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UKDEL BRUSSELS TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
IMMEDIATE UKDEL BRUSSELS TELNO 4 TO HONG KONG 19 MARCH 1970 CONFIDENTIAL NEUTRAL/
FCO PLEASE PASS IMMEDIATE TO HONG KONG AS MY TEL NO. 4.
ADDRESSED TO GOVERNOR HONG KONG TEL NO. 4 OF 19 MARCH
RFI IMMEDIATE TO UKMIS GENEVA (FOR JONES), ROUTINE TO FCO AND
BOT AND SAVING TO BONN THE HAGUE LUXEMBOURG PARIS ROME AND
BRUSSELS (FOR DODGE 35
YOUR TEL NO. M 97 AND MY TEL NO, 3(NOT TO ALL).
HONG KONG/E E C COTTON TEXTILES.
RECEIVED IN
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WE HAVE SPOKEN TO THE COMMERCIAL COUNSELLOR IN THE GERMAN
PERMANENT REPRESENTATION ABOUT THE POINTS RAISED IN PARA 3 OF
YOUR TEL UNDER REFERENCE.
2. MOHLER SAID THAT THE BROADLY AGREED POSITION REACHED
BY THE COMMUNITY IN RECENT DISCUSSIONS WAS AS FOLLOWS:
(1) DEVELOPING COUNTRIES PARTY TO THE LTA WOULD BE OFFERED
BY THE COMMUNITY THE CHOICE OF TWO FORMULAS, THE FIRST WOULD
GIVE THEM AN IMMEDIATE 30 PER CENT INCREASE IN THEIR QUOTAS
WHICH WOULD BE EFFECTIVE FOR THE THREE YEARS OF THE RENEWED
AGREEMENT WITHOUT FURTHER INCREASE, THE SECOND WOULD GIVE THEM
A 15 PER CENT INCREASE IN QUOTAS FOR EACH OF THE THREE YEARS OF
THE AGREEMENT. THE COMMISSION SAY THAT THE TWO FORMULAS COME
TO THE SAME THING SO FAR AS THE OVERALL FIGURE FOR EXPORTS
DURING THE THREE YEARS IS CONCERNED.
(11) JAPAN WILL BE OFFERED 6 PER CENT GROWTH IN ITS QUOTA FOR
EACH OF THE THREE YEARS OF THE AGREEMENT.
(111) HONG KONG WILL BE OFFERED 3 PER CENT GROWTH IN ITS QUOTA
FOR EACH OF THE THREE YEARS OF THE AGREEMENT,
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