DFT TELEGRAM TO HONG KONG, REPEATE
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OSLO TELEGRAK
HONG KONG KURWTIGIAN TEXTILE NEGOTIATIO
Hong Kong
LETTERS INITIALLED
WE HAVE NOW SEA Ad
AD REFERENDUM BY HO AND JERMING.
2. WE AGREE THAT THE TURĖS AR THE BEST WHICH YOU
COULD OBTAIN IN TH CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT WE DO NOT CON-
SIDER THAT THE NORVEGIAND PRODUCED SUBSTANTIAL EVIDNECE
THAT IMPORTS FRO. HONG KONG HAD CAUSED INJURY TO THE
DOMESTIC INDUSTRY. FRODUCTION HAD FALLEN IN SOLE CASES,
BUT THIS SEIMS TO HAVE BEEN MAINLY DUE TO (1) AN
INCREASE IN IMFORTO FROM EFTA COUNTRIES, INCLUDING THE
U.R.,|(11) A Fall IN EXPORTS OR (111) A FALL IN DEMAND
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AS A RESULT OF A CHANG IN FASHION THE NOWEGIAN VIEW
SEAS TO HAVE BEN THAT ACTION AGAINST HONG KONG WAS
VALUABLE FOR ITS PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT.
THIS OF COURSE,
IS JURZ POLITICS AND NUT HAZ ACTICE AIX OF THE GATT
IS ABOUT. IN THIS CONNECTION DE ACULD RAIND YOU THAT,
the
IN THE CRED OF THE NEW REST AINT, PROPORTION OF
PROPORTION OF
NORWEGIAN CONSUMPTION SUPĒLIND BY IMPORTS FROM HONG KONG
UNDER 14 PER CNT IN 1968 IS UNIMPRESSIVE COLPARED
WITH 26 FER CENT FOR THE U.K. IN 1968. AT THE SAME
TIME THE AMOUNT SOLD BY THA U.K:-INDUSTRY IN THE HOME
MARKET HAS BEEN FALLING, A MATTER WHICH HAS BEEN
CAUSING US CONCERN.
4.
IF YOU AGREE WE WOULD SEE ADVANTAGE IN OUR
TELLING THE NORWEGIAN AUTHORITIES THAT WE ATTACH
PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE TO THE PROVISO IN PARAGRA H 4
OF YOUR RESTRAINT LETTER, AND WOULD EXPECT THE
NORVEGIAN GOVERNMENT TO AGREE TO A RELAXATION OF THE
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