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CONCLUSIONS:
6. Stewart conceded that the Canadians appeared to
have a case on shirts; on trousers he argued that it
would be profitless to continue restraint; and on
blouses he considered that there was no case.
7. Jones replied that the Hong Kong Government were
satisfied that a reasonable case existed for continuing
restraint on all three and for adding polyester/polynosic
shirts. His Government were convinced that the
alternative would be the imposition of the surcharge
which would seriously damage Hong Kong's trade. The
Hong Kong Government also considered that to adopt too
intransigent a line with the Canadians would carry the
serious risk of driving them into the Stans camp in
favour of much more wide ranging restrictions on textile
imports.
Hong Kong Government Office,
54 Pall Mall,
LONDON, S.W.1.
4th September, 1969.