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(C) WE HAVE PULLED THIS INFORMATION TOGETHER, IN OUR PAPER
59TEXTAB INF/5/69, OF WHICH I UNDERSTAND YOU NOW HAVE A COPY,
TEXTAB INF/5/69,
BUT HAD ASSUMED THAT YOU HAD IT ALREADY, AS OUR SOURCES FOR
VARIOUS AGREEMENTS ARE:
(1) TAIWAN GAT COT/111 OF 7 DECEMBER 1968.
(11) SINGAPORE COT/110 OF 4 DECEMBER 1968.
(111) MALAYSIA -COT/127 OF 18 DECEMBER 1968.
(IV) JAPAN )
(V) KOREA
-SENT TO US BY H.C. OTTAWA, ON 30 DECEMBER 1968.
(D) THIS, OF COURSE, IS THE ESSENCE OF THE NEGOTIATION. 1
THINK IT GOESWITHOUT QUESTION THAT BY HOW HONG KONG NEGOTIATORS
ARE SUFFICIENTLY EXPERIENCED TO PROBE THOROUGHLY ALL THE POINTS
YOU MENTION AND MORE.
10. WE SHALL NATURALLY EXAMINE THE CASE MOST CAREFULLY WITH THE
CANADIANS NEXT WEEK ON THE BASIS OF THE FACTS. BUT WE CONSIDER THAT
SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE IS ALREADY AVAILABE TO SHOW THAT CANADIAN
SHIRT INDUSTRY IS BEING DAMAGED BY IMPORTS. I AM SURE YOU
WILL ACCEPT THAT THIS GOVERNMENT HAS A BASIC OBLIGATION TO HONG
KONG INDUSTRY TO KEEP THE TRADE MOVING SEMICOLON THAT WE MUST
KNOW WHAT TO DO WELL BEFORE 1 OCTOBER SEMICOLON AND THAT WE MUST
THEREFORE ENTER THESE NEGOTIATIONS AS PLANNED.
/11. YOUR
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