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PRIORITY
HONG KONG
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
PRIORITY HONG KONG TELNO 10 TO SEOUL
12 MAY 1969
CONFIDENTIAL
[NEUTRAL]
ADDRESSED SEOUL AS MYTEL NO. 10 OF 12TH MAY RFI FCO AND STOCKHOLM.
KOREAN TEXTILE ARRANGEMENTS WITH SWEDEN.
WHEN CHUL SEUNG LEE, KOREAN VICE MINISTER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, SAW MY DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG RECENTLY
HE PROMISED TO GIVE US DETAILS OF THEIR TEXTILE UNDERTAKINGS TO SWEDEN IF YOU WOULD CONTACT HIM.
2.
GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD FIND OUT FROM VICE MINISTER
ITEMS UNDER RESTRAINT INDICATING FIBRES INVOLVED, (B) GROUNDS ON WHICH KOREA CONCEDED RESTRAINT,
(A)
(C)
QUOTA LEVELS AGREED FOR EACH ITEM.
FCO PLEASE PASS PRIORITY SEOUL AND ROUTINE STOCKHOLM.
SIR D. TRENCH
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION
COMMODITIES DEPT.
TRADE POLICY DEPT.
HONG KONG DEPT.
W. EUR. DEPT.
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REGISTRY No.51
112 MAY 1969
HK16/04/1