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HARURI CARD
SAVING DESTITUI
HZK 6/358/1
Prom the Secretary of State
Poreign and Commomrealth Affairs
To the Officer Administering the Government of HONG KONG
Date 15 November 1968
No. 647
Your Saving Despatches 1175 of 12 September and 100 of 8 September 1967.
Greek Fan on Imports of Sextilan from Hong Kong
We apologise for delay. The situation has changed in that we now have reason to believe that the related problem of our own ras`rictions on imperta of Greek textiles has not been forgotton and we can no longer our eat that you delay yra itation of your note in order to avoid resurrecting this matter.
2. In these circumstances we have no objection to the Note Verbele baing presented but would still prefer to wait until after the current Sezaion of GATT.
3. We regret that our expɔctations of suonass are no higher abw, than thay wore on account of the continuing imbalance of trade betw Grease and the starling arua a antiør which was moontly aårvé ký a Graek business delegation to this country. But we de not mig;est that you should refrein from presenting the note on that account.
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Prosumably you will adhere largely to the teme of sent with your saving dəspatch Ho. 100 of September 1967 but you may think cartain asendments are now Docosasry, We appreciate that delay in your submission is of our causing but perhaps a differat emphasis in refɑrenco to restrictions introduced in 1966 from that placed in para. 2 of your draft would now be preferable.
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