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ROUTINE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELHC 21
TO UKNIS GENEVA
22 JANUARY 1509.
CONFIDENTIAL
NEUTRAL
ADDRESSED TO UM.IS GENEVA TEL: 21 OF 22 JANUARY FOR JONES. FOLLOWING TELEGRAM LOW REPEATED TO YOU AT REQUEST OF DEPARTIENT
MAS RECEIVED FROM STOCKHOLM TELLO 9 OF 9 JANUARY.
ADDRESSED TO FCO TELNO 9 OF 9 JANUARY REFEATED FOR
INFORMATION TO HONG KONG.
FOLLOWING FROM JORDAN.
TEXTILE CONSULTATIONS. HONG KONG-SWEDEN.
LONGDOTHAN AND JORDAN MET SVEDES THIS NORKING.
TIMING AND VENUE. ALTERNATIVEO ARE GENEVA, DEGINNING
5 FEBRUARY OR STOCKHOLM DEGINNING 11 FEBRUARY, BUT DE GEER
WHO HAS TO BE IN GENEVA IN WEEK BEGINING 3 FELRUARY FOR
TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT DOARD MEETITO, WOULD PREFER FORDER. 3. STATISTICS. SWEDES PRODUCED TADLES OF PRODUCTION, IMPORT
AND EXPORT STATISTICS FROM 1 JANUARY 1960 TO 3W SEPTENDER (PRODUCTION) AND 30 OCTOBER (OTHERS). THEY ALSO UNDERTOCK TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE FIGURES FOR ANORAKS (DENS AND DOY'S, WOMEN'S AND GIRLS. COTTON AND SYNTHETIC), SINCE THEIR ARQUIENT
TO LARGELY DASED ON SUBSTITUTION. JORDAN WILL LEAVE COFIES CF
THESE IN LONDON FOR FCO AND DOT AND TAKE OTHERO DACK TO HONG KONG
4. COMMENT ON STATISTICS. WE OFFERED **PRELIMINARY COMMENTS??
ON THESE FIGURES, WHICH DO NOT M. THEMSELVES APPEAR TO SUPPORT
**CERICUS I..JURY?? CASE. OMEDEO INDICATED THAT THEIR CCLCENI.
DERIVED PAITLY FROM THREAT FOOED DY CUTSTANDING E/A CHIFMENTO.
TO THIS VE SAID
(A) TOTAL KAY NOT BE SHIPPED.
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(B) FIGURES MAY BE INFLATED BY ''I NOURANCE AFFLICATIONS? (C) CHIPIENTS COULD NOT ALL ARRIVE IN 1068 AND SHOULD THEREFORE
NOT DE ADDED TO 1900 EXPORT LICENCE FIGURES (WE MUST TRY TC WORK OUT LIKELY TOTALS FOR 1968).
5. SHIRTS. SWEDES CLAIMED ONE SECTOR OF INDUSTRY PRODUCING KNIT
AND MOVEN, ALL FIBRES, DUT FIGURES CIVEN DO NOT SUPPORT CASE OF INJURY DY HONG KONG EXPORTS CF EX 041.704. THEY THEREFORE
UNDERTOOK TO PROVIDE MORE COMPREHENSIVE FIGURES NEXT WEEK. 6. EXISTING RESTRAINTS. DE GEER SAID THAT SWEDEN WOULD SEEK
EXTENSION AND WAS CONSIDERING WHAT FOR PERMANENT ARRANGEMENTS FOR PROTECTION OF TEXTILE INDUSTRY SHOULD TAKE, B.C. IMPORT RESTRICTIONS.
7. GENERAL. DE GEER REFERRED TO DECLINE IN TOTAL TEXTILE
PRODUCTION AND TO UNEMPLOYMENT THOUGH THE LATTER IS MUCH
LOWER THAN TOTAL OF IMMIGRANT WORKERS. ENDASSY WILL COLLECT
INFORMATION ON THESE AND OTHER GENERAL ASPECTS AND PASS TO LONDON
AND HONG KONG,
8. AXEL MURRAY. JORDAN'S EXPLANATION WAS READILY ACCEPTED DY
DE GEER DUT IT WOULD CLEARLY DE UNWISE TO HAVE ANY FURTHER CONTACT WITH MURRAY ON THIS SUBJECT.
9. JORDAN RETURNS HONG KONG BA920 SATURDAY.
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