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4. IMPOSITION OF DUTY WOULD RAISE GRAVE DOUBTS IN CYPRUS
GOVERNMENT'S MIND ON LINES OF POINTS 2(B) AND (C) OF YOUR TELEGRAM.
BUT ASSUMING THE DUTY WAS COMMON TO ALL COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES
THE INJECTION OF THE ELEMENT OF COMPETITION WOULD PROBABLY BE
MORE ACCEPTABLE TO CYPRUS THAN THE PRESENT QUOTA SYSTEM. I THINK.
LOCAL TEXTILE INDUSTRY WOULD REACT IN THIS WAY. BUT IMPOSITION
OF DUTY, COMBINED WITH RETENTION OF QUOTAS, EVEN FOR A LIMITED
PERIOD, WOULD ALMOST CERTAINLY PROVOKE STRONG REACTION.
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