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PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NO. 728
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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
15 SEPTEMBER 1969
ADDRESSED FCO AS MYTEL. 728 OF 15TH SEPTEMBER RFI OSLO AND UKMIS
GENEVA (FOR JONES).
AMBASSADOR OSLO'S TELEGRAM NO. 1 TO ME REPEATED TO YOU.
NORWEGIAN TEXTILE CONSULTATIONS.
NORWEGIAN CONSUL GENERAL HAS FORWARDED A LETTER TO COMMERCE AND
INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT FORMALLY REQUESTING CONSULTATIONS IN OSLO
ON 22ND SEPTEMBER ON (HONG KONG CLASSIFICATIONS IN 841 SERIES)-
(A) 111 - EXISTING COTTON EA,
(B)
CONTINUATION OF EXISTING NON-COTTON ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE
ADDITION OF RESTRAINTS ON THE FOLLOWING
EX 713 - EXISTING EA, ,
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MEN'S AND BOY'S WOOLLEN SWEATERS ETC.
863 MEN'S AND BOYS' DICONTINUOUS SYNTHETIC SWEATERS ETC.
2.
NORWEGIAN STATISTICS FORWARDED SHOW IMPORTS ONLY. CONSUL
GENERAL HAS INDICATED VERBALLY THAT QUOTE DUE TO SHORTAGE OF TIME
UNQUOTE PRODUCTION STATISTICS ARE NOT YET READY BUT SHOULD BE
AVAILABLE AT THE MEETING.
3. THIS POSITION IS POST UNSATISFACTORY AND IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE
IMPENDING EXPIRY (ON 33TH SEPTEMBER) OF CURRENT ARRANGEMENTS
I SHOULD DECLINE TO HOLD CONSULTATIONS AT THIS TIME. IN THE
CIRCUMSTANCES, HOWEVER, I THINK MY DELEGATION MUST GO TO OSLO
AS ARRANGED, IF ONLY TO DRAG RELEVANT FIGURES OUT OF THE NORWEGIANS RECEIVED IN
REGISTRY No, 51
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