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CYPHER/CAT A
IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
ILEGRAM NO. 744 CONFIDENTIAL
[NEUTRAL]
CONFIDENTIAL
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
19 SEPTEMBER 1969
YOUR TELEGRAM 628 : NORWEGIAN TEXTILE NEGOTIATIONS.
I HAVE INSTRUCTED OUR DELEGATION TO PRESS NORWEGIANS FOR MISSING FIGURES AT OPENING SESSION AND TO DECLINE TO OPEN SUBSTANTIVE CONSULTATIONS UNTIL THEY ARE PRODUCED. I HAD ASSUMED THAT THEY AND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE WOULD THEN EXAMINE THEM TOGETHER, REPORTING BACK ONLY AS NECESSARY, BUT I DO NOT EXPECT THAT ANY LONG AND DETAILED STUDY OF THE FIGURES WILL BE NEEDED. THE CASES, EXCEPT POSSIBLY FOR MEN'S AND BOYS' KNITWEAR, SEEM LIKELY TO BE FAIRLY
STRAIGHTFORWARD.
2. I HOPE THEREFORE THAT, UNLESS SOME VERY STRANGE FIGURES APPEAR, OR NORWEGIANS ADOPT SOME UNFORESEEN ATTITUDE, YOUR REPRESENTATIVE WILL BE ABLE TO OFFER ANY NECESSARY COMMENT AND ADVICE ON YOUR BEHALF AND THAT OUR DELEGATION WILL THUS BE ABLE TO CONCLUDE CONSULTATIONS WITH MINIMUM OF REFERENCE BACK. IF THEY DO RUN INTO UNEXPECTED DIFFICULTIES, THEY WILL OF COURSE REPORT BACK FOR INSTRUCTIONS.
3. BOTH BECAUSE OF EXPIRY DATE OF PRESENT ARRANGEMENT AND BECAUSE MY COMMERCIAL REALTIONS STAFF IS UNDER HEAVY PRESSURE AND I NEED THE DELEGATION BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE I AM MUCH CONCERNED THAT COMPLETION OF CONSULTATIONS SHOULD NOT BE DELAYED.
4. PLEASE PASS COPY OF YOUR TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE AND OF THIS ONE URGENTLY TO MY LONDON OFFICE FOR MO.
SIR D. TRENCH
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