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CYPHER/CAT A
CONFIDENTIAL
IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 590
CONFIDENTIAL
NEUTRAL
TO HONG KONG
.04 SEPT 1969
(HONG KONG)
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ADDRESSED TO GOVERNOR HONG KONG TELEGRAM' NUMBER 590 OF 04 SEPT
REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO OTTAWA.
YOUR TEL NO 693: CANADIAN NEGOTIATIONS.
IT HAS BEEN AGREED THAT NEGOTIATIONS SHOULD BE RESUMED IN HONG KONG EARLY NEXT WEEK, GIVEN THAT HOWARTH WILL STILL BE THERE. BOARD OF TRADE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE BEEN REPRESENTED, BUT REGRET THAT THIS WILL NOT BE PRACTICABLE.
2. IN COMMUNICATING ABOVE TO JORDAN THEY SAID THAT WHILE DECISION ON RESTRAINTS WITH CANADA WILL REST WITH YOU, THEY EXPECTED YOU TO BEAR IN MIND THE IMPORTANCE WHICH THEY ATTACH TO RESTRAINTS ONLY BEING CONCEDED IN THE SORT OF SITUATION ENVISAGED IN PARA 4 OF MY TEL NO 580. INCLUDING SITUATIONS WHERE THERE IS A THREAT
OF IMMINENT ACTION PREJUDICIAL TO HONG KONG'S TRADE. THEY ARE IN
FACT SOMEWHAT DOUBTFUL WHETHER THE CANADIANS HAVE A JUSTIFIABLE
CASE FOR THE EXTENSION OF EXISTING RESTRAINTS IN RESPECT OF
POLYESTER COTTON BLOUSES AND TROUSERS AND ASK YOU TO BEAR THIS
POINT IN MIND IN YOUR NEGOTIATIONS. THE SITUATION IN RESPECT OF
COMPARABLE RESTRAINTS IN THESE ITEMS BETWEEN CANADA AND JAPAN IS
RELEVANT TO THIS.
3. IN RESPECT OF NORWAY WE HOPE THAT THE PROCESS OF CONSULTATION
WILL BE SPEEDILY UNDERTAKEN AS SOON AS INFORMATION AND STATISTICS
ARE AVAILABLE. BOARD OF TRADE EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A
REPRESENTATIVE TO ATTEND TALKS,
4. JORDAN LEAVES LONDON ON QANTAS FLIGHT ON AFTERNOON OF 5
SEPTEMBER.
STEWART
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION
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RECL
REGISTRY.
-8 SEP 1969
HKK 6/331/1