIDENTIAL
RECEIVED IN A❤VES No. 63 -1 NOV1968
HKK6/304/1
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