CYPHER/CAT A
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IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NUMBER 537
TOP COPY 69
TO GOVERNOR HONG KONGTM
14 AUGUST 1969
(HKK/6/331/1)
CONFIDENTIAL.
NEUTRAL.
ADDRESSED TO GOV. HONG KONG TELNO. 537 OF 14 AUGUST REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO OTTAWA
M.I.P.T.: CANADIAN TEXTILE NEGOTIATIONS.
WE SUGGEST THE CANADIANS MIGHT BE CLOSELY QUESTIONED ON FOLLOWING
POINTS.
(A) IMPORTS FROM JAPAN OF POLYESTER/COTTON SHIRTS IN THE FIRST
FIVE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR AMOUNTED TO 168,000 DOZEN. THIS IS MORE THAN TWICE THE QUOTA FOR THE WHOLE OF 1968.
(B) CANADIAN PRODUCTION OF WOVEN SHIRTS FELL BY ONLY 6% BETWEEN
1967 AND 1968.
(C) IMPORTS OF POLYESTER/POLYNOSIC SHIRTS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES
ARE BEGINNING TO INCREASE RAPIDLY. WHAT IS BEING DONE ABOUT
THESE.
(D) WE WERE QUITE UNABLE TO RECONCILE THE VARIOUS MAN-MADE FIBRE
FIGURES FOR 1968 IN ANNEX H OF JORDAN'S OTTAWA RECORD WITH THE PUBLISHED FIGURES FOR E.G. JAPAN.
(E) THE CANADIANS HAVE STILL NOT PRODUCED INFORMATION ON KNITTED
SHIRT PRODUCTION.
(F) IMPORTS OF COTTON SHIRTS WHICH APPEAR TO HAVE FALLEN DRAMA-
TICALLY.
STEWART
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION
H.K.D.
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