CYPHER/CAT A
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IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NO. 563
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FOLLOWING PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM WILFORD.
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TO HONG KONG 25 AUGUST 1969 (HK)
YOUR TELEGRAM NO. 671: WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING JORDAN AND SUGGEST THAT IF HE IS AVAILABLE ON 27 AUGUST HE SHOULD BEGIN BY TALKING TO
US IN THE F.C.0. ON THE FOLLOWING MORNING I WILL PRESIDE AT A MEETING IN THE F.C.O. AT WHICH BOARD OF TRADE WILL BE SUITABLY REPRESENTED AND THAT AFTERNOON JORDAN COULD MOVE ON FOR DETAILED
DISCUSSIONS IN THE BOARD OF TRADE (SIR L. MONSON ARRIVES BACK IN
THE OFFICE ON 23 AUGUST AND WILL THEREFORE BE ABLE TO ASSIST AS NECESSARY). ALTHOUGH IT IS A PITY THAT HUGHES WILL BE ON LEAVE THE PERMANENT SECRETARY, SIR A. PART, IS IN LONDON, AS IS PECK, THE OTHER SECOND SECRETARY AT THE BOARD OF TRADE WHO IS DIRECTLY
CONCERNED, MOREOVER IT IS THOSE WHO ARE AT PRESENT !! LONDON WHO
ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FINALISE THE PAPER FOR PRESENTATION TO A
COMMITTEE OF OFFICIALS ON 3 SEPTEMBER, AND THEREFORE JORDAN WILL
BE TALKING TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DIRECTLY CONCERNED.
2. AS I UNDERSTAND IT (AND I WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR
CONFIRMATION) THERE ARE THREE SUBJECTS WHICH YOU WISH TO BE
DISCUSSED:
(A) YOU HAVE ASKED THAT HONG KONG'S VIEWS BE FULLY HEARD BEFORE ANY
POLICY PROPOSALS ARE PUT TO MINISTERS ON THE MATTERS OF PRINCIPLE REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 1 (B) OF F.C.O. TELNO. 542: B) YOU ARE ASKING US TO PRODUCE AN ANSWER FOR TRANSMISSION TO YOUR
TEXTILE ADVISORY BOARD CLARIFYING PRECISELY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S POSITION WITH REGARD TO AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT
NEGOTIATIONS ON TEXTILE PROBLEMS:
(C) THE QUESTION OF THE EXTENSION IN TIME AND IN KIND OF THE
RESTRAINT AGREEMENTS WITH CANADA.
IN ADDITION THERE IS THE QUESTION OF POLICY TOWARDS THE U.S. (F.C.O. TELNO. 56%)
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