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PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 373
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CONFIDENTIAL ADDRESSED FCO TELEGRAM 373 OF 9 MAY RFI STOCKHOLM, GENEVA (FOR JONES) AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENT LONDON OFFICE (FOR SELLERS).
MY TELEGRAM 339.1 SWEDISH TEXTILE NEGOTIATIONS.
SWEDISH CONSUL GENERAL HAS CONVEYED INVITATION TO RESUME CONSULT- ATIONS IN STOCKHOLM COMMENCING 16 JUNE.
2. DURING CONSULTATIONS HERE, WE HAD SUGGESTED, IN ANSWER TO SWEDISH PROPOSAL THAT WE RESUME IN JUNE, THAT WE MIGHT GIVE THEM OUR ASSESS- MENT OF THEIR NON-COTTON REQUESTS IN WRITING HENCE PARAGRAPH 19 OF MY TELEGRAM. CLEARLY SWEDES ARE NOT PREPARED TO PROCEED IN THIS WAY, EXCEPT ON BASIS OF OUR ACCEPTANCE OF THEIR PROPOSALS IN PARAGRAPH 8 OF MY TELEGRAM, WHICH I CONSIDER INADEQUATE.
3. IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES I THINK THAT I MUST ACCEPT, WITH NEGOT- IATING INSTRUCTIONS AS IN PARAGRAPH 10 OF MY TELEGRAM.
FCO PLEASE PASS ROUTINE TO STOCKHOLM, GENEVA AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENT LONDON OFFICE.
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