CYPHER/CAT A
PRIORITY VALLETTA
TELEGRAM NO. 269
CONFIDENTIAL
MALTA.
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
18 JUNE 1969
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YOUR TELNO. 714 TO NEW DELHI: TEXTILE COUNCIL. REPORT ON UK COTTON AND ALLIED TEXTILE INDUSTRY.
WE WOULD EXPECT MALTA GOVT TO MAKE STRONG REPRESENTATIONS AS THEY DID IN 1965/66 AGAINST THE NEW PROPOSALS ON THE GROUNDS
THAT
(A) MALTA'S PRODUCTION IS SMALL AND THEREFORE HER EXPORTS
TO THE UK CANNOT HAVE A DISRUPTIVE EFFECT ON BRITISH INDUSTRY, AND SHOULD BE REGARDED AS A SPECIAL CASE.
(B) IT WILL JEOPARDISE MALTA'S TEXTILE INDUSTRY WHICH HAS BEEN SET UP WITH THE HELP OF BRITISH FINANCIAL AID.
THE MALTA GOVT CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED TO OBJECT TO THE PROPOSAL OF A TARIFF WHICH WILL NOT APPLY TO THE EFTA COUNTRIES AND THE IRISH REPUBLIC MAINTAINING THIS IS DISCRIMINATING AGAINST MALTA, A COMMONWEALTH COUNTRY AND A HIGH COST PRODUCER,
MR. A. BROWN
FILES
COMMODITIES DEPT
SOUTH ASIAN DEPT
N.A.C.D.
WEST AFRICAN DEPT
EAST AFRICAN DEPT
SOUTHERN EUROPEAN DEPT
HONG KONG DEPT
G.S.A.D.
S.W.P.D.
RCEIVED IN ROWL / 45.51 30 JUN 1969
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