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Registry No.
DEPARTMENT
Hong Kong
HKK 6/331/1
HW
JECURITY CLASSIFICATION PRIORITY MARKINGS (Date)
Top-Secret Secret-
Confidential
Restricted Unclassified
PRIVACY MARKING
In Confidence
En Clair Code Cypher
Draft Telegram to
513
GOV HONG KONG
(Date 8/8
No.
And to:-
Repeat te
OTTAWA
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Priority Routine
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Despyre
Date and time (G.M.T.) telegram should
reach addressce(s)
818169
1656
[Security clasification] Confidential
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Privacy marking -if any
[Codeword-if any]
Addressed to
telegram............
NEUTRAL
Common Hong Kong
...(date)
And to
Ottawa
repeated for information to
Your telegram No. 603.
Canadian Textile Nogotiations
2. We do not wish to comment on cotton textilo items (paragraphs 2(a), (b) and (c) of your telegram).
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ING. AND
3. However, with regard to the non-cotton itoma (your paragrapho 2(a) and 3), wo are disturbed to find how far matteka soem to have gono. We have not disregarded telegrams referred to in your paragraph 4 and we cortainly appreciato problems raised in your paragraph 5. Those problems were discussed with Jordan here in Juno, when we thought it was made clear that we expected to be consulted in advance of any negotiations. As you know particularly in prosent cir- cumstances any extension or M.M.F. restrictions raises problems for us (see in this connection Board of Trade paper on toxtile problems sent under cover of Hughes' letter of
Internal 31 July to Jordag, Trade:
IXAMINED AT
4. Wo have only just received from Hong Kong Government Copies to: Office the statistics attached to Jordan's report of his
recent talks in Ottawa. Those do not appear to add greatly ... to information provided in Ottawa tolegram No. 58.
But we are urgently considering them and will let you have our comments as quickly as possible. We fear that we shall not be able to roach firm views on what should be dono in time
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