CYPHER/CAT A
PRIORITY HONG KONG
RESTRICTED
HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO. M. 602 TO BRUSSELS-
TOP COPY
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
30 NOVEMBER 1968
RESTRICTED
NEUTRAL
ADDRESSED TO BRUSSELS AS MY TELEGRAM NO. M602 OF 30
NOVEMBER, REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO UKNIS GENEVA CFOR JONES).
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FOR DODGE.
COTTON TEXTILES TO THE BENELUX: JORDAN'S LETTER OF 22 NOVEJIDER 1968.
THE BREAKDOWN OF BENELUX IMPORTS FROM HÒNG
KONG 15:-
1955/67 AVERAGE
1967
GROUP !
414 M.T.
368
GROUP 11
1,573 M.T.
1.911
TOTAL
1,987 M.T.
2.279
量
COMPARE:
AGREED ANNUAL CEILINGS
400. **
1,894
2,294
· 2. THE AGGREGATE AND GROUP LIMITS ARE ACCORDINGLY NEARER TO TOTAL
BENELUX IMPORTS FROM HONG KONG IN 1957 THAN THE AVERAGE FOR 1965/67.
PARAGRAPH 7 OF HY SAVINGRAM 272 IS THEREFORE POSSIBLY MISLEADING,
WHILE PARAGRAPH 5(2) OF JORDAN'S LETTER CORRECTLY SETS OUT THE BASIS
OF THE COMPROMISE.
3. HAVING REGARD TO THE FACTS THAT:
(A) THE AGREEMENT HAS ALREADY BEEN FORMALLY RATIFIED,
(3) SOME 435 METRIC TONS OF QUOTE EXCESS UNQUOTE QUOTA IN EIGHT
SPECIFIC CATEGORIES SEVEN OF THEN IN GROUP 2. HAVE NOW BEEN
OFFERED FREE TO ALL COMERS UNDER AN EXPORT AUTHORISATION SCHEME,
WITH SWING DOWN INTO THE BASKET PERMITTED,
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