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CONFIDENTIAL
NEUTRAL
THE GOVERNOR, HONG KONG
6 August 1969
OTTAWA
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2.
Your telegram No. 603.
Canadian Textile Negotiations
We do not wish to comment on cotton textile
items (para. 2, (a)(b) and (c) of your telegram), and
we realise that you will wish to try to seek
agreement on these items at your talks with the
Canadians this month.
Hauwer, although the Canadiane will want toso for a package including all mxvile are augamento.
3. We shall however want an opportunity to
give full consideration to the non-cotton items (your paras. 2(d) and 3) before any commitment
is given to them Canadians. disturbed
We are therefore Blew to
cencamped to find how far matters have gone
in regard to these items.
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4. We have just received from Hong Kong
the statinkis alluched to
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Government Office a copy of Jordan's report of
his recent talksin Ottawa.
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We are urgently
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