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Draft Telegram to:— Governor Hong Kong
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619
And to
NEUTRAL
GOVERNOR, HONG KONG
16/9 repeated for information to
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Your telegram No. 728.
We share your concern at these unsatisfactory
developments and especially at the Norwegian request
for additional restraints in the non-cotton field.
2. In order to offer meaningful comments and advice
on non-cotton items, like you, we shall naturally need
time to study whatever statistics and arguments the
Norwegians are able to produce. We are therefore
pleased to note your strong reaction to the Consul
General's letter and the fact that the objective of
the Hong Kong Delegation to Oslo will be confined to
getting the facts and figures established and reporting
back.
3.
Copies to:-
716
We shall, naturally, give you our comments as
quickly as possible after we have had the chance in
London to examine the substance of the Norwegian case
deployed next week.
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