the Textilc Advisory Board and issued a notico to
ers
exports suspending trade in polyester/polynosic shirts without re^ ronco to us. We are also without the
kind of inmation which wo told Jordan we should
need to have in making up our minds what should be
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done in ca:63 of this sort. The Swediol negotiations showed that the case for restraint was a good deal
nealor that had been made out and you will recall that it was onl; our intervention that prevanted them from Cotting retraints on blouses and women's underwour.
ZGWe are far from convinced that the Canadians have a cace for imposing restrictions on your trado.
Their production has suffered to nothing like the
cx end of o Swedos or, for that matter, the U.K.
Tho Canadi.. figures show that imports of woven shirta from Hong Long actually fell by woll over 20 per cent in 1908. Imports from Japan increased by woll over
20 per comt.
5. We as..e that you were not avaro of what wao onid
in June as I am sure that on further consideration you
will agree that it would not be right for Jordan to go
further tha was indicated in paragraph 4 of our
tologram 13. Wo have told you that we will do our
boot to r. oh a decision as soon as possible, but
givon that the Canadians themselves were not keen to
hvo such a carly meeting as you had suggested, we
are quite a certain that the position can be hold for some time yet without detriment to long Kong'o
trudo. The fact is that Canadian imports of phirte
from longong in the first five months of this yoar
were not that much higher than the annual rate
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