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PRIORITY OTTAWA TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
PRIORITY OTTAWA TO HONG KONG
RESTRICTED
[NEUTRAL]
25 MARCH, 1969
ADDSD TO HONG KONG TELNO. 18 OF 25 MARCH 1969 REPEATED FOR INFO TO
F C O AND UKMIS GENEVA. (FOR JONES).
YOUR TELNO, M91 OF 21 MARCH: CANADIAN CUSTOMS VALUATION OF
CLOTHING.
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FOR DORWARD FROM GRAY.
PA Matur
Matur 26/2
1.THE [GPS UNDEC ?FACTS ARE THAT ABOUT 4 YEARS AGO D.N.R.TOOK SIKILAR.
ACTION AGAINST TAIWAN FIRMS. STITT WAS RETAINED BY FIRMS AS ADVISER AT THE INITIAL INVESTIGATION STAGE. HE WENT TO TAIWAN AND WORKED WITH THREE FIRMS IN PREPARING THEIR EVIDENCE FOR THE D.N.R. INVEST- IGATION. ABOUT A YEAR AGO SIMILAR ACTION WAS TAKEN AGAINST KOREAN FIRMS AND STITT RENDERED SIMILAR SERVICES.
2. STITT'S ROLE YOU WILL NOTE WAS NOT TO RPRESENT THE FIRMS IN, ANY LEGAL ACTION SUBSEQUENT TO THE D.N.R. RULING, BUT TO MASTERMIND THE INITIAL PRESENTATION OF THE FACTS TO THE D.N.R. SO AS TO OBTAIN THE MOST FAVOURABLE RESULT FOR THE FIRMS. STITT MAKES NO CLAIMS FOR THE EFFICACY OF HIS CONTRIBUTION. WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO ESTABLISH THAT ANY PARALLEL POLITICAL ACTION WAS TAKEN IN SUPPORT.
3. STITT IS A MEMBER OF THE LAW FIRM STITT AND BAKER OF TORONTO WHICH IS A BRANCH OF WHAT IS CLAIMED TO BE THE WORLD'S LARGEST INTER- NATIONAL LAW FIRM, BAKER AND MACKENZIE WHOSE HEADQUARTERS ARE IN CHICAGO.
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