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CONFIDENTIAL
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
10 OCTOBER 1969
TELEGRAM NUMBER 2753 CONFIDENTIAL. [NEUTRAL]
ADDRESSED TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NUMBER 2753 OF 13 OCTOBER REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO HONG KONG UKMIS GENEVA.
AND TCKYO.
HONG KONG TELEGRAM NUMBER 808 OF 9 CCTOBER TO F.C.O.: TEXTILES. REFERENCE PARA. 6. WE HAVE HAD A HINT THAT THE JAPANESE ANSWER TO THE FORMAL U.S. APPROACH, NOW BEING DRAFTED, MAY BE VERY SIMILAR TO HONG KONG'S. THIS IF TRUE SUGGESTS THAT M.1.T.1. WHO HAVE HITHERTO OPPOSED SELECTIVE APPROACH HAVE NOW ACCEPTED IT, PERHAPS AS A WAY OF FORESTALLING MOVE BY OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS TOWARDS GREATER CONCESSIONS.
2. IT SEEMS MOST IMPORTANT THAT JAPANESE SHOULD BE TOLD URGENTLY TERMS OF HONG KONG'S ANSWER.
FCO PASS HONG KONG UKMIS GENEVA AND TOKYO.
MR. TOMKINS.
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
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