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PRIORITY BRUSSELS
CONFIDENTIAL
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
BRUSSELS TELNO 45 TO HONG KONG
CONFIDENTIAL
[NEUTRAL],
18 NOVEMBER 1968
FOLLOWING FROM DODGE.
GREY FABRICS TO THE BENELUX FOR PROCESSING AND RE-EXPORT:
HIS
YOUR SAVINGRAM 266. I HAVE CONVEYED ALL DETAILS TC KCCPS. IMMEDIATE REACTION WAS TO POINT OUT: (A) THAT APPROVAL IN THE UNITED AFRICA CASE RIGHT CONSTITUTE SOME FORM OF PRECEDENT, AND (2) ON THE QUESTION OF PRINCIPLE, THAT THE BENELUX HAD TO FACE THE CONFLICTING INTERESTS OF PROCESSORS OF GREY CLOTH AND ACTUAL
PRODUCERS.
2.
KOOPS TOOK THE POINTS ABCUT ORDER-BY-ORDER ADMINISTRATIVE
IMPRESSION THAT THESE IN THE SELVES ARRANGEMENTS AND I FORMED THE
WOULD PROBABLY NOT CONSTITUTE A STUMBLING BLOCK BUT (B) ABOVE IS A DIFFERENT MATTER.
3.
KOOPS UNDERTOCK TO HAVE THE SUBJECT SYMPATHETICALLY CONSIDERED
AND TO ADVISE E EARLY OF THE OUTCOME.
F.C.O. PASS PRIORITY TO GOVERNOR HONG KONG AS MY TELNO 45.
SIR R. BARCLAY
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION
HONG KONG DEPT
WESTERN EUROPEAN DEPT
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