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DEPARTMENT
HKK 6/331/1
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
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For COWPERTHWAITE from JORDAN
Canadian Textiles.
Following is Hong Kong record of what was said
by Goldsmith at meeting with Jones and Sellers.
on 2 September.
The Secretary of the Board of Trade had asked
Goldsmith to convey to the Hong Kong representatives what he (the Secretary) felt ought to be done in the present situation. Goldsmith conveyed this in the following terms :
(1) The Board of Trade is very anxious indeed not to
give the United States any lever for demanding restraints in any form on imports of non-cotton
textiles.
(2) The Board does not want to break front with Japan in opposing the Stans proposals.
(3)
The Board is not at all happy at being obliged to decide on this particular issue at a time when it is engaged in reviewing the whole outlook
for trade in textiles.
(4).
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