CYPHER/CAT A
IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 800
CONFIDENTIAL
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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
9 OCTOBER 1969
275
CONFIDENTIAL.
NEUTRAL.
ADDRESSED FCO TELEGRAM 800 OF 9 OCTOBER RFI WASHINGTON AND
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1260 UKMIS GENEVA,
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YOUR TELEGRAM 678 AND MY TELEGRAMS 793 AND 794: TEXTILES, APART FROM GENERAL DISCUSSION OF THE AMERICAN CASE, JORDAN'S INSTRUCTIONS ARE TO GO NO FURTHER WITH THEM THAN SOUNDING OUT WHETHER THEY CAN AND ARE WILLING TO PRODUCE EVIDENCE OF SERIOUS
INJURY FROM IMPORTS OF PARTICULAR MMF OR WOOLLEN PRODUCTS WITH A VIEW TO A SELECTIVE APPROACH. IF THE AMERICANS WERE TO PRODUCE A PARTICULAR CASE, DISCUSSION OF IT IN GENEVA WOULD NOT BE OUT OF PLACE BUT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE REFERRED TO HONG KONG FOR FULL
CONSIDERATION.
2. IF, AS SEEMS LIKELY, THE AMERICANS EITHER DO NOT HAVE A CASE ALREADY PREPARED ON ANY PARTICULAR PRODUCT OR PRODUCTS OR DO NOT WANT TO PROCEED IN THIS WAY BECAUSE RESTRAINING PARTICULAR PRODUCT IMPORTS FROM ANY ONE COUNTRY WILL NOT SERVE THEIR PURPOSE, WE SHALL HAVE DEMONSTRATED WILLINGNESS AND A SPIRIT OF REASONABLE ACCOMMOD ATION WITHIN A GATT FRAMEWORK WHICH OTHER COUNTRIES SIMILARLY PLACED MIGHT, WE THINK WITH ADVANTAGE, FOLLOW. AT THE WORST NO DAMAGE WILL HAVE BEEN DONE, AND AT BEST, WE SHALL BE PRESENTATIONALLY IN A STRONGER POSITION.
3. I SEE NO RISK AT ALL ON THIS OCCASION OF HONG KONG BEING FORCED INTO A POSITION OF HAVING TO MAKE ANY CONCESSIONS WHICH MIGHT BE THOUGHT TO DAMAGE U.K. INTERESTS. WHEREAS THEREFORE I AM OF COURSE GLAD OF U.K. SUPPORT IN THE DISCUSSIONS AT A HIGH DIPLOMATIC LEVEL,
EIVED IN GISTRY No.51.
9 OCT 1969
1 MKK 6/204/1
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