SECRET
CYPHER/CAT A
IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 465
SS
TO HONG KONG
17 JULY 1969 (OD)
SECRET
PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR.
UK TEXTILE COUNCIL REPORT.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION THE GOVERNMENT YESTERDAY DECIDED THAT THE
RIGHT COURSE WOULD BE TO ADOPT RECOMMENDATION BY TEXTILE COUNCIL
FOR A TARIFF IN SUBSTITUTION FOR QUOTAS AS FROM 1972.
WE CANNOT AUTHORISE YOU TO DISCLOSE THIS INFORMATION IN ADVANCE OF
ANNOUNCEMENT IN PARLIAMENT WHICH IS TO BE MADE EARLY NEXT WEEK
PROBABLY ON TUESDAY 22 JULY, FULL GUIDANCE WILL BE SENT TO YOU
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND IN ADVANCE OF ANNOUNCEMENT.
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2. WE MUCH REGRET THAT WE AWERE UNABLE TO LET YOU HAVE ANY NOTICE
OF THIS DECISION. WE REALISE THAT YOUR INABILITY TO DISCLOSE IT AT
THIS STAGE WILL MAKE IT AWKWARD FOR YOU TO DEAL WITH PROPOSAL THAT
DELEGATION SHOULD COME TO THIS COUNTRY THIS WEEKEND. BUT IN ALL
THE CIRCUMSTANCES YOU MAY FEEL THAT (UNLESS YOU CONSIDER THIS
IMPRACTICABLE) IT WOULD BE DESIRABLE FOR DEPARTURE OF PROPOSED DELEGATION TO BE POSTPONED, THOUGH WE FULLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU WILL
WISH TO MAKE YOUR VIEWS KNOW IN THIS WAY IN DUE COURSE.
STEWART
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