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TELE NO 712
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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
21 JULY 1969
CONFIDENTIAL
NEUTRAL
ADDRESSED TO FCO TELEGRAM NO. 712 OF 21 JULY REPEATED FOR
INFORMATION TO KUALA LUMPUR,
YOUR TELNO 113 TO BERNE,
TEXTILE COUNCIL REPORT.
IN VIEW OF THE PREVIOUS HISTORY OF PRESSURE BY THE SINGAPORE
GOVERNMENT FOR AN INCREASE IN COTTON TEXTILE QUOTAS TO HELP OFFSET
THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF THE MILITARY WITHDRAWAL I WOULD BE GRATEFUL
FOR GUIDANCE ON WHAT I MIGHT SAY TO THE SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT IF
THEY RETURN TO THE CHARGE AND MAKE A SPECIAL PLEA ON THESE GROUNDS,
THE ARRANGEMENTS PROPOSED FOR INDIA ARE UNLIKELY TO PASS UNNOTICED
HERE.
2. WE SHOULD ALSO BE GRATEFUL FOR GUIDANCE ON GREY CLOTH. IN
THE PAST WE HAVE TAKEN THE LINE WITH THE SINGAPORCANS THAT QUOTA
RESTRICTIONS DO NOT APPLY TO GREY CLOTH FOR RE-PROCESSING IN THE
UNITED KINGDOM, DO YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATED FIGURE OF GREY CLOTH
IMPORTED FROM SINGAPORE FOR RE-PROCESSING? PRESUMABLY THE GREY