CYPHER/CAT A
CONFIDENTIAL
PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONTALTH OFFICE
DIN
TELEGRAM NO 714
Textiles.
TO NEW DELHI
15 JUNE 1969
25
51
(MCC 13/548/1)
30 JUN 1969
JUN
CONFIDENTIAL.
NKK6/548/8
ADDRESSED TO NEW
DELA
TELEGRAM NO 714 OF 16 JUNE AND TO RAWALPINDI
ALPINDI
OTTASA CANDERKA KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE COLON KINGSTON LAGOS NICOSIA VALLETTA NA19631 PORT OF SPAIN AND PRETORIA,
MY GUIDANCE TELEGRAMS NOS 76 AND 77 CF 1 APRIL.
TEXTILE COUNCIL REPORT ON U.K, COTTON AND ALLIED TEXTILE
INDUSTRY.
WE EXPECT TO EMBARK SHORTLY ON INTER-DEPARTMENTAL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE TEXTILE COUNCIL'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
2. WHEN CONSIDERING THE CASE FOR THE IMPOSITION OF A TARIFF ON COMMONWEALTH COTTON TEXTILES AND THE EVENTUAL WITHDRAWAL OF THE QUOTA PESTRICTIONS, WE THINK THE FOLLOWING POINTS SHOULD BE
INCLUDED:-
(A) THE EXTERNAL POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF TARIFF ACTION AGAINST THE DEVELOPING AFRO-ASTAN COMMONWEALTH, WHILST LEAVING UNSCATHED ~ EUROPEANS, E.G. IN PORTUGAL, AUSTRIA AND THE IRISH REPUBLIC (WHO ARE EXEMPT FROM DUTY UNDER EFTA AND AIFTA);
(B) THE DOUBTFUL COMPATIBILITY WITH PART IV OF THE GATT: WITH OUR UNCTAD INITIATIVE ON GENERALISED PREFERENCES; AND WITH OUR HIGH LINE WITH THE USA OVER PROTECTIONIST MOVES THERE:
(C) THE PRECEDENT TOWARD EROSION AND PERHAPS DISMANTLING OF THE
COMMONWEALTH PREFERENTIAL SYSTEM:
(D) THE REPERCUSSIONS ON THE EXTERNAL TRADE EARINGS AND AID REQUIREMENTS OF CERTAIN COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES AND ON OUR TRADE
WITH THEM:
(E) THE SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS AFFECTING PARTICULAR COMMONWEALTH TERRITORIES AND THE NCED TO ASSESS THE PROBABLE STRENGTH OF THEIR
REACTION IN EACH CASE:
CONFIDENTIAL
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