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CYPHER/CAT'A'
IMMEDIATE OSLO TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NO. 249
CONFIDENTIAL [NEUTRAL]
23 SEPTEMBER 1969
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ADDRESSED TO FCO TELEGRAM NUMBER 249 OF 23 SEPTEMBER
EPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO HONG KONG.
HONG KONG/NORWEGIAN TEXTILE NEGOTIATIONS.
EXPLORATION OF STATISTICS COMPLETED THIS MORNING AND SUBSTANTIVE
TALKS BEGIN AT 10 AM TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY.
2. ON TABLE 11, TOTAL IMPORT FIGURES SHOULD READ
1967 231, 1968 169, JAN./JUNE 1968 86, JAN./JUNE
1969 103.
3. ON TABLE 10, NORWEGIANS CANNOT PRODUCE SEPARATE PRODUCTION
FIGURES FOR JACKETS, E.G. ANORAKS ALONE.
4. ON TABLE 15, FIGURES EXCLUDING TIGHTS ARE REDUCED
TO: TOTAL IMPORTS 64.5 OF WHICH HONG KONG 19 AND PRO-
DUCTION 95 ALL IN JAN/JUNE 1969. NO BREAKDOWN AVAILABLE
FOR EARLIER YEARS, BUT PRODUCTION SAID TO BE DOW! THIS YEAR.
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5. ON TABLES 8 AND 14, ESTIMATED PRODUCTION STATISTICS REF.
FOR FIRST HALF 1969 FOR ACRYLIC ONLY ARE 35 METRIC TONS NEXT
FOR BOTH MEN'S KNITWEAR AND WOMEN'S KNITWEAR. FORMER
ADMITTED TO HAVE INCREASED WHILE LATTER SAID TO HAVE DECREASED.
6. HONG KONG DELEGATION'S INTENTION IS TO NEGOTIATE
AD REFERENDUM FALLING BACK TO:
REF.
"EIVED IN
R GILTRY No.51 24 SEP 1969
HKK 6/26/1
(A) CONTINUED RESTRAINT ON WOMEN'S WOOL AND ACRYLIC
KNITWEAR, AND E/A ON MEN'S WOOL AND ACRYLIC ITEMS=
(B) [GP. UNDEC ?EXTEND] RESTRAINT TO MEN'S WOOLLEN KNITWEAR
(C) EXTEND RESTRAINT TO MEN'S ACRYLIC AS WELL IF /MALE
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