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CYPHER/CAT A
IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 83
CONFIDENTIAL.
NEUTRAL.
TO BOGOTA
21 JULY 1969
(COMMODITIES)
ADDRESSED TO BOGOTA TELEGRAM NUMBER 83 OF 21 JULY, AND TO MEXICO CITY, BANGKOK, BELGRADE, BEIRUT, RABAT, ALGIERS, DAKAR, TEHRAN, RIO DE JANEIRO, SEOUL, MADRID, CAIRO, TEL AVIV, ANKARA, TAMSUI, ATHENS, UKMIS GENEVA, UKMIS NEW YORK, UKDEL OECD,
COTTON TEXTILES.
MY TELEGRAM NUMBER 841 TO DELHI GIVES LATEST TEXT OF
STATEMENT ON FUTURE COTTON TEXTILE IMPORT POLICY, TO BE MADE IN HOUSE BY PRESIDENT OF BOARD OF TRADE AT 3.30 PM ON 22 JULY. TEXT IS
SUBJECT TO SLIGHT LAST MINUTE AMENDMENT AND WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO
GIVE YOU DEFINITIVE TEXT BEFORE STATEMENT IS MADE.
2. PLEASE CONVEY THIS TO COVERNMENT TO WHICH YOU ARE ACCREDITED
AS NEAR AS POSSIBLE TO TIME STATEMENT IS MADE STRESSING THAT IT IS
CONFIDENTIAL UNTIL 4.30 PM BST ON 22 JULY, TEXT IS SUBJECT TO SLIGHT
LAST MINUTE AMENDMENT OF WORDING WHICH WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GIVE
YOU BEFORE STATEMENT IS MADE.
3. YOU SHOULD MAKE THE POINTS
(A) THAT THE M.F.N. TARIFF WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED.
(B) THAT WE SHALL WANT TO EXTEND OUR QUOTA SYSTEM UNTIL THE END OF
1971. AFTER WHICH QUOTAS WILL BE ABOLISHED.
(C) THAT THIS ACTION WILL DOUBTLESS BE VERY WELCOME TO THE
COUNTRIES TO WHICH YOU ARE ACCREDITED.
STEWART
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION
COMMODITIES D.
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