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TELEGRAM NO.1
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TO UKDEL BRUSSELS
11 MARCH, 1970
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ADDRESSED TO UKDEL BRUSSELS TELEGRAM NO.1 OF 11 MARCH, RFI TO UKMIS GENEVA AND SAVING TO HONG KONG, THE HAGUE, LUXEMBOURG, PARIS, ROME, WASHINGTON (FOR HERMANN ), TOKYO AND BRUSSELS EMBASSY ( FOR DODGE ).
YOUR TEL NO.46: RENEWAL OF THE LTA FOR COTTON TEXTILES,
THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT CONCERNED AT THE ECONOMICS MINISTRY REFERRED TO THIS SUBJECT DURING A ROUTINE CALL WHICH A MEMBER OF MY STAFF PAID ON HIM TO DISCUSS TEXTILE INDUSTRY AFFAIRS.
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IMPORT POLICY VIS-A-VIS HONG KONG, BUT STRESSED THAT FRANCE IN PARTICULAR WAS OPPOSED TO RELAXATION AND HE EXPECTED TO FIND HER OPPOSITION CONTINUING WHEN HE GOES TO BRUSSELS ON 17 MARCH. THE SLOW GROWTH OF THIS TRADE TO DATE WAS EMPHASISED, AND IN THE ABSENCE OF THE DATA REQUESTED FROM HONG KONG BY UKMIS GENEVA (THEIR TEL NO.7 OF 9 FEBRUARY), THE TONNAGE FIGURES OF HONG KONG'S EXPORT LICENSING TOTALS TO EEC DESTINATIONS WERE QUOTED (PARA. 11 OF MEMORANDUM 16/79 OF 3 FEBRUARY). FRIEDRICH AGREED THAT THE GROWTH FACTOR WAS NOT EXCEPTIONAL BUT RATHER WEAKLY MADE THE POINT THAT IN TONNAGE TERMS THIS
WAS STILL A CONSIDERABLE QUANTITY OF GOODS TO COME ON THE MARKET: OUR IMPRESSION WAS THAT IT HAD ALREADY BEEN APPRECIATED THAT ERNST'S EXAGGERATIONS HAD OBSCURED WHAT WAS NORMAL TRADE GROWTH,
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