CYPHER/CAT A
PRIORITY BRUSSELS
TELEGRAM NUMBER 13
CONFIDENTIAL. [NEUTRAL
FROM DODGE.
COTTON TEXTILES: BENELUX,
CONFIDENTIAL
TOP COPY
TO GOVERNOR HONG KONG
19 FEBRUARY 1969
9.
MT
PROCESSING TRAFFIC: KOOPS HAS INDICATED TO ME CONFIDENTIALLY THAT SOME PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE. HE IS HOPEFUL OF FINALISING
BENELUX POSITIVE PROPOSAL WITH DELGIANS SOON BUT OBVIOUSLY WE CANNOT YET COUNT CN FINAL FAVOURABLE OUTCOME. I AM CONVINCED THAT KOOPS IS HONEST IN THIS MATTER AND THAT THE BENELUX ARE NOT JUST DRAGGING THEIR FEET.
128
1967 RESERVES: MY TELNO 9 AND MEMO NO. 23 OF 28 AND 29 JANUARY RESPECTIVELY. I HOPE THAT YOU WILL LET ME KNOW YOUR OFFICIAL REACTION VERY SOOK TO CONVEY TO VERHAGEN.
PASS
FCO PASS PRIORITY GOVERNOR HONG KONG.
}
SIR R. BARCLAY
/REPEATED AS REQUESTED/
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION
TRADE POLICY DEPT.
HONG KONG DEPT.
WESTERN EUROPEAN DEPT.
CONFIDENTIAL
PARE.
NNNNN
{ PECIVEDN
AVES No.31
IN 1969
*
H/LILG/504/1
LAST
REF.
28
•
-32
HRX6/634/1