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CYPHER/CAT A
IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NUMBER 419
TO RAWALPINDI
21
JULY 1969 (COMMODITIES)
CONFIDENTIAL.
NEUTRAL
ADDRESSED TO RAWALPINDI TELEGRAM NUMBER 419 OF 21/7 REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO DACCA, KARACHI, LAHORE, DELHI.
YOUR TELEGRAM NO.646.
COTTON TEXTILE TARIFF,
WE HOPE THAT GUIDANCE WHICH HAS BEEN SENT SEPARATELY WILL HELP YOU ON SOME OF THE POINTS WHICH YOU RAISE,
..AS REGARDS LAST SENTENCE OF YOUR PARA 4(1) OUR PRELIMINARY ADVICE IS THAT PAKISTAN HAS NO RIGHT UNDER ARTICLE 3 OF 1951 TRADE AGREEMENT TO DUTY FREE ENTRY FOR ITS TEXTILES. WE WILL ELABORATE ON THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
3..FIGURES FOR WHICH YOU ASK IN PARA 4 (11) OF YOUR TELEGRAM ARE NOT READILY AVAILABLE. WE ARE PREPARING THEM URGENTLY BUT THIS WILL TAKE A LITTLE TIME. MEANWHILE BOARD OF TRADE WILL SEND BY NEXT
BAG ESTIMATED FIGURES OF PAKISTAN'S APPARENT USE OF GLOBAL QUOTES.
STEWART
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION:
COMMODITIES DEPT.
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