CONFIDENTIAL
CYPHER CAT A
IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 337
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
22 MAY 1970.
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CONFIDENTIAL [NEUTRAL]
ADDRESSED F C O TELNO 337 OF 22 MAY R FI
UKMIS GENEVA (FOR JORDAN) STOCKHOLM, WASHINGTON, TOKYO AND BRUSSELS.
YOUR TELEGRAM 347: TEXTILE CONSULTATIONS WITH SWEDEN.
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IS
I CONFIRM THAT IF, AS I EXPECT, THE SWEDES PRESS THEIR DEFENCE
POLICY ARGUMENT AND THEIR VIEW THAT ONLY LOW COST' COMPETITION
-OR MORE PRECISELY COMPETITION FROM ''LOW COST COUNTRIES''
HARMFUL, OUR NEGOTIATORS WILL WISH FORMALLY TO RECORD THEIR
DISAGREEMENT WITH THE CRITERIA SEMICOLON EVEN THOUGH THERE MAY
BE NO REASONABLE ALTERNATIVE BUT TO MAKE A DEAL. I AM ACCORDINGLY
GRATEFUL FOR YOUR PROPOSAL THAT MCENERY, WHOSE PRESENCE WILL
BE WELCOMED, SHOULD MAKE A STATEMENT AS ENVISAGED IN YOUR PARA. 5.
2. ! NOTE YOUR PARA. 4 IN REGARD TO ROLL IN AND AM GRATEFUL,
FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF OUR POSITION. HOWEVER I AM NOT CERTAIN
I UNDERSTAND THE POINT YOU WISH TO MAKE ON SWING AS:
(A) THE CONCEPT OF SWING IS TO PERMIT FLEXIBILITY BETWEE
DIFFERENT ITEMS UNDER RESTRAINT SEMICOLON
AND
B) RESTRAINTS WILL ONLY BE CONCEDED WHERE A DAMAGE CASE IS
ESTABLISHED,
RXRVED IN
LAST
REF.
HIK6/203/1 65)
NEXT
REF.
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3.
YOU WILL APPRECIATE THAT WHILE WE ARE LIKELY TO HAVE
DIFFICULT ARGUMENTS WITH THE EEC ON SWING BETWEEN SPECIFICS
IN ANY ARTICLE 4 COTTON TEXTILE ARRANGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY
AS A WHOLE, I CANNOT AFFORD NOT TO PRESS FOR SWING ARRANGEMENTS
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