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IMMEDIATE HONG KONG ΤΟ
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
IMMEDIATE HONG KONG TELNO 36 TO WASHINGTON
23 SEPTEMBER 1969
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ADDRESSED AMBASSADOR WASHINGTON TELNO 36 OF 23
SEPTEMBER REPEATED F C 0, TOKYO, SEOUL AND UKMIS GENEVA (FOR JONES). PLEASE PASS FOLLOWING TO COWPERTHWAITE.
U.S. REQUEST FOR CONSULTATIONS ON MAN-MADE FIBRE AND WOOLLEN
TEXTILES,
MARTIN (US CONSUL GENERAL) TODAY CALLED TO SAY THAT A DECISION
HAD BEEN MADE AT THE HIGHEST U.S. GOVERNMENT LEVEL TO PROPOSE
NEGOTIATIONS WITH KEY EXPORTING COUNTRIES FOR A COMPREHENSIVE
BILATERAL AGREEMENT ON MAN-MADE AND WOOL FIBRE TEXTILES'' AND
FORMALLY TO PROPOSE SUCH NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND HONG
KONG GOVERNMENTS.
2.
IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROPOSAL MARTIN:-
(A) RECALLED THE CASE PRESENTED BY STANS IN MAY SEMICOLON
(B) POINTED TO DRAMATIC OVERALL GROWTH IN TEXTILE AND APPAREL
IMPORTS'' IN FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1969 AND FORECAST AN
ANTICIPATED DOLLARS 1 BILLION
PRODUCTS IN 1969 SEMICOLON
'TRADE DEFICIT IN THESE
(C) REFERRED TO RAPIDLY INCREASING IMPORTS FROM HONG KONG (UP
RECEIVED IN FIRST 6 MONTHS OF 1969) SEMICOLON
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