COMPTEINATAL
BY DIPLOMATIC D/G
火
Industries 1
20th August 1969
Dear Streams,
be have just received a copy of the Hong Kong record of the informal discussión on textiles which you attended on 10th June These coversă a much wider field non-cotton bults, jackleto and trouacro than mo bad realised. Cou we assumo that thole has been no request for consultation on these items, and that, if theso lo auch a requcat, it will be made through you? I note that in the opening paragraph of the record Jordon is recorded as having Beid that it would be advicable to fix the date for the noxt consultationo at an early delo and later on there is a reference to "end August or some time in September in C.10."
Gecretm
Be azd very uncany about the increening recource to the une of voluntary restraints outside the cotton field and we cay vich to oppose theiz continuation in Norway and elsoniere for a further 3ORE. Ro chould therefore be grateful 1f you could sound out the forwegians as to their intentions regarding the existing restreinte. Can me accumo that thego will be temuinated at the end of Jøptenbor? If the Norasgilno way that they will sunt the existing zwvotruinto to be continued for a further your, you mill vich to cephaniec (1) that the circumstances havu changed consttozably cinco last year, now that Me. Stand the 8. of Commerce, has launched hio proposal for an extension of Centzolo from cotton to wool Alxtilco, and (11) that no chall need to have detalla of the Nozaegiun case in good time 12 mo aze to take a decision before the present Agreement expiroo. 3. If the Norvegiano oog, ao they may noll do, that they have alrendy e-ranged fow a mouting vith Hong Kong to discuss the matter, you should express service and ask whether ..G. hap
oxprope been informed of that fact throug.. the Borwegian Embassy in noddon. The constitutional position ie that we have only Colegated authority to Hong Kong to negotiate bilateral agreemonto within the framework of the CATH Cotton Textiles hernemunt, other agreements must be negotiated through us. Te shall, of course, need to to told as soon as possible exactly what the Berecplano aze propcaing for next year.
4. I am sending copies of this letter to George Barry and George hitohead in Commodities Depart sent of the F.C.0.
Youro sincerely,
SOSMAN
F.J. SATORNO 709.,
Britách Labasby,
0910.