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ILMEDIATE HONG KONG TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO 446
2 JUNE, 1969
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CONFIDENTIAL. ADDRESSED F C G TELNO 446 CF 2 JUNE REPEATED
STOCKHOLM AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON,
YOUR TELEGRAM 361.
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SWEDISH TEXTILE NEGOTIATIONS.
-3 JUN 1969
AKK 6/ Sail
IF JORDAN WAS TO COME TO LONDON BY 13 JUNE, IT WOULD
MEAN LEAVING HONG KONG FOUR WORKING DAYS EARLIER THAN OTHERWISE
NECESSARY. AS HE IS DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (IN SORDY'S ABSENCE) WITH SHORTAGE OF SUPPORTING STAFF IN DEPARTMENT, I AM ·
HE IS ALSO CHAIRMAN OF
MOST RELUCTANT TO EXTEND HIS ABSENCE.
TRADE AND INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARD DUE TO MEET, AFTER ONE
POSTPONEMENT ALREADY, ON 9 JUNE.
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I LOOK FORWARD TO EARLY RECEIPT OF YOUR VIEWS ON NEGOTIATING INSTRUCTIONS. ALTHOUGH MY TELEGRAM 339 WAS SENT OVER A MONTH AGO
THE ONLY SPECIFIC POINT SO FAR IS CUT BACK ON ANORAKS.
3. I HAVE RECONSIDERED THIS SINCE SENDING MY TELEGRAM AND IN ANY CASE, AS CONSULTATIONS ARE TO BE RESUMED, JORDAN'S INTRUCTIONS WOULD BE UNDERLINE NEXT WORK NEGOTIATING INSTRUCTIONS, 1.E. HE WILL SEEK AND SEEK TO JUSTIFY HIGHER LEVELS WHERE APPROPRIATE.
IN THE CASE OF W.G. ANORAKS IN PARTICULAR, WHICH APPEARS TO BE CAUSING YOU MOST CONCERN, HE WOULD ARGUE THAT THE APPROPRIATE
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