CYPHER/CAT A
PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 463
CONFIDENTIAL
NEUTRAL/
CONFIDENTIAL
Canadian File.
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICCE
7 JUNE 1969
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ADDRESSED FCO TELEGRAM 463 OF 7 JUNE RFI OTTAWA AND
SAVING TO UKMIS GENEVA.
OTTAWA TELEGRAMS TO ME 57, 58 AND 59: POLYESTER/POLYNOSIC SHIRTS.
THERE CERTAINLY SEEMS TO BE SOME EVIDENCE THAT CANADIAN SHIRT
MANUFACTURERS ARE HAVING PROBLEMS AND THAT POLITICAL PRESSURES ON
COVERNMENT ARE BUILDING UP. IT IS ALSO A FACT THAT HONG KONG EXPORTS
OF POLYESTER/POLYNOSIC SHIRTS TO CANADA HAVE NOW REACHED QUITE LARGE
FIGURES (SHIPMENTS CALENDAR 1968 APPROX. 38,000 DOZ SEMICOLON
JANUARY/MAY 1969 34,625 DOZEN SEMICOLON PLUS ORDERS IN PIPELINE
INDICATED IN PARA, 2(B) OF OTTAWA TELEGRAM 57). THIS COMPARES WITH
CURRENT RESTRAINT LIMIT ON POLYESTER/COTTON SHIRTS OF 75,000 DOZEN,
BUT UPWARD TREND OVER LAST FEW MONTHS HAS FLATTENED OUT AT ABOUT
6 - 7,900 DOZEN PER MONTH OR ANNUAL RATE SIMILAR TO POLYESTER/COTTON
LIMIT.
2. DEGREE OF CANADIAN CONCERN IS ALSO POINTED OUT BY :
(A) RODNEY GREY HIMSELF DESCENDING INTO THE ARENA INSTEAD OF
LEAVING IT TO HOWARTH OR MACPHERSON AND
(B) MACPHERSON'S INTIMATION TO JONES IN GENEVA THAT ALL LOW COST
SUPPLIERS WERE NOW BEING REQUESTED TO INCLUDE POLYESTER/POLYMOSIC
SHIRTS WITHIN THEIR LIMITS FOR POLYESTER/COTTON. THIS REQUEST WHEN
FORMALLY PUT TO HONG KONG WAS REJECTED.
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3. JONES SUGGESTED:
RECEIVED IN
REGISTRY NO.51
- 9 JUN 1969
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