It

should leave them to develop their policy a little longer.

would be no great surprise if they were quite close to agreeing Hong Kong's views.

6. You know that Mr. Jordan, after talks with the Benelux on

cotton in The Hague, will be coming to London at the end of

next week and will be available for discussions about the

American issue on 24 and 25 November. His intention (which may now have been abandoned) was to go to Washington on an unofficial

visit from 26 to 28 November.

7.

Against this background (which I apologise for setting out at such length) Mr. Midgley's letter is interesting. At the

very least there is some indecision amongst us, with the only

common basis of agreement apparently, the conviction now shared

by everyone that the Americans really mean business.

Hong Kong Department 14 November, 1969.

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(A. H. Stewart)

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substantially with Mr. Stewart's

Comments.

2.

Before the talks with Hong Kong representatives next

about the U.S. textile mutative and the next meeting

week

of the Corton Textiles Committee

We

need to reformulate our

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