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Ar. Stewart
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As you requested, I an att.ching tables which show the all- fibre Mieture for male and female knitwear in Norway.
2.
I see that in the latest tele ̧rm from Hong Konɛ (771) it is claimed that the Norwegianu strongly presved the argument that men's knitwear was being chipped ac women's, in order to ciroumvent the restrictions on the focale garments. by own roculicetion of the reetings is that the Borwegians were not particularly troubled about this aspect and right never have raised it wid not the leader of the liong Kông de.ogation specifically gored thou, on the first day of the talks, whether there was any suggestion that women's knitwear was being exported as bun'it. The Norwegians brushed this aside quit quickly, saying that substitution was a possibility; their Customs had discovered one Qave were momento Androi di invoiced an bo an anh cho là đ case to ight beonuse the importer in question had never reviously dealt in cale garments. But my notes show that they in existiy went on to emphanion that their mala once for resti, int seated not on substitution but on the fill in production.
3.
In the concluding session, when we got dwn to negativion, 4. Cloter of the Norregian Ministry of Commerce made two fairly short Leferences to the question of substitution; but his object at that stage was not so much to get restreint un mon's tool knitaca- which had alr ady been conceded in principle - as to casure that? the restraint level was so low do Gasible. In othe. vurdo arguing for a cutback on the cxisting level of trace in 200 nitwear, on the basis that the figures had been artificial inflated by consiganta evading the controls on women's 137 DATA.
4.
You asked whether the Governor of Hong Kong sap @mporcred to ngec the Norwegian pao age, without further
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to us. I would have ocid not, bearing in And the titula oabled to Hong Kong in t leɛrom 500. The levant pangages rent a
L160/244/1
! HKKG
"3. Where considerations of british international
commercial policy are involved the Hong Kong
Government may, as appropiate and in ful: consultation and nonɔciation with IG, ezaroise
responsibility, acting within the frame ri. of policies agrɛed with FüG and in conformity with treaty oblá, ntions.
4. Do far as non-cotten textiles are concerned, HRD reo gnise that, wit their agreement, the Government of Hong Kong have been follesing: &olicy, when a situation has arisen ausḥ sa one in whion Article XI" of the G‘2 might otherwise have been invoked, of agreeing to ex ort restraint ou non-cotton textiles where it seemed in tho best interests of Hong kong to do so.
They do not wish to ¡ropose any chango in entine in the poliay described in paragraph 4 as far as Hong Kong is concerned,”
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30th Sept. 1969.