IN SUGGESTING JAPAN MIGHT DO LIKEWISE, THE EMBASSY MIGHT THEN REFER TO MIYAZAWA'S REMARKS REFORTED IN TOKYO TELEGRAM 768 AND ASK WHETHER THREATENED INDUSTRIES' COULD YET BE IDENTIFIED.
IF IT
SEEMS APPROPRIATE IN THE LIGHT OF THE RESPONSE ELICITED, THE EMBASSY MIGHT GO ON TO PROPOSE A BRIEF VISIT BY HONG KONG
GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES TO TCKYC IN THE NEAR FUTURE FOR DISCUSSION S DESIGNED TO SEEK A FORMULA RELATING TO ITEMS WHERE
(A) WE DOMINATE THE JAPANESE IMPORT MARKET AND (B) THE CORRESPONDING JAPANESE INDUSTRY IS SENSITIVE. WE PRESENTLY KNOW THE FORMER
BUT NOT THE LATTER,
5.
1 APPRECIATE THAT, IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS, TEXTILES MIGHT HAVE TO BE EXLOUDED IN TOTO FOR NON-ECONOMIC REASONS, SUCH AS MIYAZAWA'S PROMISE TO THE JAPANESE INDUSTRY OR FOR THE SAKE OF CONFORMITY WITH OTHER DONORS.
(F CO PLS PASS PRIORITY TO ALL)
SIR D.TRENCH,
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