CONFIDENTIAL
US File
200
CYPHER/CAT.A
HONG KONG
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
HONG KONG TELNO.28 TO WASHINGTON
CONFIDENTIAL
[NEUTRAL]
28 JULY, 1969
ADDRESSED TO WASHINGTON TELNO.28 OF 28 JULY. REPEATED FOR IN-
FORMATION TO FCO.
FOR HERMANN.
COTTON TEXTILES- ANNUAL REVIEW OF U.S./HONG KONG BILATERAL.
PARA 3 OF TELEGRAM 27. THE HONG KONG TEAM INTENDS, IF IT GOES
TO WASHINGTON, TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ONLY:-
TRIGGER POINTS.
TO REITERATE HONG KONG'S PROTEST AGAINST THE IMPOSITION OF
TO REIT
LIMITS ON WORK SHIRTS, POINT CUT THAT THERE WAS LITTLE OR NO
ATTEMPT BY THE U.S. TO JUSTIFY THEIR IMPOSITION, AND EXPRESS THE
VIEW THAT, ALTHOUGH THE U.S. HAVE THE UNILATERAL RIGHT TO IMPOSE
A LIMIT, THEY WOULD BE MORE WITHIN THE SPIRIT OF THE BILATERAL
IF THEY EXERCISED IT SPARINGLY AND ONLY WHEN THE NEED FOR A LIMIT
HAS BEEN SHOWN BEYOND QUESTION.
3. AN ATTEMPT WILL BE MADE TO DETERMINE U.S. THINKING ON THE
STATUS IN THE NEXT TEXTILE YEAR, OF THOSE CATEGORIES WHERE
LIMITS HAVE BEEN IMPOSED OR AGREED THIS YEAR. (I THINK THAT
THESE CATEGORIES SHOULD REVERT TO THE BASKED BUT WITH NEW TRIGGER
POINTS EQUAL TO THE AGREED OR IMPOSED LIMIT PLUS 5% GROWTH),
CLASS IF ICATION PROBLEMS. LAST
PrF
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CONFIDENΤΙΑΙ,
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY No.51
30 JUL 1969
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