CYPHER/CAT.A.
CONFIDENTI AL
PRIORITY HONG KONG TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICEL
PRIORITY HONG KONG TELEGRAM WM97, TO UKDEL BRUSSELS
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18 MARCH 1970
CONFIDENTIAL
[NEUTRAL]
ADDRESSED UKDEL BRUSSELS TELNO. M97 OF 18TH MARCH RFI UKMIS
GENEVA (FOR JONES), BRUSSELS (FOR DODGE) AND FCO.
YOUR TELEGRAM NO. 67 TO FCQ.
HONG KONG/EEC TRADE IN COTTON TEXTILES.
RECEIVED IN
REGISTRY No.51
HKX6/6
ERNST HAS NOW CONFIRMED THAT FURTHER DISCUSSION IS NOW SET FOR
23RD MARCH, DORWARD WILL COME FROM HONG KONG AND JONES FROM
GENEVA, WOULD YOU PLEASE ADVISE ERNST ACCORDINGLY AND SUGGEST
19.33 AS THE STARTING TIME.
2. THE HONG KONG OFFICIALS WILL NOT ARRIVE IN BRUSSELS UNTIL
THE WEEKEND.
IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF THEY COULD HAVE A TALK
WITH MEMBERS OF YOUR STAFF FIRST THING ON MONDAY.
30 IF THE OPPORTUNITY OFFERS COULD CLARIFICATION BE SOUGHT
OF THE GERMAN ATTITUDE REPORTED IN YOUR TELEGRAM 46 TO THE S. OF S?
IT IS PUZZLING THAT THE GERMANS WOULD NOT BE WILLING TO GO
BEYOND 5% GROWTH ON 1969 IMPORT FIGURES WHEN THEY READILY AGREED
TO 12% ON 1969 ACCESS RIGHTS (WHICH WERE NOT FULLY UTILISED)
FOR OUR CURRENT 1970 AGREEMENT. IT APPEARS ERNST MAY HAVE MISCAL-
CULATED, FOR HE QUOTED AT THE JANUARY MEETING EEC 1969 IMPORT
FIGURES WHICH WERE EXTRAPOLATED FROM NINE MONTH STATISTICS AND
CONFIDENTI AL
WHICH AS A
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