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SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
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PRIVACY MARKING
DRAFT
LETTER
To:-
R. Porter, Esq.,
Commerce & Industry Dept.
Fire Brigade Building,
HONG KONG.
Type 1 + 4
From
H. H. Stewart
Telephone No. & Ext.
Department
In Confidence
c.c.
Stanley Relton Esq 1st Secretary
(Commercial),
ALGIERS.
Miss Lacom;
RE.. B.Strade.
Jai
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I have been following the correspondence
between yourself and our Commercial Section in
Algeria with interest, and am now writing to
express agreement with the views expressed in
in this
Relton's letter of 7th January, 1969.
a line of
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The suggestion of using as an argument
the fact that Algeria enjoys a favourable
with the UK.
Sterling trade balance is unlikely to meet
Gertain
approval in that part of the world, as
other countries in North Africa have protested
that they have unfavourable Sterling trade
with tous, and feel that we should do something about it balances. A general protest, however, would
certainly do no harm at all, and the Board of
Trade have no objection, although they see
little chance of Algeria altering her tariff
rates against Hong Kong. They have pointed out
although
that Algeria is, de facto, a member of GATT, and
a protest along GATT lines is unlikely to meet
a favourable response.
Algiers.
I am copying this letter to Relton in