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PRIORITY STOCKHOLM TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
PRIORITY STOCKHOLM TELEGRAM NO.19 TO HONG KONG OF 19 DECEMBER, 1968
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ADDRESSED TO HONG KONG TELNO 819 OF 19 DECEMBER
REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO: F CO.
FOLLOWING FOR COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT, HONG KONG.
HONG KONG TEXTILE EXPORTS TO SWEDEN.
DE GEER, FOREIGN MINISTRY, TO-DAY HANDED LONGBOTHAM A COPY OF A MEMORANDUM SENT TO KJELLBERG, THE SWEDISH CONSUL-GENERAL, HONG KONG, STATING THAT THE SWEDISH AUTHORITIES ARE SERIOUSLY CONCERNED BY THE RECENT AND HEAVY INCREASES IN HONG KONG EXPORT LICENCES AND EXPORT AUTHORIZATIONS ISSUED FOR ITEMS CLASSIFIED UNDER HONG KONG STATIST- ICAL NUMBERS 841. 462 EX 841 751 AND EX 841. 764. THEY CLAIM THAT THE INCREASE IS THREATENING TO CAUSE SERIOUS DAMAGE TO THE HONG KONG TEXTILE INDUSTRY AND REQUEST THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES, IN ACCORD- ANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE EXCHANGE OF LETTERS OF 4 JULY, 1968, TO DISCONTINUE IMMEDIATELY ON RECEIPT OF THE MEMORANDUM THE ISSUE OF EXPORT AUTHORIZATIONS FOR THE ITEMS SPECIFIED.
2. THE MEMORANDUM FURTHER REQUESTS THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TO ENTER INTO CONSULTATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE TWENTY TWO OF THE GATT WITH A VIEW TO FINDING WAYS OF STABILIZING THE IMPORT.
3. DE GEER SAID THAT KJELLBERG IS UNDER INSTRUCTIONS TO CONTACT THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. HE ADDED THAT THE SWEDES WOULD PREFER NOT TO HAVE TO GO TO HONG KONG AND SUGGESTED THAT AS IT WAS THEIR TURN TO ACT AS HOST, THE CONSULTATIONS SHOULD TAKE PLACE IN STOCKHOLM, BUT HE HAD NO OBJECTION TO LONDON. HE UNDERSTOOD THAT JORDAN WOULD STILL BE IN EUROPE EARLY IN THE NEW YEAR AND INDICATED THAT FOR THE SWEDES AN IDEAL DATE WOULD BE 8 JANUARY (6 JANUARY 1S A PUBLIC HOLIDAY),
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