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HONG KONG TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
ONG KONG TELEGRAM NO.M38 TO STOCKHOLM OF 10 FEBRUARY, 1969
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ADDRESSED STOCKHOLM TELEGRAM M38 OF 10 FEBRUARY RFI UKMIS GENEVA
(PRODROME GENEVA PLEASE PASS) AND FCO.
YRTEL 1 EXPORTS OF JACKETS TO SWEDEN.
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TELM2
I APOLOGISE FOR ANY CONFUSION CAUSED BY MYTELM26 WHICH WAS
MISLEADING IN ITS REFERENCE TO QUOTE NEUTER UNQUOTE, THE FACTS
ARE THAT A LOCAL EXPORTER CLAIMS INABILITY TO USE AN EXPORT
AUTHORISATION FOR LADIES SYNTHETIC ANORAKS BECAUSE, ACCORDING TO
SWEDISH CUSTOMS NOTICE TBM 142/10.10.62, THE GARMENTS ARE TOO LARGE
TO BE REGARDED AS LADIES. WE HAVE ROUGH TRANSLATION OF CUSTOMS NOTICE
WHICH SEEMS TO INDICATE THAT GARMENTS OVER SIZE 46 ARE TO BE
CLASSIFIED AS MALE. COULD YOU PLEASE CLARIFY THIS MATTER WITH THE
SEDISH AUTHORITIES AND IF POSSIBLE ESTABLISH PRECISELY WHAT
THEY MEAN (IN TERMS OF DIMENSIONS) BY SIZE 46 ?
SIR D.TRENCH
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RECEIVED ARCHIVES No.31
1 1 FEB 1969
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