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PRIORITY U.K. MISSION GENEVA TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE U.K.MISSION GENEVA TELEGRAM NO.4 TO HONG KONG 7 FEBRUARY 1969
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ADDRESSED TO GOVERNOR, HONG KONG TEL NO 4 OF 7 FEBRUARY REPTD FOR INFMN TO FCO AND STOCKHOLM.
YOUR TEL NO 119 TO FCO AND FCO TEL NO 191 TO YOU.
SWEDEN.
FOLLOWING FROM JORDAN.
SWEDISH PERFORMANCE ON STATISTICS HAS BEEN LAMENTABLE. DE GEER AND ONE OTHER IN THEIR DELEGATION ARE SICK.
2. 462. SOME STATISTICS AS SUGGESTED IN PARA. 2 OF FCO TEL. NO. 81 WERE PRODUCED AT DINNER LAST NIGHT. THEY INDICATE 1967-68 SWITCH TO ACRYLIC PRODUCTION AS EXPECTED BUT ALSO OVERALL DECLINE IN PRODUCTION AND INCREASE IN IMPORTS, PARTICULARLY FROM HONG KONG, FIGURES WERE NOT AS COMPLETE AS WE WOULD LIKE. I THEREFORE INDICATED THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND RESTRAINT ONLY IF THEY WOULD DROP SHIRTS.
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751. COMBINED FIGURES FOR MEN'S AND BOYS' AND WOMEN'S AND GIRLS':
65
66
67
A
B
PRODUCTION
449
666
874
678
679
IMPORTS
195
265
667
554
787
FROM HONG KONG
93
115
344
275
465
A FIGURES ARE 1967 FIRST 9 MONTHS' PRODUCTION, FIRST TEN MONTHS' IMPORTS. B DITTO FOR 1968. I SAID I WOULD RECOMMEND RESTRAINT ON GROUNDS THAT PRODUCTION HAD ALREADY LEVELLED OFF BY END SEPTEMBER AND THAT HEAVY IMPORTS STILL TO COME UNDER EAS PRESENT THREAT OF ACTUAL INJURY. (SEE FIGURES IN HONG KONG TEL NO 81 TO FCO)
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