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IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NO.550
TO HONG KONG
19 AUGUST 1969. (MR.WILFORD)
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ADDRESSED TO GOVERNOR HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO.550 OF 19 AUGUST REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO OTTAWA.
YOUR TELEGRAM NO.655: CANADIAN TEXTILES.
WE SHALL, OF COURSE, BE READY TO TALK WITH THE CANADIANS IF THIS IS WHAT THEY WISH. IT IS, HOWEVER, UNLIKELY THAT DECISIONS ON POINTS OF PRINCIPLE REFERRED TO IN MY TELEGRAM NO.542 WILL BE TAKEN BY MINISTERS MUCH BEFORE MID-SEPTEMBER. (THEY WILL HAVE TO BE TAKEN BEFORE HUGHES' VISIT TO OTTAWA.). WE DOUBT THEREFORE WHETHER TALKS IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE WOULD ENABLE US TO CARRY MATTERS MUCH FURTHER FORWARD, THOUGH IF THE CANADIANS PRESS FOR THEM STRONGLY WE WOULD HOPE THAT THEY COULD TAKE PLACE IN LONDON,
2. IF THERE ARE TO BE SUCH TALKS WE WOULD WELCOME ASSOCIATION OF YOUR REPRESENTATIVES WITH THEM.
STEWART.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION
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